MotorTrend (Digital)

MotorTrend (Digital)

1 Issue, January 2006

{THE SHAPE OF} THINGS TO COME

Controversial auto designer Chris Bangle has only just begun his quest to change the world }}
{THE SHAPE OF} THINGS TO COME
A WILD-EYED revolutionary destroying one of Europe's blue-chip luxury brands? The most influential automotive designer of the early 21st century? Passions run high whenever BMW's design chief is the topic of discussion. He might have been born and raised in the Midwest, but with Bangle there is, it seems, no middle ground. Love or loathe his work, Bangle’s impact on auto design has been profound. No other designer, not even legendary GM design chief Harley Earl, has so rapidly become a part of the industry lexicon. To “bangle” a design is now an auto-industry verb for ruining it. Auto writers use “Bangle butt” to describe a tail with an extra layer of metal on the trunk (think new Mercedes S-Class). Bangle, some rivals will remind you, is only one letter away…
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