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post #46 of 50
3/1/11 at 4:23am
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Originally Posted by epb View Post
Not really - Chris Bangle designed the E46 3-series and the interior of the E39 5-series, I think, which are still popular. Dumping on him is an easy bandwagon to join, but his design direction resulted in enormous sales for BMW and put them on the map as far as design - only diehard Bimmer fans know who designed most older Bimmers, and only the E24 6-series and E9 CS coupes garnered attention as far as design before then. The Bangle-era cars have had more impact on car design as a whole than anything BMW's ever done. And as more cars start to resemble/mimic them, they look less alien out on the road.
Nakamura designed the E46 and the E39, as well as the original Z3 :P also, most Bimmers prior to Nakamura were designed in-house by the Germans and not really attributed to any designers, as late as the E36.
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post #47 of 50
3/1/11 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by zjpj83 View Post
I blame the Porsche 996.

Funny you should mention the 996. Its as if Porsche agreed with that type of criticism by making the 997 look like the old 993 again (and every other 911 before it) from the front.
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post #48 of 50
3/1/11 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one View Post
Nakamura designed the E46 and the E39, as well as the original Z3 :P

also, most Bimmers prior to Nakamura were designed in-house by the Germans and not really attributed to any designers, as late as the E36.

You mean Nagashima. Nakamura is Nissan.
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post #49 of 50
3/1/11 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by sonick View Post
You mean Nagashima. Nakamura is Nissan.

I do/did
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post #50 of 50
3/1/11 at 3:07pm
Nagashima did not do the E46. Erik Goplen did. But epb's point is that Bangle was still running the design department that produced the E39 and E46, so he is not pure evil like some BMW fanboys would like to make him out to be. He's also the guy that elevated the designer in BMW to equal footing as the engineers. Nowadays, that's the cool thing for everyone else to do. --Andre
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