{"id":37331,"date":"2022-12-01T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37331"},"modified":"2022-12-01T14:34:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:34:26","slug":"did-a-rivian-designer-just-sketch-a-better-looking-bmw-m2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37331","title":{"rendered":"Did a Rivian Designer Just Sketch a Better Looking BMW M2?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems car designers from other brands aren\u2019t in love with BMW\u2019s current design language. After ADRO\u2019s<\/a> chief designer, a fomer Mercedes and Hyundai designer, created an entirely new bumper and grille for the BMW M3 for customers to buy, it seems that a designer from Rivian, David Schneider, has been sketching his own BMW designs lately. His latest is of the BMW M2<\/a> and it looks better than the actual car itself (which can be seen on his Instagram here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The new BMW M2 isn\u2019t a bad looking car, especially in person where its muscular fender flares are the most visible. However, it\u2019s certainly not one of BMW\u2019s best designs and it\u2019s a bit funky up front. However, Schneider\u2019s sketch is gorgeous. It\u2019s muscular, sleek, and aggressive but not overly shouty. It has just the right amount of look-at-me styling without getting too obnoxious. The grille shapes are cool and the headlights look like proper BMW headlights.<\/p>\n

What I find interesting about this sketch is that it looks more like a BMW than the actual M2 does. I know BMW is trying to be disruptive with its designs but it\u2019s straying a bit too far from its heritage. Another thing I find interesting is that it seems other brands\u2019 designers have a greater appreciation for BMW\u2019s design history than BMW designers do. ADRO\u2019s design boss said that BMW\u2019s have always had great design languages and wanted to bring it back. And now looking at Schnieder\u2019s sketch, which clearly nails all the classic BMW design cues, such as dual-halo headlights, a classic Hofmeister Kink, and small grilles with vertical slats, it\u2019s clear he feels the same way.<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t just the BMW M2. Schneider has sketches of several other BMWs and the results are similar. They all look more like traditional BMW designs, without looking boring, than the current BMW designs. While BMW\u2019s current 5 Series is a good looking car, and its successor will likely good as well, Schneider\u2019s 5 Series Touring sketch is stunning and would make an awesome BMW.<\/p>\n

It might sound like I\u2019m picking on BMW\u2019s designs but I\u2019m not trying too. However, to say that none of them can be improved or that there aren\u2019t better looking ideas floating around is to be blind with brand loyalty. The new BMW M2 is likely going to be a great car to drive but it\u2019s not exactly a looker. So this new design does make me think what it might have been like with a different approach.<\/p>\n

[Source: David Schneider<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems car designers from other brands aren\u2019t in love with BMW\u2019s current design language. After ADRO\u2019s chief designer, a fomer Mercedes and Hyundai designer, created an entirely new bumper and grille for the BMW M3 for customers to buy, it seems that a designer from Rivian, David Schneider, has been sketching his own BMW […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":37332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}