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          Old 21st July 2001, 22:23   #1 (permalink)
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          Mr Bungle blames bmwm5.com for E65 design

          Unauthrized copy from the prestigous german daily newspaper Bayerische allgemeine tagesblatt.

          "The BMW head designer Chris Bungle yesterday decided to hold a press conference to defend himself. Mr Bungle has been very critizised for his unconventional, not to say ugly, design of the upcoming BMW 7-series. Mr Bungle stated that he had gotten the idea for the design after he frequently read complaints on the internet messageboard at www.bmwm5.com where a lot of BMW owners frequently and loudly complained about the difficulty of getting slower traffic to move out of the left lane. A BMW study was launched and indeed a lot of BMW owners found slow traffic in the left lane to be big problem. After thinking about the problem Mr Bungle decided that he had to do something and he grabbed his favorite pencil and decided to draw something so ugly that no one would be able to look at it for more than a couple of seconds.
          Mr Bungle: -My idea was that people would instantly move to the right lane so that they wouldn't have to see the 7-series nose in their rear view mirror. test shows that my theory was correct. People imediatly vacate the left lene when they see you coming. I have made this design to please the www.bmwm5.com clientele and what to I get in return? They are sending letters to my bosses complaing and wanting me fired. I have only one thing to say to them. Please stop. I do not have time to talk to my bosses about your complaints all the time. I am busy working on an even scarier design for the next 5-series.
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          Old 21st July 2001, 22:42   #2 (permalink)
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          Old 21st July 2001, 23:34   #3 (permalink)
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          LOL, he better not!!!
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          Old 22nd July 2001, 00:14   #4 (permalink)
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          Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

          I smell a re-design after the first year
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          Old 22nd July 2001, 01:55   #5 (permalink)
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          LOL!
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          Old 22nd July 2001, 07:44   #6 (permalink)
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          HAHAHAHAHA.....

          That is hilarious I cannot say it better myself. Five star rating from me Luxobarge.

          If only you post this before I e-mailed BMW I could put this link for Bangle to see it
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          Old 22nd July 2001, 09:36   #7 (permalink)
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          That's pretty funny. I just hope that BMW does a good job with those customer focus groups, and changes the design before they make a big mistake. I don't know how much Bangle there is in the new e46 3 series, but the coupe came out beautiful. Last time around, I thought the 4 dr. e36 was better proportioned. If they could only do that with the new 7 and 5.
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          Old 22nd July 2001, 21:50   #8 (permalink)
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          Just testing if this would bring this topic back. It had disappered but i could find it when searching for my own posts. something strange is going on here.

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          Old 23rd July 2001, 01:29   #9 (permalink)
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          How can BMW make such a huge mistake, the final decision should be made by a commitee of loyal cusomers, dealer reps, BMW reps, brand managers, etc...
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          Old 23rd July 2001, 05:59   #10 (permalink)
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          Does anyone know who designed the current E39 model?
          What about the Roadster?

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          Old 23rd July 2001, 11:36   #11 (permalink)
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          Bangle is just so stupid. He should be hit on the nose for saying this.

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