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Originally Posted by wdb
Anders Warming designed the Zed coupe.
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Same can be said for the E60 designed by Davide Arcangeli, and the E90 designed by Joji Nagashima.
Even the E65/E66 7er with the famous "Bangle Butt" was designed by Adrian van Hooydonk, who would later assume Bangle's position upon his departure from BMW.
The fact is, no BMW is singlehandedly penned by any one person.
There is the designer who sketches the original drawing, a team of designers will sometimes contribute touches to the original, and then there is the design chief (i.e., Head of Design) defines the overall language and direction and gives the final sign-off.
Chris Bangle replaced Claus Luthe as BMW Group's Head of Design since October 1992 and held the position until his resignation in February 2009.
Every BMW designed during that period of time has Bangle's fingerprints on them since he would've been the one overseeing the designs and the one to give the final sign-off to the designs.
Yes, even cars not typically associated with Bangle, like the E46 M3, has Bangle fingerprints on the design patents.
The point is, your Z4 has more Bangle in it than you think.
Anders Warming joined the Designworks studio in 1997, during a time when Chris Bangle was also the Head.
In fact, the E85/E86 is one of the more commonly cited examples when Bangle is mentioned.
And many would argue the Z4 is the embodiment of Bangle's later design philosophy that incorporates twisting surfaces and deconstructivist elements (what the media called "flame surfacing").