Originally Posted by bankerboyz

After seeing these new pics, which in my estimation is the production car minus the few black tapes here and there, I must say I am extremely dissapointed. Its such a let down from the concept car from the Franfurt show. If there are any BMW marketing guys reading this board (as they are prone to do), please, please, please get rid of the bloody B pillar it ruins the car and definetely kills a sale (at least from me).

Originally Posted by X5love

i don't think BMW's ever done a facelift earlier than 4 years into launch.

all cars have 7 year life cycles, first 4 looks like the day it came out, last 3 are facelifted (could me major, like 7, or minor, like z4/6/5)

as for the car when it comes out, it's going to look exactly like the concept, except that the windows will have pillars and the brake lights will be LED bulbs instead of LED tubes. and oh yea, the mirrors will be normal size.

i just don't get how people could be soooo disappointed when you're virtually looking at the SAME car, except with some tape on it.

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Not true. They did X3 facelift pretty early when they got away with plastic bumpers(US only) and then the 2nd facelift with partial black bumpers. BMW is moving towards 2 facelifts in lifecycle of a model.

Originally Posted by X5love

isn't a facelift constituted when the actual shape of the parts change?

I thought with the "first" facelift of the X3 they only painted the bumpers, didn't change the material or shape..?