One thing I would would also like to mention here is the attribution of everything good/bad to Bangle, personally. It takes way more than one dude to design/make a car. Shoving all the love/hate to Bangle personally just doesn’t seem right.
So true. One individual should not be held accountable for all the credit and/or blame based on the biased or unbiased opinions of the media, general public, and other designers, but as the chief of design you would ultimately be responsible for the design direction decisions that are made. In the end we must remember these cars were a group collaboration.
Here’s a little list of the lead designer for each model:
E30 - 3 Series: Team Effort (Munich)
E31 - 8 Series: Klaus Kapitza (Munich)
E36 - 3 Series: Joji Nagashima (Munich)
E38 - 7 Series: Boyke Boyer (Munich)
E36/7 - Z3 Roadster: Joji Nashima (Munich)
E39 - 5 Series: Joji Nagashima (Munich)
E36/7 - Z3 Coupe: Chris Bangle (DesignworksUSA) - First Project
E46 - 3 Series: Chris Bangle/Erik Goplen (DesignworksUSA)
E52 - Z8: Henrik Fisker (DesignworksUSA)
E53 - X5: Chris Chapman/Chris Bangle (DesignworksUSA)
E60/61 - 5 Series: David Arcangeli (DesignworksUSA)
E63/64 - 6 Series: Adrian Van Hooydonk (DesignworksUSA)
E65/66/67/68 - 7 Series: Adrian Van Hooydonk (DesignworksUSA)
E70 - X5: Pierre Leclercq (DesignworksUSA)
E71 - X6: Pierre Leclercq (DesignworksUSA)
E82/87/88 - 1 Series: Kevin Rice (DesignworksUSA)
E83 - X3: Geoff Velasco (DesignworksUSA)
E85/86 - Z4: Anders Warming (DesignworksUSA)
E90/91/92/93 - 3 Series: Joji Nagashima (Munich)
F01/02 - 7 Series: Karim Antoine Habib (Munich)