X5 Board, and I've never owned one of the cars below, but I thought it was an interesting "quadtych" of the evolution...this is copped from an art. in Fri's WSJ on the current "angry look" on the front end of many cars. The article itself was dumbed down & boring, imo but, these pics caught my eye.
A Slow Sat eve, from the home of Every Day is Saturday,

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From L to R, upper row: '68, '84, '92 and 2006 3 series.
BR,md
(My new, [barely used], 132s are in my garage! Get 'em on Mon or Tues.)