ApocalypseCL

Are ou sure sure you want to fire Chris Bangle for this beatful concept??? I think he has redesigned BMW beautfully from the old boxy look

AcuraFan

Not fire, just mame. I'm not feeling any of his designs...not even this one. The parts that are stylized are overstylized to the point of bein offensive. The parts that aren't offensive are almost boring. It's like he can't find a happy medium. And what is with that spoiler?

But that's just my humble opinion.

bkknight369

wtf is that spoiler...all of his cars have that or something similar...pisses me off

Sarlacc

Yeah I still want him fired. The body is ok, the interior still sucks.
The Z9 is ok, the 7 is decent. Everything else he has done sucks dick. Big floppy donkey dick.

kansaiwalker1

This Z9 is almost semi-decent, the body is all right but the interior looks stupid. It seems like all of his cars are just too "busy" with too many little "thingies" and "wigglies" that make the car less than the sum of its parts.

neoprufrok

I still think the 7 is the only car that looks okay to me. This was fine until I saw the spoiler. It looks like some sort of mustang 5.0 spoiler from the 90s.

AcuraFan

You guys remember "The Homer"? The car Homer designed in an early season of the Simpons...obviously the cars look nothing alike but the same philosophy seems be be showing up in these cars. IMHO

Crazy Bimmer

i still dont care for his interior designs

Red Nj-s

no good.

Minch00

Didn't he do the 645Ci too? That's pimp as fuck.....

Silver™

I like the exterior

I do not like the interior :thumbsdn:

heyitsme

can't say it looks impressive for a 100kplus car. rear looks like a carrera gt that went very wrong, interior looks as cheap as the z4's.

mc222

The spoiler needs to be redesigned, the headlights need to be different...I don't know how...just different - I hate the amphibious look all of his cars have...

AcuraFan

The problem is...the spoiler is the rear deck lid. That's probably why it looks so funky.

BTW: Love the avatar.

pimpscls

ugly btw guys the hardtop is hot looking trust me

SiGGy

Isn't that the six series?

cusdaddy

Very ugly. That spoiler thingey or whatever you call it is tacky. I don't like his interiors either. Overall, I hate his designs for the most part

SiGGy

its a convertible 6 series... I don't see it...

Me confused.


And ya, it's not that attractive. Especially the interior.

zeroday

i'd drive it i guess...not liking the new bmw interiors at all though. maybe it's one of those 'looks better in person cars'

1SICKLEX

Shit, ugly is as ugly does. Ugly, all of em damn ugly. A damn shame. They got to be kidding me. The whole board must be smoking some powerful shit to appove this crap.

ApocalypseCL

This is not a 6 series this is a Z9

fahoumh

Agreed.

SiGGy

yes, I want him gone.



It's a convertable 6 series to me


Good their cars look so different now. You'd think there would be a style difference between a 6series and a "z9"

Moog-Type-S

He ruined enough great cars to give good cause to fire him!!!

BEETROOT

I dont care what you guys say this is a hot car and I would love to get my hands on one. The spoiler looks fine to me, a little different but it gives the top a flat profile from the side and that looks better than the round sudden slope on the trunk.

I think its gorgeous.

ApocalypseCL

WOW Beetroot and I agree on something!!!!

BEETROOT

ApocalypseCL

hahahahahaha

soopa

i think bangle has done a terrific job with modern bmw designs.

FutureBagdA4

lol....Homer

pimpscls

ill try to find some of the hardtop

Joe5.0

WTF is up with that steering wheel?

Overall I think it looks ok. Better than the Z4 at least. Still not what I expect from BMW though. They really have been turning out some stupid looking cars lately.

I once told myself I would have a brand new V8 6 speed 5 series by the time I was 30, but fuck that if it looks ugly as sin.

I think they did such a kickass job on the design of the E36 & E46 3 series and 1997-current 5 series (sorry don't know the platform name) that it was inevitable that the new designs wouldn't be as classy looking. However, I never expected them to make such a bad left turn.

Maybe I should just buy a 03 540i before they are all gone. Oh wait, they are $45k and I'm only 21. :o

Collective27

Just to let you all know, this concept is like 3 years old.

ApocalypseCL

whats your point there are tns of concepts that are like 5 years ld before they come out with it...thats why its called a concept.

1killercls

Collective27

My point is to simply state to people that werent aware and thought that this might be brand new that it isnt. Thats all.

SiGGy

ya I agree...

I guess I don't like his modern vision of BMW.

I'm more into the Classic bmw look.

So far I have seen 1 design I like of his...

fahoumh

gavriil

AutoWeek’s fast five: BMW design chief Chris Bangle talks


By AUTOWEEK


BMW DESIGN CHIEF CHRIS BANGLE splits opinion like no other. Immediately following the Frankfurt motor show premier of his latest work, the all-new 6 Series, the 46-year-old American and 10-year BMW veteran spoke with AutoWeek correspondent Richard Yarrow:

AW: Why do you think there’s criticism of your designs?

BANGLE: I think it’s much to do with the fact that we have these extremely provocative cars and that we were doing this at a time when the whole subject of change as reported in the media was not on the same wavelength as we were.

AW: Do you worry some of your designs haven’t been well received by the public?

BANGLE: We’re not creating fashion icons and it’s not an issue whether or not we have become everybody’s darling. It’s difficult for me to imagine, in the history of cars at a time of change, that we are doing anything different to anybody else. Many vehicles that we look at today with romanticism, when they came out they were very provocative. They invoked this love-hate relationship that’s assigned to us today.

AW: We’ve seen spy shots of the facelifted 7 Series already, which is earlier than normal. How does that make you feel?

BANGLE: We facelift all our cars. It’s part of the model cycle and it was always planned that way.

AW: Tell us about the cabrio version of 6 Series.

BANGLE: It will be at the Detroit show in January, but I’m not really supposed to talk about it yet. It will have a very interesting roof, great coupe-like lines, some unique features—which is important—and it’s basically very sexy.

AW: What is the future for BMW design?

BANGLE: We will continue to evolve our philosophy. We all believe cars are truly important in our lives and are solutions to problems, not problems that need solutions.

gavriil

Talk about dodging the questions. He should have been a sales guy.