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What was Chris Bangle's design revelation? What is he trying to do or prove??

With all the negative comments toward his work, he still stand strong and stubborn. Seem like he is trying to commit a profession sucide. BMW really need a very impressive performance and everything else to save their product line.

It is very difficult to understand, Cayenne may have an excuse for the poor styling.. But a 5 series?? During this kind of economy situation, BMW can't afford to take such a risk.



I think BMW wanted to get away from the "Mercedes-illness"..."reliable, perfect but boring". Unfortunately people who are buying the 5-series want a reliable and perfect car.
And every car you see at almost every corner over here in Germany (like the 5-series or the Mercedes E-class) becomes "optically" boring, there is nothing they can do about it. So this could brake BMW's "neck", the future will tell.
The 5-series model I saw was black.