The 2008 BMW 6-series

Like leap year, L.A. gridlock, and a nice MSG coma following a binge at the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, we saw this coming. BMW confirms that its numerous little tweaks to the 5-series for the 2008 model year will also show up on the 6-series coupe.

The coupe, being the more stylish of the two, does get slightly more dramatic changes to the rockers—now chunkier, which we think succeeds only in making the car look fatter—and the rear decklid, which reaches farther off the back of the car. In curving up to meet the trailing edge of the plateau, the vertical face of the trunklid grows more concave.