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      01-31-2014, 09:30 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut View Post
Yeah I was referring to early on as you have stated very nicely
Ah, i see what you mean here but chrome/silver mirrors on cars from that era were commonplace across all makes, similar to the black & CF trims popular today so it wouldn't be exactly correct to say it was a BMW design cue.

Additionally, they [silver mirrors on BMWs] disappeared across the BMW lineup in a 20+ year long hiatus and now seemingly returned on the M235i.
While the silver mirrors might not be a direct rip-off of Audi-style mirrors, it certainly gives off that impression since contemporary BMW design language abandoned it long ago while Audi made it kind of their signature since at least 10 years ago.

Needless to say, not really feeling it.
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