Re: Just Think

[Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx>]

> On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 06:17, Wolfgang Mederle wrote:
>
> >  Chris Bangle's first car was an AMC (A Hornet? I'm not completely 
> >  sure about the model.). He is the chief stylist of BMW and, IMHO, the 
> >  most influencial designer these days.
>
> Cool! I wonder what model?

A little blast from the past from Mr. Mahoney, whose posts are always 
thought-provoking, even when I don't have time to respond.  (Which is 
most of the time, these days, unfortunately.)


At 6:05 PM -0400 8/10/00, John Mahoney wrote:
> Q8/9 - The current Director of design at an acclaimed European automaker
> has a little AMC in his personal past.  Can you name him, his "Kenosha
> connection" and his favorite car among his -own- styling work?
>
> A8/9 - Mr. Chris Bangle, based in Munich, is chief designer of BMW AG.  He
> previously directed Fiat Centro Stile in Turin and began in auto design at
> the interior studio of Adam Opel AG.  Despite such a decidecly European
> career, he is American by birth and passport; his first car was American
> too: a Javelin by AMC.  (I haven't found out which one, but suspect the
> "lookit me" '71-'74 second gen...)
>
> His favorite self-designed vehicle is a (not-totally-un-Pacer/Gremlin-ish)
> BMW Z3 M coupe; yes, the very steel and glass-topped version ("breadwagon"
> it's been said) of roadster Z.  Lest you wonder if he's some confused old
> coot, at 4 years my junior (age 43), his arty glasses, spiked hair, beard
> and colorful threads say hip wth a capital "H."  His 12-year old son might
> disagree, but how many kids can ride a BMW skateboard (the "Streetcarver")
> designed by their Dad?
>
> (Thus proving that early exposure to AMC may encourage creative thinking
> and automotive success later in life.)


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