Because not every Beemer looks like a Beemer
Design-wise, you usually know where you are with marques such as BMW and Mercedes; both sell performance and prestige.However that's not always been the case – in fact far from it.
A trawl through most car makers’ history files revels many design digressions, blind alleys and leaps of faith. Here are some of the curviest of curveballs in motoring history.