This video shows Chris Bangle speaking on his love of designing cars, as well as “Bangle-bashing” – the criticism of the design cues that he has inserted into the current generation of BMW cars, the most famous being the Bangle Butt.
According to him, it was necessary for product lines to follow a cycle of a revolutionary generation followed by an evolutionary generation followed by another revolutionary generation and so on. The current way BMWs look started with the E65 BMW 7-Series – that was considered a revolution, and the evolution could start with the upcoming production version of the BMW Concept CS.
He also talks about the 2006 Geneva Motor Show where he was accused of being racist when he used the term “Axis of White Power”, and offers his explanation on the matter: apparently he was actually referring to the cars’ paintjobs.
Both videos are viewable after the jump, the interview and the video where he mentioned the Axis of White Power.
VIDEO: Chris Bangle on Bangle-ism
VIDEO: Chris Bangle and the Axis of White Power
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
jingle bell…jingle bell…jingle bangle….ure loser…producing a suxx dsg…btw…onli 5 er are nice…cheers…
The only BMW I like with the Banglish design was the Z4 and 6 series….the 7 looks horrible from the back and the 3 doesn’t looks as nice as the predecessors…
something is wrong when a less than tasteful design is described as being ‘bangled up’
whatever ppl says, I admire his design
one man’s meat is another man’s poison…
BMW are no longer elegant in a minimalist way, the old BMW look which epitomised by the old 6 series is a like a trim and fit gentlement in neatly pressed tuxedo, the new BMWs by Bangle is like steriod enhanced freaks in sleaveless tee shirts and gym pants. Vulgar! But it seems that people like this sort of look these days and BMW is selling very well. What do I know anyway, I can’t afford any BMW!
bolo
bmw 6 series, 635csi made to be a beautiful coupe,
also 850csi, its beautiful,
the latest 6 i agree vlugar, and…
also look at the rear of the 3 series coupe, its lack of strong stance of sportiness,