Bangle, no Bangle?

[Matt]

Ive heard a lot of bitching about Bangle designs. Ive heard alot of "i like the E39 better" and "the new 7 is ugly". This thread is going to decipher how many of you actually like pre-Bangle designs more than the modern era designs (Bangalized). So here are some pictures showing the new and last generation cars of BMW. Which do you find more appealing. Please be honest.

 

[Deutsch]

I love both, though I am fearful that some cars will not age nearly as well as the ir predecessors(E60 & E63/64). W/ facelifts and new model intro's the designs will only get better I feel.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Bangle for sure.

BMW designs slogan should be 'He who laughs last, laughs the loudest.'

 

[Deutsch]

Bangle for sure.

BMW designs slogan should be 'He who laughs last, laughs the loudest.'

Amen. I'd encourage some of you guys, to read my sig once, then read it over and over and over again.

 

[LaArtist]

before bangle.. no doubt... this first wave of bangle cars i do not like..but it could be evolutionized into something gr8 in the 2nd generation wich imo starts with the new 7er.. lets wait and see

 

[Deutsch]

before bangle.. no doubt... this first wave of bangle cars i do not like..but it could be evolutionized into something gr8 in the 2nd generation wich imo starts with the new 7er.. lets wait and see

I think this current generation of cars is the first and last we'll see of the radicalized BMW design. In the future I'd look for subtle variations on the same theme(flame design). The current generation is more like an all out assualt on the automotive market and a testing phase to see just how these designs really work out in the real world over time.

 

[LaArtist]

well whatever you call it.. i think the next generation will be more balanced.. and not so outrageous.. and therefor i will hopefully like it more..

 

[EnI]

Bangle.

 

[dyna-niet]

Bangle. Just look at that old 7er...it looks so bland...

 

[Matt]

I agree. ^BMW's design has gone from Coors light to (oh I dont know) a good versatile beer. BMW's designs before Bangle have been nice and pretty just not very interesting.

 

[Deutsch]

I agree. ^BMW's design has gone from Coors light to (oh I dont know) a good versatile beer. BMW's designs before Bangle have been nice and pretty just not very interesting.

Try using an analogy you have some background knowledge on Matt. I would have said "Bangles designs have gone from the Ellen's to Lima's of the auto industry".

 

[warot]

I will still stand by the fact that the E39 is still one of the best looking cars BMW has ever made... it's so well proportioned. However, Bangle cars are just more fun to look at. So I have to say Bangle, definitely.

 

[Matt]

Try using an analogy you have some background knowledge on Matt. I would have said "Bangles designs have gone from the Ellen's to Lima's of the auto industry".

The beer bong full of Coors says ive had a plenty of background!

 

[Deutsch]

I will still stand by that the E39 is still one of the best looking cars BMW has ever made... it's so well proportioned. However, Bangle cars are just more fun to look at. So I have to say Bangle, definitely.

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh, bandwagon! I do agree w/ you on the E39 though.

 

[Mark]

Bangle designs, no doubt about it.

 

[warot]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh, bandwagon! I do agree w/ you on the E39 though.

Well apart from the E39 which I thought looked brilliant, the new cars are more desirable for me...

E90
E60... I like it... better with sport package
E63....
E65... the granddady of new BMW design.
and Z4 is better than Z3

 

[Centurion]

Great thread. At first I was the number one Bangle basher in Sweden but after I have calmed down and digested some of his desigen I have become an in-closet-BMW-fan.

The designs I like:
3er
Z4 + Z4 coupe

Stuck in the middle:
1er
7er

The designs I dislike:
6er
5er


At the end of the day I give BAngle a thumb up. Giving a brand a design language make up is extreamly hard, especially if you want to make the whole world happy but I think he has done a pretty good job.

 

[Deutsch]

Break down...

Kind of odd, both generations are Bangle...

Flame design favorites:
-E90
-Z4
-E65/66
-E87

Flame mediocres:
-E60

one's that I don't like:
-E63/4

Old gaurd fav's:
-E38
-E46
-E36
-E53
-E39

 

[Matt]

Bangle was only head of design in the latest generation though.

 

[Carbon]

pre-Bangle for me