The latest Rolls is a nightmare and I love it
Posted on 17-06-2016 at 14:26 by perry_snijders – 30 Comments”
Yesterday morning I was a bit later out of bed, and upon waking I saw pictures of the newest Rolls-Royce and MINI. Just as I thought that I was in a nightmare was ended.
I don’t know anyone who at Rolls-Royce, MINI and BMW works and unkind. Not only the importers gave birth to me, also the designers of the respective brands. When I Giles Taylor on the Rolls-Royce a quarter of an hour was interviewing was a nice conversation that much longer. In the complete car industry to come, you probably don’t sympathiekere designer at Karim Habib from BMW. MINI-designer Anders Warming? Same story. And of course there is our national pride, Adrian van Hooydonk. He is indeed from the province of Limburg, so a true Dutchman is not, but still. He is nice and if you talk to him then he tells great stories and no marketinggeleuter. In addition, he is a true car enthusiast, that you per minute and more excited to see if it is about classic BMW’s.
With such people, do you want a good conversation. As can be with a glass of wine, a pleasant place. The last thing you want is to say that you are their newest creations unsightly. When I was with Giles Taylor about the Dawn spoke, he said this: “He has all those characteristics that a Rolls-Royce to a Rolls-Royce. In the first place, of course the grille, but also the simple shapes that make for an elegant silhouette. With some brands you can see a variety of lines, curves behind and curves on the flanks of the car, but that is a Rolls-Royce.’ Yesterday when I woke up and the Rolls-Royce 103EX saw was what I saw exactly that what Rolls-Royce would not be: that range of lines, curves behind and curves on the flanks of the car.
The BMW, which is what has previously been presented was, seems in a similar way, stripped of all the features that a BMW to a BMW. Thick six-cylinder? No, he is emmissievrij. That long, straight hood? Gone. Dual round headlights? Bye.
And then that MINI. Next week I see him in real life, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. I’m already to think about what pleasantries I can with me if someone there asks what I think of the car. It will cost you and even time for a MINI to recognize. Anyone can be a MINI design: square, straight bonnet, large circular headlights, two small free-standing taillights. Surprisingly enough, the MINI of the future around, he is hardly the hood of a car, are missing the big round headlights and the taillights changed in a horizontal line. Nevertheless, it speaks to the brand itself of ‘a compact body that is not much different from that of the original Mini from 1959’. When I did my part to see it, I had to admit that the right side view of the shape of the bonnet is a bit like that of a MINI.
And how ugly the Vision Next 100 concepts of BMW are, I think they are cool. Because we are always complaining and all that cars are becoming more and more similar to each other. Well, here you have cars that are different. BMW has the balls to do something really different to show. Even though it is so ugly that you all of them preferably at the valve caps off want to saw, you can’t help but respect. At least, that says my head. Now the heart is still.