Chris Bangle, BMW’s controversial chief designer, has announced his retirement from the company and indeed the entire auto industry. While this is understandable considering the scarcity of good jobs in the autoverse right now, Bangle is simultaneously one of the most loathed and influential modern car designers. 2007 7 Series The American born Bangle’s “flame [...]
In part two of our Paris Auto Show roundup we look at some more of the notable designs premiered this week in the city of light.You can see part one here. Citroen is one of the most hallowed names in automotive design though it has been much diluted in recent years as part of the [...]
By Noah Mallin So this is what BMW designers come up with when nobody is around. The GINA, just unveiled (if that’s the right term) by the Bavarian company, was actually put together six years ago as an advanced design study by Chris Bangle’s team. Yes that is high tech cloth subbing for stiff body [...]
Design Review By Noah Mallin Back in the 70s car designers all had a big wedge of Gouda on their desks which they used to trace their latest sports car designs. Well not really. But the contrast between BMW’s mid 70s Turbo concept (on the right) the original M1 supercar from 1978 (in the middle) [...]
By Noah Mallin Former Head BMW designer and VW/Audi designer Claus Luthe has died at age 75. His single most classic design is the NSU Ro80 from 1967, a radical rotary-engined aerodynamic sedan that became a touchstone for many automotive designs of the 1980s and 90s including much of the Ford lineup and Audi’s 100/5000.The [...]
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