To commemorate the 75th anniversary of its beau ideal 328 sports car, BMW has created the 328 Hommage, a modern interpretation of the 328.The Hommage isn’t much of an aesthetic homage—it looks almost nothing like its tiny silver 1930s-vintage inspiration. In comparison with the original artifact, the 328 Hommage is low, angular, and downright mean looking. Mixing styling cues from BMW’s i8 (the front end), Z4 (the flanks), and the newest 6-series (the rear), the designers also threw in several details that hark back to the 328’s era.
there are leather straps woven into the bodywork behind the front wheels and on the hood near the base of the windshield, small windscreens in lieu of a formal windshield, and alloy wheels with circular holes and spinner hubcaps that recall the original 328’s steel wheels. One of the cooler details is the lighting; the headlights appear to sport black tape crossouts like so many vintage racers do, but in fact the “tape” really consists of blacked-out, criss-crossed indents that separate the lamp into four individual backlit-LED units.The interior is equally sculpted, and supremely driver-oriented. The interior is separated into two separate pods—one for the driver and one for the “co-driver”— and everything that isn’t brown leather or aluminum is carbon fiber. The driver’s pod features a sweeping console and a windscreen that is larger than the co-driver’s, which actually makes the hood and its powerdome slightly asymmetrical. The only instruments are a tachometer and oil temperature, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges. In front of the co-driver are mounted two iPhones in aluminum cases that look like chronometer watches from the future. The functional and racy interior is rounded out by a kill switch for the vehicle electronics.
This year's "in" vehicle with which to show up at the club. Then, either sell it or keep it in the family for fifty years until it becomes a beautifully preserve, under wraps, "barn find."
ReplyDeleteThat's one butt ugly roadster.
ReplyDeleteWaste of money
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell? At least it's priced reasonably. MSRP is $250K-$400K-depending on options.
DeleteNice for fair weather driving. That's it
ReplyDeleteHow may were produced?
ReplyDeleteYeah butt fugly. Take a vintage 60-70's 5 speed 4 banger sedan over that every day. Those where except for being rot boxes just excellent set of wheels to drive every day.
ReplyDeleteAlmost as fugly as Jaguar's latest proposal. Someone with more money than taste will buy them.
ReplyDeleteSo,.... adding leather straps makes it an homage to something totoally different. I guess what ties them so closely together is that they have some metal used in the construction of each..... or they both have tires of some sort. Today, in homage to George Washington, I will wear pants.
ReplyDeleteI'd choose the original.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
I prefer my car to have doors.
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