Hot! BMW AG: What's Next

[SKY]

In this day and age, one never knows when an article is true or not. But I am reading in the Spanish press that, after the ban of the pop up door handles, China might be after the all-screen interiors, since there seems to be safety concerns.

Who would have though, the Chinese saving the rest of us from some of the most anoying modern cars features.

I am posting it here since it obviously impacts the NK BMWs...

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

In this day and age, one never knows when an article is true or not. But I am reading in the Spanish press that, after the ban of the pop up door handles, China might be after the all-screen interiors, since there seems to be safety concerns.

Who would have though, the Chinese saving the rest of us from some of the most anoying modern cars features.

I am posting it here since it obviously impacts the NK BMWs...

The Chinese market created and solved the problem. The Chinese buyers tended to like the sleek look of flush door handles, which every manufacturer fell over themselves backwards to accommodate. Then the Chinese government realised it was dangerous and legislated against flush door handles.

 

[SKY]

The Chinese market created and solved the problem. The Chinese buyers tended to like the sleek look of flush door handles, which every manufacturer fell over themselves backwards to accommodate. Then the Chinese government realised it was dangerous and legislated against flush door handles.

Best door handles are the 911/i4 type IMO. Very similar to the ones the old E39 5er and E38 7er had back in the day.

Nice and functional.

 

[klier]

The Chinese market created and solved the problem.

Because the German authorities were too afraid to loose sales in China, they looked away when German brands came with flush handles and all screens to capitalize on said Chinese sales when we all full well know they're dangerous.

Best door handles are the 911/i4 type IMO. Very similar to the ones the old E39 5er and E38 7er had back in the day.

Nice and functional.

Best for safety is a handle sticking out F30/G30 style. Probably for ergonomics too.

 

[Rolf]

This is the Saudi Aramco Ithra building in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

 

[Design FIRST]

Best door handles are the 911/i4 type IMO. Very similar to the ones the old E39 5er and E38 7er had back in the day.

Nice and functional.

My personal current favorites:

...and I like those Volvo ES60 "Winglets" too.

 

[SKY]

My personal current favorites:

These two together with the 992 911 for me.

 

[Swissbob]

These two together with the 992 911 for me.

The Audi are fully electric AFAIK.

I prefer the G door handles and the CLE door handles.

 

[Design FIRST]

The Audi are fully electric AFAIK.

I believe that you are correct.

I am commenting in the context of the design and how it blends into the flank (or DLO sill) surfacing.

I suppose that the internals of the Audi solution could be "corrected", hence accomodating a mechanical "pull and release" without influencing the flush design of the handles.

Oh yes...I also like the look of the doorhandles on the G70 BMW 7er:

 

[klier]

These two together with the 992 911 for me.

My personal current favorites:

...and I like those Volvo ES60 "Winglets" too.

The grab handles like the F30 are better. But you guys must be talking about visuals or something.....

There's a reason BMW went from E coded handles to F coded handles.

 

[Rolf]

This type of flush door handle is the worst of any handles in my opinion and a massive safety risk.

 

[klier]

This type of flush door handle is the worst of any handles in my opinion and a massive safety risk.

And they're uncomfortable and ugly. It's like the holy trinity of everything that's wrong lol

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

This type of flush door handle is the worst of any handles in my opinion and a massive safety risk.

Who made these?

 

[klier]

Model Y?

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Model Y?

Ah of course it must be Tesla. The harbinger of all the bad decisions in modern car interior designs.