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I like the front end design of new BMW, especially compared to new MB. Part of the reason I ran from MB w/o looking back after having what I thought was one of their best cars (design-wise), a C coupe (CL203).
These two marques follow different design directions. Even given the fact that modern safety regulations limit the free flow of designers' ideas, they remain distinctly different. As for personal likes/dislikes - it usually takes time for an innovation to become accepted. It usually goes like this: "what an ugly thing!" -> "there is something in it..." -> "I like it!" -> "how could I live without it?".
As for myself, I did like the E46 a lot, then did not like the E90 (at which point bought a MB C coupe), then saw an e92 parked near my office and almost dropped dead... That was it for me, especially after MB released pitcures of then-upcoming W204 (the present-gen C-Class).
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