The look quickly became known as the "Bangle Bustle," in addition to some stronger ... styling wasn't greeted with universal enthusiasm, BMW U.S. spokesman Thomas Salkowsky said that nevertheless ...

took BMW styling in a radical new direction beginning with the 2002 7-Series, a car that featured the extremely controversial “Bangle Bustle,” and then really pushed the envelope (and some ...

See About archive blog posts. Word out of Munich this morning is that Chris Bangle, 52, the U.S.-born, Art Center-trained designer who has shaped BMW styling since 1992, is leaving the company to ...

Juliane Blasi shaped the skin, taking Chris Bangle's controversial flame ... that still manages to stow in back without a bustle (something only BMW has managed to accomplish with all its ...

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 ...

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 ...

BMW chief designer Chris Bangle wants the automaker's model line to have strong differentiation. "We needed a scheme that would put everything into a logical matrix," he says. "The plan was not ...

Chris Bangle, one of the bestl-known and controversial people in the auto industry, is to leave BMW after being boss of its design department since October 1992. "Bangle's plan to pursue his own ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Autoweek profile of one C. Bangle reveals BMW's controversial design chief as a laid-back, affable guy. He discusses the arrival of BMW's new brand designer, Adrian Van Hooydonk.

Cars are not elevators, says designer Chris Bangle. They need to have "an emotional relevance". After the success, comes the backlash. In terms of design, his latest saloon, showcasing BMW's new ...