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Bangle is turning serious sports cars.....
Posted by Hood (more from Hood) on Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:00:06
In Reply to: Funny Autoweek piece... Link Inside., b.flippo, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:26:51
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....into clown cars. I don't mind radical styling, so long as it maintains seriousness. The new 7 is so out of whack (ugly front headlights, "baby's-got-back" trunk), and the Z4 is so wrong (looks like a slasher victim), and the spy photos of the new 6-series have an even uglier trunk, that they are no longer serious looking and are now officially comical.
What a disaster. BMW will spend years trying to live this one down.
Sales on the new 7 are up because it's a brand new car and because it's a much better car than the outgoing model (and is probably best in class right now). They would sell more if the thing was designed properly. I think BMW's will still sell ok despite the horrible styling, not because of it, but they are missing out on bigger sales.
Chris Bangle needs to get his head out of art school and into designing cars that look good.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Just venting: the new BMW 7 is absurd!, Terraplanem, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:52:32
- No, it's really quite good, Jon in Chicago, Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:51:13
- I agree..............a little, Paul
, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:16:42 - Bangle - BMW savior or horror......., Mike Lynch
, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:24:17 - Re: Just venting: the new BMW 7 is absurd!, Gary, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:48:22
- But(t), 7-series sales are up significantly.....n/m, jefx, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:45:37
- Re: But(t), 7-series sales are up significantly.....n/m, saaber, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 18:07:59
- If thats what it takes to sell cars, Saab is lost! n/m, Terraplanem, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:43:23
- Re: But(t), 7-series sales are up significantly....., Jason 0W-40, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:04:24
- Funny Autoweek piece... Link Inside., b.flippo, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:26:51
- Re: Just venting: the new BMW 7 is absurd!, Dan
, Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:58:37
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