Controversial designer Chris Bangle, the man behind the notorious E65 BMW 7-Series "Bangle Butt," has some rather sharp criticism for the current crop of automotive designers in an upcoming full ...

The “Bangle Era” of BMW, named after former head of design Chris Bangle and spanning from the late 1990s and the early 2000s, is famous for being a source of controversy among car enthusiasts.

It took the BMW design team some seven years to perfect their concept car, but when designer Chris Bangle eventually unveiled his masterpiece, it revealed - a cloth-draped car. With maybe one of ...