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Originally Posted by SpeedyATL
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder....
I quite like new the 4 series grill....it's not so plain like all of the other Bimmers I've owned/leased over the past 30 years. I applaud the balls to try something new. If you don't like it, don't vote for it with your $. Either get one without the larger grill or get one of those boring 'star' cars.
One thing is for sure, BMW listens to money, so if enough don't like it they will 'hear' it, but I kind of doubt that's the message they'll be receiving when the votes are tallied.
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I agree that ugly is in the eye of the beholder (at least most of the time; I think the Pontiac Aztek managed to make the category of ugly no matter who the beholder).
It is very hard to determine the effect of a design element on manufacturer sales. You are comparing actual sales with imaginary sales (what would have happened if the grill were different). About the only way would be if BMW went the New Coke/Classic Coke way and then we could see how many ordered which front ends.