Say what you want, I am not ashamed to be seen with a Bangled up car. Okay, maybe I’ll make an exception with the 7 Series, but the grand coupe that I am driving is perfectly fine.
BMW purists and most members of the international motoring press fraternity would like to tie a huge V12 engine block to his feet and throw him into the Atlantic Ocean, but as far as I am concerned, Chris Bangle is quite okay. The design chief of BMW, famous or infamous depending on your point of view, has changed the way Beemers look. They are more cutting edge, unadulterated 21st century vis-à-vis Mercedes and Audi. And here, in Mumbai, this 645Ci is simply out of this world.
It was the first time I was seeing it in real life and I was taken aback by its sheer presence and its pronounced, muscular hood that barely hides what’s inside. For a two-door coupe, it’s quite large, but with an overt sporty orientation, there’s not an ounce of fat in that chiselled body. I felt obese standing next to it (to tell you the truth, I feel obese standing next to anything). When BMW uses words like ‘exceptional dynamism’, ‘precision’, ‘harmony of elegant surfaces’ to describe their fairly new 2+2 coupe, all I can do is nod my head sagely and say Amen, Amen and Amen. I mean, look at that sinewy front fender, the sharp body crease, the lighting details, the boot... hey, which idiot left the boot open? Heh, heh, sorry, small flaw in the overall design.
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