Pictures The pseudo Hofmeister kink thread

[Gianclaudio]

The Hofmeister kink is one of BMW's more famous trademarks along the kidneys grill:

These days however, I see shitloads of cars incorporating the kink in their designs, plus a generic greenhouse as IMO designers are running out of ideas. Well, the idea of this thread is just to post pictures of those cars.

Here some that come to my mind:

New Kia Forte/Cerato:

Kia K9:


New Lexus GS:


Old Lexus GS:


Old and new Lexus LS:


Infiniti M:


Infiniti G:


Please feel free to add more

Regards!

 

[K-A]

Hahahahaha. I don't even know where to begin! What warmed over wannabee generically bland design these days HASN'T ripped off the Hoff?

 

[Gianclaudio]

LOL, some quick research:

Toyota Avensis:


Nissan Altima:


Nissan Maxima:


Mazda 3:


Peugeot 508 (quite sad to see Peugeot doing this):


Renault Lattitude (is a korean car, Samsung):


Hyundai Genesis:


Honda Civic:



Honda Accord:


Lazzy designers........

 

[K-A]

The best part is, these are all largely FWD's.

 

[Hofmeister]

Ha, even the Australians couldn't resist copying it At least this is a powerful rear-drive saloon unlike most of them^

 

[K-A]

Another generic interchangeable warmed over Hofmeister kinked greenhouse comes from the new Lexus GS. I snapped this pic when I drove around a Loaner one due to highlighting how HIDEOUS Lexus' finish is by actually showing the crude seam lines of the kink.

 

[Levi68]

Mercedes C Coupé

Audi A5 Sportback

Aston Martin Rapide

 

[Kowalski]

Ford Mondeo

Hyundai i40

Jaguar XF

Mazda 6

Opel/Vauxhall Insignia

Volkswagen Jetta and Passat

 

[Levi68]

To make is simple all cars have hofmeister kink except Audi that copied Mercedes.