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Originally Posted by bavarianboar
They destroyed the iconic hofmeister kink for a tacky label. Some may say it’s still there but it’s where the window trim meets the metal body work.
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I don't think slapping the badge on the kink was an end goal at all, more like an afterthought probably. Displacing the kink from the door to the body and making it extra thick in the first place was surely an end goal though, in order to visually extend the glasshouse towards the rear and cut through that C-pillar that grows thicker as cars grow bigger. This also helps visually maintain rearward cabin proportions.
The window trim getting much thicker as it loops around the kink also makes the window surround look more 3D, as if outlined by one single paintbrush stroke with an accentuation at the apex.
The 5er thus adopts a similar solution to the 3er and 7er before it.
Perhaps the badge imprint on the 5er helps dress that thick end piece which looks a bit stubby, especially in its bright version:
All in all I think the kink should have been left pure of any badge, because it's a design icon per se and the badge makes it look like something that can be easily played around with. Hopefully it won't spread to future models.