Originally Posted by Kaefer

Well, I doubt that is a photohop job. It's from one of Germany's biggest and most respected car magazines (though I prefer AutoBild), and if you click the link, you'll see that this is the pic they are using for their front cover. I doubt they'd put a photochop on their front cover.

That the headlights have a resemblance to those on the 3er makes sense. It's all about "branding." BMW wants people to look at a car and KNOW it's a BMW (roundel or not). It's the "look" they're trying to achieve, I guess... Look at the 5 and 7- series.

Juan