BMW's New Grille Actually Looks Good On SUVs

BMW has just dropped twin megaton bombs in the form of theG-series M3 and M4, and although there's plenty of big news in terms of new technology and features, most people can't get over the styling - particularly that of the front end with itsmassive longitudinal grille arrangement. TheBMW X7 SUValso has big grilles, but they're different from those on Munich's new M cars. So what if performance SUVs wore the grille instead? We thought it might work, so we designed renders of theX5 MandX6 Mwith the grilles from the newM3. The result is bold and proud, something that suits a high-performance SUV.

We're not professional designers who create the aesthetics of a new model line from scratch, but we're pretty pleased with the way this has turned out. It's overt, it's excessive, it's attention-grabbing. But it's also aggressive, menacing, and clearly still has that BMW flavor. Obviously, there's a good chance that these particular grilles could make their way to all performance versions of Bavaria's best cars, but for now, while we're still adjusting to the change, we decided to have a crack at fixing the new M3 too. The new look is already growing on us, but we still must concede that more subtle kidneys look much better, as we've demonstrated below.