{"id":156949,"date":"2025-01-17T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/?p=494116"},"modified":"2025-01-17T20:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:00:40","slug":"the-story-behind-the-4-series-large-kidney-grille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/the-story-behind-the-4-series-large-kidney-grille\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the 4 Series\u2019 Large Kidney Grille"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to even talk about BMW today without mentioning the grilles. Whether it\u2019s the buck-toothed M3<\/a> or instantly recognizable (I\u2019m being generous) XM, the grille is a big point of contention for BMW enthusiasts young and old. Incredibly, the modern incarnation of BMW\u2019s vertically oriented grille began nearly ten years ago, when the G22 4 Series was still in the design stage. And now, we have the origin story.<\/p>\n

The Grille That Changed Everything<\/h2>\n

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In what will likely surprise nobody, the now iconic and polarizing grilles are products of the marketing department. Ian Robertson, Sales and Marketing board member for BMW, felt the brand\u2019s bread and butter four-seaters needed \u201cmore distinction.\u201d So, when designs were being thrown around sometime in 2017 for the G20 3 Series and second-gen 4 Series, Robertson and former R&D boss Klaus Frohlich started chatting about how to distinguish their car from the competition.<\/p>\n

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For inspiration, they looked in two places. The first was the current BMW X Series SUVs. Vehicles like the X5 had grilles dwarfing the ones found on smaller cars, like the 3 Series of the time. But sheer size wasn\u2019t enough. \u201cWe needed something different for the sportier cars,\u201d he says in Steve Saxty’s “BMW by Design” book<\/a>. The second place considered was kind of a stroke of genius: the 3.0 CSL Hommage<\/a> from 2015. The wide and vertically longer grilles were familiar but \u2013 as BMW puts it \u2013 \u201ctall in citation of the more upright styling of the kidney grille of yesteryear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Large Grille Could Have Ended Up On The 8 Series As Well<\/h2>\n

The rest is, more or less, history. The 4 Series ended up getting the grille we know today, but it almost wasn\u2019t the only one. According to Robertson, he and Frohlich \u201cgot so excited by the idea that we wondered if we could put them on the 8 Series too.\u201d Apparently, the 8 Series was too far along for that change to happen.<\/p>\n

BMW\u2019s own press release from 2020 claims the 4 Series’ grille \u201cfollows the tradition of legendary BMW coup\u00e9s and reflects the engine\u2019s high cooling air requirement.\u201d Of course, we know the second half of that is at least a little misleading, since both the four- and six-cylinder engines available in the 4 Series appear elsewhere in the lineup sans vertical grilles. But it\u2019s undeniable that the 4 Series grille \u2013 however you feel about it \u2013 has a past rooted in BMW heritage. Hey, even the E30 had grilles<\/a> that were taller than they were wide. And juxtaposition with the 3.0 CSL Hommage \u2013 arguably one of BMW\u2019s most enticing concept cars \u2013 does bring some newfound appreciation to the beaver teeth.<\/p>\n

Robertson speculates that the brand may have lost some 4 Series buyers, but thinks the grilles brought in more new buyers to the fold than they lost. He says he\u2019d do it all again. Personally, I think the BMW 8 Series has never looked better.<\/p>\n

First published by https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com<\/p>\n\n

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It\u2019s hard to even talk about BMW today without mentioning the grilles. Whether it\u2019s the buck-toothed M3 or instantly recognizable (I\u2019m being generous) XM, the grille is a big point of contention for BMW enthusiasts…<\/p>\n

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