America is Dumb (Pt. 1)
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Long time readers of this site (which I think includes, uh, Sean and that’s about it) know that I’m constantly in search of the perfect car with which I can haul around 3 dogs or a bicycle at extra legal speeds in curves. Recently I’ve been on the hunt for a BMW 535 Touring, which are as rare as hen’s teeth. In part because the two wheel drive 535 wagon only made it for one year before being dropped for all wheel drive only in part because America hates station wagons. Preferring their station wagons to have the packaging inefficiencies, poor fuel economy and crap handling of an SUV (but not having the advantages of an SUV like off road ability or towing capacity). Low sales mean that you’re not going to find one on the used market and if you do, it’ll go for far more than the comparable (and uglier) sedan.
But I’ve said all of this before.
But now, BMW’s unleashed a new 5 Series Touring and it’s a looker.
Like all post Bangle BMWs, removing the overly busy butt makes it flow so much better. And the bigger nose isn’t bad, either
But that’s neither here nor there, because we probably won’t be getting the 5 Series Touring. We’ve already gotten the 5 Series GT…
…which I believe is actually named as an abomination in the Old Testament. None of the practicality of a proper wagon and all of the ugly of the X6.
Awesome.
And no amount of AC Schnitzering makes it better.
My eyes! MY EYES!!!!!!!!!
America is Dumb.