If the current BMW grill designs don't suit your fancy, don't worry, they will all be changing soon

BMW’s modern designs have been polarising to say the least, with their bold, unashamed and sometimes gargantuan grilles.

But for those who are not in favour of the current status quo, there is potentially good news on the horizon. BMW is about to implement a brand new design language across its full line-up of cars and SUVs. 

You’ve already seen strong hints of it in the Neue Klasse Concept sedan and its X-badged SUV counterpart.

It’s already well known that these design studies will form the basis of a brand new electric car family, built around a new electric-first architecture, and starting with the new 3-Series and iX3 electric models.

But now it appears that BMW’s internal combustion engined (ICE) line-up will also be remodeled to fit in with the ‘Neue Klasse’ design theme.

Autocar reports that BMW will “completely overhaul” its current ICE range, starting with a significant facelift for the current 5-Series, but with redesigns and significant updates also scheduled for the rest of the BMW range, from 2 Series to X5 and 7 Series.

BMW’s design head Adrian van Hoodonk told the UK publication that the updates were necessary as the company didn’t want the new-age models to make the current cars appear like previous generation products.

“We will make sure that the form language that we are developing now - and starting this year at the IAA with the first of the Neue Klasse vehicles – will be rolled out over the entire product portfolio, leaving no car behind,” Van Hoodonk told Autocar.

“Of course, it would not be good for us or for our customers if there would be a new type of BMW and a ‘classic’ type of BMW. We’re going to change the look and feel of the BMW brand.”

Interestingly, previous international media reports had suggested that the ICE products would continue to be underpinned by the current ‘KLAR’ platform, while their electric equivalents (which would look almost identical) would be formed around the new EV architecture.

However, the latest intel suggests that the new-generation products, such as the 3 Series, would see their ICE version built around an adapted version of the EV platform. Updated versions of the existing products, such as the 5 Series facelift, would stick with the KLAR platform.