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      02-13-2014, 08:23 PM   #46
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Not bad in my opinion. The interior is really nice and let's don't forget this is a B-Class competitor so I think most people would pick this over the Mercedes hands down.

My two points of objection are:
1) why use the 2-Series nomenclature when this car has no sporting pretensions, it is FWD and an MPV. While the odd/even numbers nomenclature makes absolute sense (at least to me), odd numbers being family oriented vehicles and even numbers being sport oriented vehicles, giving this the 2-Series nomenclature makes no sense at all and generally kind of makes a mockery of it.

2) The concept had the kidney grill integrated quite successfully both in size and shape in the front end. This front end looks - once again - squashed, in line with most new BMW offerings. Whether it is due to pedestrian regulations or other design restrictions this doesn't look as good as the concept. It looks too low and squashed.
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