Apologies for any resolution issues. I did most of the heavy lifting in photoshop, but it’s very time consuming to do an accurate “Melbourne Red Metallic” finish , so I asked Nano Banana to help with that, hence the slightly different fidelity of the red car. However, I do feel this is quite accurate in terms of body lines, etc, as I tried to follow the spy shots, rather than fill the elements from the G and F series car like what the other renders do (although I did throw in the 868M wheels because I like them).
A 90s Mitsubishi Lancer 🤷♂️
More like Mitsubishi galant 2000
https://preview.redd.it/9k0sfgvn9y6g1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fff7d4f1ec2561656e6cdc2a317e7ed3b9df442
Yup, i see it. The bumper on this one is similar-ish too
If only cars went back to looking like this, for real
bmw out here copying homework and not even changing it
A Galant that’s been punched in the face a few too many times….
That gen Galant was very handsome and aggressive.
Especially the VR4
ngl I like it
I came here to say this.
I was about to make a Kia joke but...
Holy shit, you are right, pfff!
More of a Mitsubishi Galant
Which was always a fairly handsome car tbf and far nicer than quite a lot of BMW’s efforts over the past decade.
Indeed. One of the best looking japanese sedans.
Oh my gosh yes
The last one actually. Google the tail lights off the Evo X
Evo X was a pretty car especially for its time. so no complaints here
You know what Mitsubishi should do… get in contact with BMW the way Toyota did and …
Looks like those photoshop edits people made in the 2010s of what it would look like if they brought the firebird back
I like it and I’m pretty sure you missed some very big lines
Pretty sure that’s AI made
It’s completely missing the kidney grill, just copy-paste from ix3
https://preview.redd.it/gu5eekphqx6g1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d4a995a050fc049428e4a5ea9081ebbcc1fb44c
You can see there's no kidney grill there. It's just like in OPs edit.
Which one(s) do you reckon? I can make adjustments later. I tried to look at the different spy shot photos and match it with the iX3 to follow the Neue Klasse theme.
There's like a dimple or something on the center top of the bumper that looks to go under the hood.
Seems like a bump down the middle of the hood, directly over there "dimple"
And the lights are much wider, with smaller "snouts"
Also think the lower bumper looks more like the recent M2, not a black piece sticking out.
https://preview.redd.it/h2ini44ro07g1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3946861cbe2fede7f44442cc27bebf864393fa20
Yeah I’m curious about the dimple as well, but I couldn’t make out what it was so left it. You make a good point about it the M2 bumper. I’ll give it another go later with that approach and adjust the lights.
Nice job! I've seen the whole car (in i3 form so without the lower grilles) and there's a couple of graphics between the headlights that no one has gotten so far. They're two lines of lights that approximate a wide kidney grille.
The leading edge of the hood in the final car is pretty close to the Neue Klasse concept. This mule has a bit of an add-on just aft of the badge as a misdirection, I guess
Jeebus tap dancing Christmas, I hope that’s not what we get…….. 🥴
Can‘t wait for the posts in here „it‘s kinda growing on me, after I leased it.“
Don’t worry, in a year or 2 we will like it, just like the G80. Everyone will buy it
I'm still waiting to like the G80, don't think it's gonna happen lmao
You are probably exactly right. My brain already tells me the M350 is what I’ll transition to……but damn.
I think it looks infinitely better than the g80
So im going to save this post for 5 years whenever literally everyone in this comment section sees this thing replacement and claims that this render is the best looking 3 series in decades just like they did with the current Gen And the gen before that And the gen before that And the gen before that
The front end is absolutely fucking disgusting
To be fair, the red one looks nothing like the Erlkönig. This isn't a very accurate representation. Most of the lines are wrong and some shapes are completely off. You can zoom in and see for yourself.
I think it's alright. Refreshing from the buck tooth retardation.
But bucktooth is the 4 series and M3/4. The current 3 series is just fine, and this is supposed to replace that. This might not be the right path...
Well, the current G20 3 series is one of the last BMWs in the current lineup that was launched BEFORE the bucktooth trend. The G20 launched in 2019, this design trend began with the M3/4 in 2021. So unfortunately it was probably always going to spread to the standard 3 once it got refreshed.
It's like Alfa Romeo
BMW has come full circle to designing a 00s lancer base complete with poor quality plastic interiors
LOL. Your render doesn't even match. Were you high when you did this?
I think he meant he tried to ask AI
It’s so far off it’s ridiculous
Front bumper, hood, rear windows, skirt. None of the obvious details match. It is not even close to what it might look like.
https://preview.redd.it/tn91i0z39w6g1.png?width=868&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb5e275968da3ad87614f82adbc13b59a14d77c5
Well, I did it on top of the spy shot. I get that folks may not like the look, but the lights + front bumper were taken from the Neue Klasse iX3 and made to fit the spy shot’s lines. The headlights fit the spaces, and the middle split of the iX3’s bumper lines up with the one on the spy shot.
"fit".
The grill shutline, the windows, the wheel arches, the tire outer diameter, the whole rear door outline are clearly drawn on, and deviate significantly from the photo.
And no, the headlights do not fit the spaces either. I don't mind you using nano banana, but it's clearly changing the shape of the car. The inner edge of both headlights are pushed way further apart in the generated image. On the fully visible headlight, the outer corner (pointing at the wheel arch) is in a completely different spot.
It's ok to like your work, but you can't ignore the fact that a lot of the lines are significantly moved.
You had zero reason to change the windshield shape/aspect-ratio for example, it's not camo'd to begin with.
Eh? I literally did patching and warping on top of the spy shot. Took the headlights off the iX3 and adjusted it to match the lines on the spy shot. Did the same with the bumper. The windows I lifted off the Neue Klasse concept and then warped them, but I followed the concept’s “bigger glasshouse” approach.
Why did you changed the wheels
You clearly don't know what you are doing. all of the windows in your image are 20% larger than the original. Tell the truth, did you ask an AI to do this?
https://preview.redd.it/3pyuto7w9w6g1.png?width=868&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccc7a6ed6e1bfeec7f0829dc4249ed00db4ec5f2
I get that people may not like the look, but I legit tried lol. AI kept hallucinating and kept giving me bastardised i4’s, so I thought I’ll try to start doing pen tool + patching + warping, and I did try to follow the Neue Klasse sedan concept’s window line, which is probably why it looks a bit different. I’m definitely rusty with photoshop though.
+rep for not using ai
I like how they’re giving me shit but I reckon they haven’t actually tried doing it themselves and really looked at the details of the spy shots.
Ah the classic argument. “I may have done an absolute shit job but you didn’t even try so I’m right and you’re wrong”
yeah, just admit you've done a shit job and move on
Dude, your windows are egregiously large.
If you squint, kinda looks like an older S4
BMW hates when you do this one simple trick.
I really like where the Neu Klasse is going—back to more traditional BMW design. I haven’t liked even the 3-series since the E9X
But not gonna lie this gives off big time Mitsubishi Diamanté vibes for the front end—-which was obviously an homage in itself to classic BMW front ends!
https://preview.redd.it/81f984p28z6g1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f328a5a463008bf639e108a1aaf9a16db983c5f
I personally think what we can see of the design for the new ones is frankly hideous, but I think you nailed it with the Diamante reference. I realize that my taste is not everyone's, and if you like it, more joy to you!
It looks like something Bob Barker would give away on The Price is Right in 1991.
I’ve job! Unfortunately I don’t like the design 🙃
Gives me Kia vibes
Y'all aren't gonna be complaining about the kidney grills soon.
the rear window needs to be a bit more squared off to give it that Hoffmeister kink ish design element
I think you made the windows too big.
And the actual nose has a little more aggressive ‘shark nose’ in it. It’s more curved, less flat.
But a fair attempt.
Yeah, I did lift the windows from the Neue Klasse concept. The shark nose was hard because i was lifting the headlights off the NK iX3
The larger windows give it a bit of a dome, like the Tesla Model 3
It’s going to look better with the smaller windows you see on the camouflaged car.
But I’m not a hater, I like the styling of the new iX3
Thank you but the shape of the front doesn’t look correct compared to the wrapped one. Yours is considerably less rounded at the very tip which gives it a clunky feel overall. Otherwise good job.
It will probably have more sharp lines, and something is off at the front…
But great job!
You did a very good job. Only thing I notice, the perspective of the left head light is a little off. I think it is a little small at the end.
The car looks very good. Especially in comparison to other cars today
Yeah, I lifted them off the iX3, so i just tried to make them fit.
Pretty close to the final design
Without the Hofmeister kink it does look like a Mitsubishi Lancer. If you lift the window line higher, it’ll look like a Galant!
Glasshouse looks bigger on your render. Don't think the actual car will look quite as good.
You didn't like the wheels either? 😆
Lacks a triangle panel with embossed 3 on rear part of rear door window
That looks great! But probably due to the fact that my ex girlfriend had a Mitsubishi 20 years ago. I loved that car.(and most likely still ❤️her) I’ll ask her what she thinks of the new BMW Neue Klasse when I drunk dial her on New Year’s Eve.
Fyi, plastic over fenders and over bumpers are bolted to the cars, so you cannot see the real shapes of the car.
It's not just a matter of removing the camouflage.
it kinda has that sci fi future retro aesthetic
i don’t know if it’s intentional but they should dive into that vibe more
i like it it gives me 90s jdm car vibes
Mission accomplished: BMW becomes Mitsubishi, "the 90's Japanese version of BMW"
I haven’t been a BMW fan in years. Looks like that’s continuing
I don’t think it looks bad… but before I saw what sub this was, I thought it was a Skoda or something.
I like your design tbh. I dont thi k the front end is gonna be that thin.
Unwrapping looks interesting, except for that part under the Grilles 😟
Much better than what designs have been released in the last two years
Backend needs the most work this generation
I like it. Looks better than current models.
:) Good attempt. We will see it in a few months
I like it!
Everyone’s saying Mitsubishi, but I see Alfa 159 (and that’s not a bad thing)
https://preview.redd.it/0mj4womom17g1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b42c2eacceaf688f39743ba77f418346821fe4c9
Funny you say that. I always thought the original concept had a very Alfa silhouette.
I kind of dig it.
Pretty sure there are already unwrapped images. This one’s gonna have to marinate even longer than previous abominations before I can look at it for longer than 5s.
I kind of like it ngl
Edit : maybe more a round-ish headlight
oh no way! Neue Klasse plz don't touch x5, x6 x7!!!
Mitsubishi already made the Galant 🫤
The “Elon” in the background absolutely sent me
So you tell us it’s unwrapped but the one thing that was not wrapped is completely different in the unwrapped version… the wheels!
So I guess I’ll what to see what the official pics are like - if the wheels are wrong and they were actually on show then what chance the rest is right? 🤔
I wrote in the description that I changed the wheels to the 868M ones.
For some reason, I don't hate it as much as the previous generation. Am I just getting used to shit cars?
You like this more than G20?
Ahh nevermind you're right. I am thinking of the 5 series G60.
I do like boxier cars which is probably what draws me to this more than others. I mean hell, I drive the definition of a box car with my '95 E34.
Tschinaaaaaaaaaaa
Reminds me of my first car, a 96 Mitsubishi galant. 🤣
Why does it have an underbite?? Make the front end complete I actually like the headlights but that rear end and this renders front end are ass
Trying to figure out how that's what you got to since the front end of the model doesn't have all the extra plastic.
Why do people waste time like this?
Nice. I hate it.
Fully ready to live in the used market until this era of BMW styling passes
This looks massively inaccurate to the camo.
Looks okay, but doesn't look like BMW, if any other car brand would make this i wouldn't feel like it's ugly, but it doesn't look like bmw at all
I see a few people are upset lol. Let me add that I’ve been following the trajectory of the Neue Klasse sedan design since the concept was announced, and BMW did confirm that the separate grille on the iX3 is only for SUV’s. There was also additional insider chatter that the kidneys for the sedan would be generated from the lights within the twin horizontal headlights. Here’s a snapshot of how the design has been evolving:
https://preview.redd.it/7wepkvhmdw6g1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca717b3d02d87b1fb6af3ccca849f9f0991a417e
So while I get that some people don’t like it, I did follow the Neue Klasse approach and literally did the patching on top of the spy shot.
Here's a tip: there are also projects that start first with the production car and then concepts are made after as a way to showcase them ahead of time. So it's not always concept -> production car
Its so ugly 😭😭
Barf
Is this a joke?
Throw it all away
https://preview.redd.it/glz44sk2lw6g1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe7cf928e342c577d475152865047fbeb26c71e2
Front end is giving me Dodge Dart vibes…
I’m feeling Subaru
Hood is completely wrong
I can’t think of another car brand that’s facing the biggest identity crisis in its entire history.
fuck, that's ugly.
BMW apparently has no idea what they want to do with the iconic kidney grills. Back in the 70’s thru the early 2000’s they didn’t change all that much. Then they started making them huge and ridiculous looking, like giant beaver teeth. Now it looks like they’ve given up with that signature look.
Is this an EV? Because the front of it looks awful like a front wheel drive car.
I really hope you’re wrong lol.
By God I hope you are wrong.
Jesus that’s horrible.
Hideous wtf
Not even close…
Why didnt you put the wheels back?
Nice work! A few things I noticed:
You missed a big line on the bonnet/hood above the headlights.
The front lip seems to be more pronounced in the spy shots.
The c column and rear window have quite different shapes.
When you look at the bmw ix3 and its previous spyshots you can see that the new kidney grille was completely camoflaged and impossible to make out. I really hope its the same for the new 3 Series. It would look way better with that grille added.
https://preview.redd.it/w8ragxaa3x6g1.jpeg?width=1403&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f250d8d61f016a21f27f241a4ea468b5c0daadc
i don't think this is very accurate since the grill outline, pannel gaps, and window silllouette don't line up
You missed all lines that make or break a car.
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https://preview.redd.it/ob33uw6c9x6g1.png?width=1034&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea9018e41ff26c61222857cb137cdcd03b9a603f
Looks like shit, wrap it back
Are any of you angry? Wow I’m so annoyed with bmw lately
Dear god what is that
It looks horrible so it’s probably pretty accurate.
I don’t think your result looks even remotely similar.
You've just wasted your time. Car design is all about details and proportions. What you've done is just taken anything similar as a details from the ix3 and slapped it on. Windows are too big, the grille is nothing like the original, you've changed the rims as well, and basically asked ai to paint it.
Hideous front end, so unaggressive
This thing looks absolutely horrible
For once, BMW is on top of the EV game from a technical perspective and now they're messing up the design
Reminds me of my Lancer Evo 9 from the side / doors
Neue scheisse 👎👎👎it’s a stupid Mitsubishi copy from the90s absolutely ridiculous
God that thing is so ugly. Bmw you still have time to fix your design department.
Ewwwwww
photoshop magically changes the wheels on their own? "chat gpt, unmask the car so i can post on reddit for karma"
This has to be AI slop, there's so many glaring mistakes. You completely changed the entire rear end, bonnet and front.
Why did you change the wheels?
Why didn't you stay true to the original lines and edges? Oh sorry. It's nano banana's fault
Look up how g80 m3 spy shots looked like and how far away from reality they are. I suppose this is far too.
Oh it's a Toyota Honda!
Looks like an ugly ass Mercedes c class
Please rewrap
Kia optima.
I think they both look like shit but bottom care clearly isn't the same as the top - if you take two seconds none of the shapes of lines match well at all
Melted dogshit design.
Who cares if the render isnt accurate. Everyone could tell how ugly the new design is with the wrap.
Damn that's a travesty
i rly dont like this
I mean it looks smaller. That would be cool if it was.
This is awful. BMW has completely lost their way
On the one hand I’m happy the belt line isn’t increasing again making the windows any smaller. On the other hand, the side windows look… weirdly big? Maybe it’ll look good in final form.
That doesn't look like a BMW at all, that's a 90's Galant.
Imma throw up
Please put the wrap back on
G20 series looks better than this neue klasse tbh.
It’s going to have narrow kidneys, I’m 99.9% sure.
HONK
Nice rendering of the camouflage prototype vehicle from BMW - My first resemblance of it is the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 in red 🏁🚗🇮🇹It must have been the shape of the headlamps and the wheels in combination of the vehicle size proportions that gives off the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 vibes for the Neue Klasse 3 series 👌🔥😍🇩🇪🏁
Ugh. We’re really not improving, huh
BMW makes an attractive grille challenge (impossible)
What were they thinking?!
Reminds me of Japanese car but can’t put my finger on it 🤔
Looks okay imo., but does this mean BMW will stop building coupes?
You mean like the Z4? Haven’t seen it appear on any insider leaks with the different upcoming products list. 4 series is on the list though.
hear me out. They know they'll never make better looking cars as e46, e92, f32, f10 or g30. So they gonna make few gens of ugly so we forget how pretty they were back in a day. And then make decent one and we gonna storm saloons
Fugly. BMW designer should be fired.
Why it look like the 2027 Pontiac gto
Nope… it comes with a bmw kidney grille …be sure. This is a mitsubishi.
Just keeps getting worse
looks terrible.
What's with the different rims? The ones on the spy shot look great.
Just a personal preference. The 868M wheels are my current favourites.
looks like a modded 1st gen dacia logan... only somehow worse... an with cheap aftermarket headlights.
I would choose the beaver grille over that mess
The hood is way off. Looks like you fed it through ai
Didn’t realize BMW was gunning for the WRX.
Maybe they should call Bangle back?
Try harder
This is well off, where BMW used to utilise the hoff kink it’s completely different lol
Oh god just go back to the F gen
I don’t like it
I think you’re way off with the nose. You’re completely missing contours and shapes.