Breaking News - Bangle Quits BMW!!
02-03-2009, 05:49 AM
#1
Contributors
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Posts: 4,119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera S Convertible. Midnight Blue, 6 Speed.Retired - 2007 997 Carrera S, Midnight Blue, Grey leather, premium audioRetired - 2007 550i, Monaco Blue over Beige, Navigation, Logic 7, Cold Weather Pack, Comfort Access, Sport Package
Model Year: 2008
Chris Bangle is to leave BMW:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-R...-quit-industry/
Have to say I'm disappointed. I'm a big fan of his work, and as he's shown over the years he's got the biggest balls in the industry.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-R...-quit-industry/
Have to say I'm disappointed. I'm a big fan of his work, and as he's shown over the years he's got the biggest balls in the industry.
02-03-2009, 06:20 AM
#2
Super Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Posts: 17,310
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
My Ride: G30 M550i
Model Year: 2018
Interesting...
His designs [as well as Adrian Van Hooydonk's] are [were] clearly ahead of their time and it's obvious that many of the initial detractors in the industry are now imitators!
His designs [as well as Adrian Van Hooydonk's] are [were] clearly ahead of their time and it's obvious that many of the initial detractors in the industry are now imitators!
02-03-2009, 06:28 AM
#3
Contributors
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 1,256
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2010 M5 alpine white, black full leather, etc.
Wow, that is huge news! This forum is clearly a testament to our appreciation for his innovative ideas. Ideas that should "wear well", well into the future. Great design is great because others copy those designs, claiming them for themselves. I, for one, will miss seeing what he had up his sleeve next for the BMW line-up.
02-03-2009, 06:30 AM
#4
Contributors
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Posts: 4,119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera S Convertible. Midnight Blue, 6 Speed.Retired - 2007 997 Carrera S, Midnight Blue, Grey leather, premium audioRetired - 2007 550i, Monaco Blue over Beige, Navigation, Logic 7, Cold Weather Pack, Comfort Access, Sport Package
Model Year: 2008
Another update - it's with immediate effect.
http://www.dowjones.de/site/2009/02/bmw-sa...sign-chief.html
http://www.dowjones.de/site/2009/02/bmw-sa...sign-chief.html
02-03-2009, 07:44 AM
#5
Contributors
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: HK
Posts: 2,342
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: carbonized MB coupe
Originally Posted by swajames' post='784033' date='Feb 3 2009, 11:30 PM
Another update - it's with immediate effect.
http://www.dowjones.de/site/2009/02/bmw-sa...sign-chief.html
http://www.dowjones.de/site/2009/02/bmw-sa...sign-chief.html
bangle just oversaw everything.
02-03-2009, 07:59 AM
#6
Contributors
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Posts: 4,119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2008 Porsche 911 Carrera S Convertible. Midnight Blue, 6 Speed.Retired - 2007 997 Carrera S, Midnight Blue, Grey leather, premium audioRetired - 2007 550i, Monaco Blue over Beige, Navigation, Logic 7, Cold Weather Pack, Comfort Access, Sport Package
Model Year: 2008
Originally Posted by billhk' post='784092' date='Feb 3 2009, 08:44 AM
I think Adrian designed the E60 and E90 etc,. he is the one with the pencil,
bangle just oversaw everything.
bangle just oversaw everything.
02-03-2009, 08:50 AM
#8
Contributors
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: HK
Posts: 2,342
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: carbonized MB coupe
Originally Posted by swajames' post='784106' date='Feb 4 2009, 12:59 AM
Right, although it was David Arcangelli who was the guy who effectively designed the E60. Adrian had more of hand in the 7 series. I think the issue is direction and leadership. Bangle did go upstairs as you say, but his legacy is clear and he was the guy who pushed the BMW board to think different. BMW is probably going to become more conservative under Van Hooydonk - and I think that's a shame.
hats off to Bangle- good man, whatever they say, the current crop are the best styled BMWs for ages
E60,orig E65, Z4, still nothing like them on the road, but copied even by MB (eg. boot/trunk of E65 on the S class)
The facelift E90 is what it should have been in the 1st place(now with E60 type front).
whatever happens, they need to rethink the interior, as they are not enough nowdays v the competition
02-03-2009, 10:04 AM
#9
Senior Members
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: New York und Wien
Posts: 2,158
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Wrote about it briefly this morning - see http://bmwcca.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4479
The news release hadn't come out so I had to call BMW NA to confirm what had been reported in a few newspapers.
The news release hadn't come out so I had to call BMW NA to confirm what had been reported in a few newspapers.
02-03-2009, 10:15 AM
#10
Contributors
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: nyc
Posts: 1,256
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My Ride: 2010 M5 alpine white, black full leather, etc.
Remember the most important point here, already mentioned, is that Bangle ran the show, with a number of designers doing the drawings, for him. He was the one who picked up on those he liked best and and sold these very creative groundbreaking concepts. You know, the simplicity of the interior I think is something quite wonderful coupled with i-drive, also groundbreaking. This thinking certainly helped to de-clutter the interior and put the focus back on the performance of the vehicle on the road.