In 1965, the BMW C2000 (and CS2000) was created. It was not pretty. But it was innovative - it's faired in headlamps are similar to those that appeared on the 5 series in 1995. However, back in the 1965 they were added to a shovel-nose front that made the car look almost boat like. The public did not like the look and not many were made understandably. Fortunetly, it gave birth to the beautiful 2.5CS (and 3.0CS) in 1968. It's amazing how much a new front can make a car look that much better.
Unfortunetly, it wasn't soon enough to inflict the rectangular horizontal headlight look onto the BMW 2002's prediccessor, the 2000 (second pic). Thankfully this was soon changed, and the round headlights that became a BMW styling feature soon after has stayed (in some form) to this day.
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