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Bangle butts are everywhere.... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: bangle butts, bangleisms, and bangle babies...., baggsly ![]() |
Chris Bangle, the former head of BMW styling, has had a profound influence on car design as evidenced by the "Bangle Butts" appearing on everything. A new Acura RL has a mini Banagle Butt, a new Avalon has a 5 series profile and Bangle bustle for the tail lights. The Lexus GS series has a mini one too I think. They're very distinctive. They're everywhere, imitations of the 7 and 6 series bustle, some better executed without the awkward trunk cut lines of the Bangle designs.
For me the ultimate Bangle mobile is the Z4. Bangle coined the term "flame surfacing" and it refers to the flanks of the 5 series and Z4 in that concave sorta' relief sorta' way.
The controversial styling has done nothing to slow the pace of BMW sales, in fact it caused 7 series sales to shoot up. Negative publicity has it's benefits.
Thankfully the new 3 series is Bangle butt free.
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