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That is completely true. In fact, you even can remove the "most" from your post, as even the butt-ugly e65 7er was designed by Adrian von Hooydonk and Bangle (for the exterior), meaning Adrian von Hooydonk.

But now that he is the head, we can hope a new design theme with a new "star-designer", as we saw with the new style showed by the F01 (although I heard they called back the e38 designer for this one?)

The Z4 however is still the old-style for me, as a whole... May sound strange but that's my feeling.

Bangle had a team, he was not alone, that is clear. But he was the leading force, the head of this group. Now that he's gone, we will see the wind of change. In fact, we already felt it with the F01...

At the end of the day it's the chief designer that dictates the the direction and appoints designers to various cars. So it's all under his belt similar to how. Marc Jacobs controls a bunch of apsiring designers to help him design Louis Vuittons runway collections.

That's right. Bangle gave the general direction in which to go, and the rest of all the design teams were to fill that in. Van Hooydonk was just one of the many designers they have, though the most well known after Bangle.
Things will change for sure. We just don't know in what way....

I believe Eni or Scott had mentioned that Adrian will takeover from Bangle and it was just a matter of time.

an era is ending
i think people should stop arguing about his designs, look at what he has done to automotive design. his work and passion has influenced a whole generation and probably even influenced designers beyond the automotive sector. its definitly a sad day, but again its a new opportunity.

I am shocked, i really didn't see this coming. I liked some sides of his work and disliked others, i admire his courage that permitted him to make the most admired and one of the most conservative compagnies in the world the leading design force.

Yup, AvH would succeed Bangle when he should turn 60 and therefor have to resign, due to the "60-rule"

BTW, I will really miss him! Great guy, very intellectual, insightfull, and skillfull! He has a huge impact on the BMW brand and design identity. He started a whole new era!

BTW, why did he resign?

What a tragic news..

Is there a list available of all his first hand designs? like E60, E65 etc?