Chris Bangle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Bangle
Occupation	Designer
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1956(1956-10-14)
Age	68
Birthplace	Ravenna
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Libra

Chris Bangle Biography

Chris Bangle is one of the most popular and richest Designer who was born on October 14, 1956 in Ravenna, Ohio, United States. Christopher Edward Bangle (born October 14 1957) was an American auto designer from the United States. Bangle is most well-known for his position as Chief of Design of the BMW Group, where he was responsible for the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce motor vehicles.

Most controversial among Bangle as well as van Hooydonk’s works is that of the E65 7 Series, a stark contrast to the previous E38 generation that was more traditional in its styling. Van Hooydonk’s first sketch in 1998 of the E65 was more modern and sleek however, the final model was slashed to a more traditional three-box sedan. Time magazine named the E65 as one of the 50 most shabby Cars that of All Time for its rear front styling and iDrive function as well as the numerous online petitions calling for BMW to remove Bangle. The sales for 2002 and 2003 models were down 60% from 2001 model year, the E65 7 series was the top-selling 7 Series of all time.

He introduced a new BMW concept car, called GINA on June 10, 2008.

On February 3, 2009, Bangle announced that he was to quit both his position at BMW and the auto industry altogether, to focus on his own design-related endeavours. He was replaced by Adrian van Hooydonk.

He was named his initial American Chief of Design at BMW on the 1st of October

1992. He designed his Z9 Gran Turismo concept car.

Chris Bangle Net Worth

Chris Bangle is one of the richest Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Bangle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bangle began his career with Opel in Germany in the year 1981, and was there from 1981 to 1985. The first project Bangle designed was an interior for Opel Junior. Opel Junior concept car.

He relocated to Fiat within Italy in 1985, where he began to develop Fiat Panda, the 2nd generation Fiat Panda (released 2003). In 1990, he was chief designer on Fiat’s Fiat Coupe (released 1993). In Centro Stile Fiat he designed Alfa Romeo 145.

Bangle aggressively defended his designs against criticism. He was supported by the BMW board of directors, who wanted to move BMW’s image into the future. He said it was necessary for product lines to follow a cycle of a revolutionary generation followed by an evolutionary generation followed by another revolutionary generation and so on. Indeed, he oversaw the conservative evolution of BMW designs with the redesign of the BMW 3 Series and the introduction of the BMW X5. For Bangle this marked the end of the evolution of BMW design and the revolution was witnessed with the 2002 introduction of the BMW E65.

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Who is Chris Bangle Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chris Bangle celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.

What does Chris Bangle do now?

Bangle now works for his own firm called Bangles and Associates based in Clavesana, Italy. In 2012, Bangle was hired by Samsung.

What cars did Chris Bangle?

• 10 BMW 3 Series (E46) …
• 9 BMW Z3. …
• 8 Rolls-Royce Phantom. …
• 7 BMW Z4. …
• 6 BMW X5 (E53) …
• 5 BMW 5 Series (E60) …
• 4 BMW CS1 Concept. …
• 3 BMW 6 Series.

How long was Chris Bangle at BMW?

Chris Bangle, who as head of design for BMW became one of the most famous — and reviled — auto designers in automotive history, has abruptly resigned after 16 years with the German automaker.

What is BMW flame surfacing?

As BMW defines it, flame surfacing is essentially the use of body contours that creates concave and convex lines.

How many BMW z8 were built?

How many BMW Z8s were made? BMW made a reasonable number of Z8s, which shows just how desirable the car was and is. Globally, 5,703 Z8s were made, with 2,543 units for the American market. Only 555 Alpina Roadster V8s were produced, 450 of which made it to the States.