Is this good news?

[Doru]

Well, Chris Bangle is no more the Manager of BMW Group Designer.
His place is taken by Adrian van Hooydonk. Here is the news (http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/bmw-group-design-van-hooydonk-beerbt-bangle-956856.html)
Hopefully, we will have some decent looking cars again, but this will happen after the F10 (new fiver) will be obsolete....So in 2017 or 2018?

[jamesdc4]

Good news? Yes?

[Qsilver7]

Sorry...but its even worse news! Bangle was the head honcho during this new era of BMW design...and as he was in charge, it was his duty to tell us that we would learn to "love" the new designs coming from BMW.

But it was acutally Adrian van Hooydonk who designed the e65/e66 (which was the first new design that made many of the BMW faithful GASP! in horror...and NOW he's in charge! ARGGGHHHHHH! :eek:


But...the bottom line is...no matter how awful I think the new Bimmers look...they are selling more of them than the old models. :dunno

Our new leader...Mr Adrian van Hooydonk himself...

http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/02/stories/07/images/2/large.jpg

[Doru]

We shall see what will happen. I still know a little bit of German. So on the link I posted, on the right is a poll.

I will try to translate starting with the first:

Finally (he is gone), he did lots o damage
Too bad, he is a visionary (dreamer)
Lots of concepts are/were excellent
He was off (with the design) almost always
The design of the trademark will barely change.

Not surprisingly, number 1 and and 4 came in top. Give it a try, now that you know what that means....

[BKphoto]

they grew on me...i think the Z4 is a beautiful design...i never liked the 7, but look around, everyone has copied him...

[PJB]

WTF is Bangle wearing in this pic? A flight suit with no shirt underneath? Now I know there's a German stereotype of funny-looking clothing, but the guy's from Wisconsin.

http://images.marken.auto-motor-und-sport.de/media/mdb/113457.jpg

^^ Edit: after posting the larger picture it looks like he's wearing a sweater, but still...plus he looks like the bad guy from Die Hard

[Gumbi4u]

^^ Edit: after posting the larger picture it looks like he's wearing a sweater, but still...plus he looks like the bad guy from Die Hard

"Yesterday..............we had no country.........
Today we must decide...............which country we want to buy!"

[bimmerfiver]

Hey babe, I negotiate million dollar deals for breakfast. I think I can handle this Eurotrash.

Hans, Hans.

Hans Gruber (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/): I thought I told all of you, I want radio silence until further-
John McClane (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246/): Ooooh, I'm very sorry Hans. I didn't get that message. Maybe you should've put it on the bulletin board. I figured since I've waxed Tony and Marco and his friend here, I figured you and Karl and Franco might be a little lonely, so I wanted to give you a call.

Hans Gruber (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/): Who are you then?
John McClane (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246/): Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.


Yippee ki-yay mofo.