Li'ldude
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love It/Hate It N° 2Well that went down like a sack o' spuds...
Anywhy, Chris Bangle, and more importantly, his designs, ranging from Fiat Coupé to BMW 3-Series. Like 'em or loath 'em?
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Stuntman
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I love the Fiat Coupe, especially in Portofino Blue, and I like the front-end of most of the current BMW designs. But I don't like the sagging sills or the bulbous bootlids. Bah.
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Mark
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I've grown to like/accept the looks of most Bangle BMW's over time, except the E90 3 Series or any version of the 1 Series.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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Trouble is, you can't expect anyone to have a blanket view on Bangle designs; their essence is that they invite strong opinions for and against. For example, my favourites are the 1 series hatch and coupe and the 5 series saloon, and my least favourite is the 6 series, but there are plenty of people who think the exact opposite.
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Matt
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The X3 and 6-series are the only designs of his I can't abide. I've liked the 145 and Coupe before I realised they were his work and then they managed to make the current 7 look good after the facelift.
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PR
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I happen to think the 6-series looks great.
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Matt
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Ones with big wheels are passable, but if you catch it from the wrong angle, particularly one which emphasises the front overhang and it falls to pieces.
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Li'ldude
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| Stevie Wonder wrote: | | Trouble is, you can't expect anyone to have a blanket view on Bangle designs; their essence is that they invite strong opinions for and against. For example, my favourites are the 1 series hatch and coupe and the 5 series saloon, and my least favourite is the 6 series, but there are plenty of people who think the exact opposite. |
Ok, ok, but it's something to do isn't it?
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Piers wrote: | | I happen to think the 6-series looks great. |
My point exactly, there's no "common consent" opinion. It reminds me of the then Alfa styling director (da Silva?) talking about the newly introduced 75: he said he'd rather design a car that produced strong love/hate reactions than one that everyone quite liked, because those who loved it wouldn't want anything else.
Li'ldude - you're right - we've just got a discussion instead of a poll ... 
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Li'ldude
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A discussion is what we need around here.
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cbeaks1
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A 2 or 3 door 1er would do me fine, and the M3 looks good, if he had anything to do with it. I really really like the Z4 coupe, which I assume is Bangled.
There was a black Z4 coupe 3.0si in black pulling into a pub car park this morning that looked gorgeous in the sunshine. Its what I wanted my wife to go for when she got the TT, but I suppose one of us would have been in a hedge by now if we had.
Not keen on the E90, 6 series, 7 series or even the Fiat Coupe.
He seems to have had a pretty big influence on other stuff too, but I wonder if it will really stand the test of time and be desirable in 15 + years time?
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Big TC
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Don't like the Fiat Coupe. The BMW X3 is excrement on wheels. The 1-series is proportionally just wrong, and looks very droopy in the middle.
I didn't used to like the current 5-series, but that has grown on me. The new 3-series is a bit 'safe', I reckon, but not too offensive.The current 7-series is awkward from the rear 3/4 view, but quite handsome apart from that... I don't like the X5 either - those bulbous wheelarches just look wrong.
I quite like the 6-series for some reason - I'd consider an M^ if I had money to burn.
But then my views don't count, because I'd never buy a car because of its badge....
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BeN
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I think the Fiat Coupe was a brilliant piece of design, but transfering it to the German Teutonic-ness of BMW and it just goes all wrong.
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Nice Guy Eddie
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The Fiat Coupe is a stunning car. It may not have dated that well but when I first saw one at the design museum back in 94 (I think) I was amazed that Fiat had made one of the only genuinly great loking cars in years. BMW haven't had the same success. The 5,6 and 7 are all ugly to my eyes and so are the X's though the new X5 looks alright. The only success is the new Z4 coupe.
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Rodge
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Not pushed on the 7 series. Like the 5. Hate the X3. Like the E90/91/92 the more I see them. The 6 is big and quite attractive. The 1 is ok, the 1 Coupe is quite nice. X5 screams drug dealer.
The Fiat coupe was really nice.
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