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Richard Townsend - 03 Mar 2005 22:55 GMT

The Top Gear web site has a very interesting interview with BMW's new chief
car designer Adrian van Hooydonk at:

http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/138hooydonk/01/

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Just how much wilder can BMW get?

"Much," he says. "Anything is possible. We have not reached the end. Our
imagination knows no boundaries and our creativity has no fear."

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Randy - 04 Mar 2005 22:41 GMT

> The Top Gear web site has a very interesting interview with BMW's new chief
> car designer Adrian van Hooydonk at:
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> "Much," he says. "Anything is possible. We have not reached the end. Our
> imagination knows no boundaries and our creativity has no fear."

Does anybody know? Will this guy be traveling anywhere in the world soon where
it might be possible to have him assassinated legally? Like maybe Iraq?

Nobody has done more to destroy a world class marque than this pinhead. Every
BMW he's touched is now uglier than even the Pontiac Aztec. He's so completely
incompetent that the rise of his unfettered flatulence at BMW would have to be
regarded as hysterically funny -- but only if you don't give a damn about BMWs.

Randy

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Dori A Schmetterling - 06 Mar 2005 12:38 GMT

How long has he been at BMW?

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> Does anybody know? Will this guy be traveling anywhere in the world soon
> where
> it might be possible to have him assassinated legally? Like maybe Iraq?
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> Nobody has done more to destroy a world class marque than this pinhead.
> Every

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Randy - 07 Mar 2005 22:02 GMT

Hmm. I need to eat some words. It appears that Van Hooydonk is the wrong
person to blame for BMW's execrable designs in recent years. BMW's chief
designer has been Chris Bangle, who designed the 5 Series (ugly), 7 series (butt
ugly), and Z4 (the ultimate in butt ugliness), while Van Hooydonk designed the
Mini (not bad). Maybe it's Bangle and not Van Hooydonk who needs to look for
work well outside of anything aesthetic... My apologies to Van Hooydonk.

Van Hooydonk has been president of DesignWorksUSA, a design studio which is
supposedly independent of BMW automobiles but is owned by the parent
corporation, BMW AG. DWUSA designs more than cars (bath fixtures, treadmills,
guitars, tractors, and cell phones):

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_07/b3870014.htm
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/83/mod_vanhooydonk.html

Van Hooydonk started with BMW in 1992, joined DesignWorksUSA in 1996 (a year
after BMW bought the firm), and was named president in 2001. He moved to BMW
automobiles in Fall of 2004 to head up car design:

http://www.cardesignnews.com/news/whoswhere/010926bmw-hooydonk.html

If Bangle is being ousted (promoted so that he may do less harm?) in favor of
Van Hooydonk, maybe there is a god:

http://www.roadfly.org/magazine/12/chris_bangle.1.html

Randy

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Dori A Schmetterling - 08 Mar 2005 14:41 GMT

If you peruse the archives of this newsgroup you will find extensive
discussions about Mr Bangle.

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> Hmm. I need to eat some words. It appears that Van Hooydonk is the wrong
> person to blame for BMW's execrable designs in recent years. BMW's chief
> designer has been Chris Bangle,

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Daniel Arrepas - 10 Mar 2005 23:05 GMT

> Hmm. I need to eat some words.

The Z4, new 6 and new 7 are Hooydonk's babies. And the "Bangle Butt" is also
Hooydonk's baby, first being seen on his Z9 concept car. I don't think
anyone knows why Bangle has taken *all* the blame. But he did so like a man
without saying..."Hey, it wasn't me, it was Adrien!"

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Phil Robyn - 10 Mar 2005 23:20 GMT

>>Hmm. I need to eat some words.
>
> The Z4, new 6 and new 7 are Hooydonk's babies. And the "Bangle Butt" is also
> Hooydonk's baby, first being seen on his Z9 concept car. I don't think
> anyone knows why Bangle has taken *all* the blame. But he did so like a man
> without saying..."Hey, it wasn't me, it was Adrien!"

"Bangle Butt" rolls off the tongue better than "Hooydonk Heinie".... ;-)

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Daniel Arrepas - 10 Mar 2005 23:26 GMT

>>>Hmm. I need to eat some words.
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> "Bangle Butt" rolls off the tongue better than "Hooydonk Heinie".... ;-)

Ah hah ha ha.......it indeed does!!!

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Ignasi Palou-Rivera - 11 Mar 2005 00:24 GMT

>> Hmm. I need to eat some words.
>
> The Z4, new 6 and new 7 are Hooydonk's babies. And the "Bangle Butt" is also
> Hooydonk's baby, first being seen on his Z9 concept car. I don't think
> anyone knows why Bangle has taken *all* the blame. But he did so like a man
> without saying..."Hey, it wasn't me, it was Adrien!"

Bangle might be a good old-fashioned manager that takes responsibility
for his managees actions. A rare thing these days...

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