What's Wrong With This Picture: Spot The Facelift Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: January 18th, 2010

what s wrong with this picture spot the facelift edition

With a brand new BMW 3 Series in development, BMW has updated the current-generation coupe and convertible. Or has it? Say what you want about the Bangle era, in those days a mid-cycle refresh was a mid-cycle refresh.

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Verbal on Jan 18, 2010

They junked iDrive, removed the turn signal stalk since it never gets used anyway, added a free case of hair gel with every purchase, and cut $20,000 from the price. Not really. Hey, another BMW with Munich plates photographed in Arizona, this one on the road to Mt. Lemmon outside Tucson. Seismic shift?

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Guyincognito on Jan 18, 2010

In this era of BMW Gran Tourismos and other such abortions, this tasteful and modest update is most welcome.

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