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Jozef Kaban, he was previously head of exterior design at...Skoda.
He is responsible for the Bugatti Veyron so I guess there is some hope.
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The BMW Group introduced its new design team under Chief Designer Adrian van Hooydonk.
Jozef Kaba? will be responsible for design for the core BMW brand vehicles, while Domagoj Dukec will head the design team for BMW i and BMW M vehicles. Jozef Kaba?, 44, from Slovakia, joins the BMW Group design team after holding various positions in the Volkswagen Group. Kaban made a name for himself early when he designed the Bugatti Veyron while still in his 20's. He was named chief of Skoda design at 35 after being head of exterior design at sister brand Audi. Kaban will assume this position in the second half of the year. |
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The Veyron isn't exactly the type of design that wins beauty pageants. What we need to hope is that the Bugatti Veyron is not an indication of or an influence on future BMW design.
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First it was the use of wild exterior colors to cover up for otherwise bland car to drive (the b4 s4). Then van meel to head bmw m, while mr bmw m goes to Hyundai. Now we get someone who typifies vw/audi Bauhaus slab type design. At some point are we going to replace the kidney grills with two rings. But in all seriousness, let's hope his considerable skill translates over to traditional bmw style. If BMWs really start looking audi like and Scott goes in overtime telling us we are all stupid, I'm going to lose it
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1000+hp aside which is an engineering achievement. Aesthetically speaking, the Veyron looks like a camel dung-beetle.
BMWs are distinct especially its front end. Some like it some don't. It doesn't have the aggressive sportiness of modern MBs nor the frontal presence of the Audi snout. Overall it is unique and I hope it doesn't change too much. |
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So Habib has had some hits and misses. But, his best known hit will be the M2. |
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This crap is not fixable, kill it with fire.
Seriously, i think we all can agree on losing Habib, isn´t make or break of BMW creating another E9 og 6 series GC. It´s a team behind, but BMW needs to make a step into making more modern design, i guess we will not see anything exciting until inext. Looking forward to the new X3 also though.
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Let's be real here there's a lot of people on this site that are fan boys and will buy anything with a BMW roundel on it - so it really doesn't matter who they hire. I'm talking about the people who always find an excuse when a BMW loses a car comparison or justify bmw's cost cutting tactics. (Time to run and hide)
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Same thought
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The M2 design followed the design language of the 2er Coupe.
The M2 looks ever better. His grin is consistent with the image of the car. |
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Bmw design was roundly trashed across the board except for the m cars and 3 series at that time. People like us were the most critical. When these van hooyedonk and karim designs took hold it was a revelation to everyone. Mostly because they are very smooth and very proportional designs that keep the bmw heritage intact. Now suddenly the designs aren't extreme enough. It's just a reflection of a changing customer base I'm assuming right now most of the customer base wants more vents, more wings and less subtle distinction. Underbody neon glow would really make everyone happy. It will be interesting to see if the new cars will go into a more "extreme" direction or somewhere new that we haven't seen yet. Mercedes seems to be nailing subtle distinction really well right now. Of course the current crop are Basicly derivatives of a core karim Habib design before he left. Interesting how that works out. Their only failure is the new e class against the 5 series which is a total home run.
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