Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 before leaving for work, i saw Chris Bangle in CNA's Morning Show... introduced as Director of Design, BMW... thought he left?? melissa hyak called him a design guru and asked him where he got his inspirations from... errmmm.... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kafer2 Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 (edited) Heh, all I can say is his designs are ...well...different lah. Weird angles, strange proportions, funny surfaces, 'unique' detailings . Did you notice recently, the premium German marques have goen into a strange design void : BMW, Audi, Merc.... Edited November 5, 2004 by Kafer2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Author Share November 5, 2004 audi okay leh.. i kinda like the look... merc? the CLS? that one looks weird.. but i thought chris bangle was asked to leave BMW already? no? that's why the new 3 is less tainted by his design cues right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seansene 1st Gear November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 melissa hyak called him a design guru and asked him where he got his inspirations from... errmmm.... She's just reading off the script. You don't expect her to ask him, "Just what the f$%# were you thinking with the design language", do you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kafer2 Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 Aiyoh, have you seen the facelifted A4? From one of the nicest sculptures to a guppy Hmmm... the latest Audi's love for the chromed-rimmed gaping guppy radiator is ...well... misguided imho. As for the new 3, BMW can't take risk with her bread-n-butter car since it accounts for like half(?) of the group's sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kafer2 Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 Is Bangle also responsible for the Fiat Coupe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seansene 1st Gear November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 Yeah, that was his 'breakthrough' car Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Author Share November 5, 2004 no one answered me yet... is he still at BMW? thought he left? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Author Share November 5, 2004 okay leh... big mouth better than round backside ala new focus right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverarrow Neutral Newbie November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 no one answered me yet... is he still at BMW? thought he left? Yes, Bangle's still at BMW. But he had been "promoted," another term for a redesignation. BMW's not gonna exorcise this bum anytime soon, since that'll be a blatant admission to design bungles that will devalue their current crop of cars. Thank goodness those in charge had the cow sense to play it safe with the design of the new 3-Series. Flame surfacing, which looks like a panel-beating job gone wrong, may not sit well with many buyers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanzy Clutched November 5, 2004 Share November 5, 2004 What's wrong with the Z4? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 6, 2004 Author Share November 6, 2004 read in yesterday's papers... Apparently he's here in Sg to help Sillypore to develop into a design centre.. another hub ... the mother of all hubs... why are we so obsessed with hubbing? my god, how clueless can those people get when they got him?? must be the same top brass who rushed into buying the new 5 and 7 series when it was launched might as well hire ex-Enron top brass if they are not in jail or still alive to turn us into a financial/petro-chem hub.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 6, 2004 Author Share November 6, 2004 that's the only one that didn't turn out wrong IMHO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 6, 2004 Author Share November 6, 2004 that's true.. removing him would be an admission of their mistakes... say.. do you think they have ex-HDB people sitting in their board? down sammyboy, down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic November 6, 2004 Share November 6, 2004 not really. the 6 series turned out well too. but i tink his influence was less there cos it looks wayyyy better than the 5 series. the worst is definitely the 5 series. totally destroyed imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Neutral Newbie November 6, 2004 Author Share November 6, 2004 oh yah.. forgot about the 6... but like you said.. think he has less influence on the 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturtles 6th Gear November 6, 2004 Share November 6, 2004 In retrospect, the 5 is better looking than the 7. The 7 series is too overdesigned. Its huge, long and look like a ship.. while at the same time, not looking like those classy limo its merc competitor is doing java script: x() Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic November 6, 2004 Share November 6, 2004 the 7 series was never a handsome car in the first place. its predecessor just looked clumsy n v dated. the 5 series predecessor was another story ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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