[ChrisTO]

hopefully this isn't a repeat...but the classic line is Bangle's response to the reporter on the design of the iDrive:

"I don't mean to be arrogant about it, but what does a journalist know?" BMW chief designer Chris Bangle said

http://www.msnbc.com/news/836182.asp?cp1=1

 

[Artslinger]

"Perhaps the hardest part about driving the new BMW, besides affording it, is simply getting it started. You boot up the 7 by inserting a matchbox-size plastic fob into the dash, stomping the brake, punching a launch button and pulling a gear stalk on the steering column forward and down."

OHMYGOD... have the BMW designers gone insane!

 

[JPinTO]

That's a pretty damn funny comment.

So one needs to be an automotive designer to "appreciate" the E65? That's going to be a very tiny target market.

I guess that's the new Bangle mantra:

"I don't mean to be arrogant about it, but what does an [engineer/stock broker/doctor/fill in the blank] know about automotive design?"