That's just a common design que in modern sports design. You can see the same thing in a lot of cars, several of which predate the G.
From these pictures, this at least looks less gay than the new 3 and 5 shots that gavriil has found us. However, it doesn't particularly excite me either.
If the 8 series was meant to be the replacement for the original 6 then the new 6 is a replacement for both the original and the 8. This hardly seems to accomplish that. It just doesn't excite me.