PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE

“YOU CAN HAVE AN OPINION ON THE LOOKS BUT IT’S NOT REALLY YOUR CHOICE”

While there’s a lot to say about the new BMW 4-Series, only a contrarian would start anywhere other than, literally, the beginning. The front. And, oh my, what a lot of front it has. The new 4-Series flared nostrils have inflamed all conversation about the car – indeed about BMW design in general – ever since they were shown on a concept in September last year.

Actually, I’m less offended by the main grille design than most people are. My beef is the wider facial ensemble and its secondary apertures and fins and gills. The kidney pair are largely blanked off. If they weren’t, surely those other holes (which are mostly falsies