— -- Christopher Bangle, one of the auto industry's most influential and controversial designers, is leaving his longtime post as BMW's top designer at the end of the month. In fact, he will ...

You won't have Chris Bangle to kick around anymore. The BMW Group design chief famously (or infamously, depending on your point of view) took BMW styling in a radical new direction beginning with ...

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- German automaker BMW said the creator of the "Bangle Bustle," the uplifted trunk space adopted by many car companies, is leaving the automobile industry.

Chris Bangle, who left BMW earlier this week to move "beyond the automobile," did not create the butt that bears his name – Adrian van Hooydonk did. But most importantly, Bangle did not stand ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Word out of Munich this morning is that Chris Bangle, 52, the U.S ...

One of the most controversial designers in recent memory, Chris Bangle, is leaving BMW this month to pursue interests outside of the car business. The move is voluntary, BMW says, and Bangle will ...

And top down, the 645Ci convertible looks better than the coupe, although the butt bustle (done here in plastic) penned under BMW's former design boss, the American Chris Bangle, is still distracting.

I don’t know what shocks me more: That people hated the Bangle-era BMW 6 Series when it came out in the mid-2000s, or that it somehow made it to production at all. I can’t think of a car more ...

Current head of design Adrian van Hooydonk (who actually penned the E63 6er based on Bangle's prior Z9 concept) says the Skytop is meant to evoke the 503 of the 1950s, one of BMW's most wonderful ...

BMW AG design chief Chris Bangle remains controversial. Most rival designers are critical of the new BMW shape. He talked with Staff Reporter Luca Ciferri at BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany ...

Chris Bangle, the man behind the controversial BMW designs over the last several decades has announced he is leaving his post at BMW after 17 years.Bangle became the Director of the BMW Design ...