BMW's Bangle gladly takes the heat.(Chris Bangle )(Interview)

Automotive News Europe,  June, 2004  by Wernle, Bradford

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Byline: Bradford Wernle

For a man who has been reviled on the web as a "diabolical super robot sent from the future by Mercedes-Benz to destroy BMW," Chris Bangle is a pretty calm, cool and collected guy.

Despite the scathing criticisms he's received, BMW's controversial design chief remains resolutely committed to design that looks forward. Retro and Chris Bangle do not go together. He is pleased that some of his critics are beginning to grudgingly approve of some of BMW's futuristic styling.

Interviewed in the design theater at BMW's engineering center in ...

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