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BMW reorganizing design team / staff (FAZ article)
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com One of the leading German newspapers, FAZ, reports that BMW is about to announce a design staff reorganization (Google translation): Quote:
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Great news. Don’t really get the new design direction tbh.
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09-12-2024, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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Thank goodness. They’ve acknowledged they have a problem at last. Better late than never I guess. Here’s to hoping the change is a positive one!
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09-12-2024, 11:41 AM | #7 |
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Considering I’m a current Polestar owner and therefore appreciate their design, I think Missoni is going to be a welcomed addition.
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09-12-2024, 11:42 AM | #8 |
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It’s about damn time. Things have been looking pretty ugly lately. They need an organizational LCI in their design department.
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Not sure how current design mixed with polestar’s could make things better. I wish they would finally introduce something that’s aesthetically appealing rather than controversial and polarizing.
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Thank fuck honestly
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It can only improve.
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It's about time. I don't know what they were thinking with the latest designs they've come out with over the last few years.
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09-12-2024, 11:51 AM | #16 |
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That’s exactly what we don’t want to hear: a MINI guy designing the small BMWs. Since everything with more than 2 doors sub 3 series/X3 is now technically already a Mini we can safely say goodbye to entry level BMWs having some BMW dna left. Pure discrimination: if you want a proper BMW buy 3/X3 or upwards 😠
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Great news seems like other cars are getting sexyier and bmw was just trying it's damndest not too
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No RWD family car sub 3 series is BMW unworthy
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So there’s some hope left?
Just start firing everyone from the design team first. |
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They need to fire Hornydonk or whatever his name is. These latest designs are just awful. We bought an i7 because we wanted an EV that was long range and it was $34K off MSRP. I HATE the way the thing looks in front and the interior looks cheap in places with the ugly plastic “diamond” trim that shines blinding sunlight right into your eyes. The HVAC vents should have moved to electronic control since they went all in on screen only controls, but instead they used these cheap rubber little nubs that you can barely see or tell what they’re doing to the vents. They look so cheap. Just give me a nice vent design with obvious baffles to move around or do what Tesla did that works well and make it controllable on the display so I can actually get the air to blow where I need. The new 5er is butt ugly. It doesn’t even look like a BMW. The XM, yikes. They’ve also got to stop cheapening the cars by removing curve following headlights. Our i7 had an MSRP of nearly $140K but it has cheaper and much worse headlights than what my $66K M440i GC had.
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