Introducing THE BANGLE BLOCKER

[Soichiro]

I was driving this morning when something ugly appeared in my rear view mirror. Is that Dame Edna behind me? A Hyundai on a bad hair day? No, it was a new BMW 5-series. AAAARRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHH. It's so ugly I almost drove into a ditch trying to get it's image out of my mirror.

Knowing this problem afflicts all NSX owners I could not rest until I found a solution. Here it is - a plastic cover that slips over your mirror, saving you from unsightly incidents. Until these abominations have all been crushed it might be the only way to go.

 

[rickysals]

haha

another anti-Bangle person.

I'll let you have your fun... but I still think he's one of the best/most influential designers today.

 

[NSXLuvr]

LOL - that's funny.

 

[Klayton]

You know Hugh?

 

[NeoNSX]

hehe... this would also be useful if you're driving in the morning and you look like hell. :tongue:

 

[matteni]

Bangle has been "promoted" and does not supposedly influence design anymore. In Germany they use his name as a verb for basically saying you were beaten with an ugly stick - "you Bangled that painting".

What's worse - other companies are starting to copy it. Dare I say even the Acura RL copied that picnic table they duck taped to the rear deck of the 7 series.

 

[jlindy]

I guess it is just me, but I really like the look of the 5 series and 7 series in particular. However, I just wasn't real crazy about how they drove. Not bad, but not as good as other cheaper cars with more and better features.

 

[Klayton]

[..]In Germany they use his name as a verb for basically saying you were beaten with an ugly stick - "you Bangled that painting".
[..]

Never heard of that one but we used to call BMW Bangle muss weg, (Bangle has to go).

The Bangle design started to grow on me and I like it now, hated it in the beginning. Bangle is a genius just like rickysals said, he made a design for the future 4 years ago that is up to date now.

 

[twizt2]

I don't completely despise the bangle look. In my opinion if you could tone it down a touch it can be quite pleasant. and yes, i've seen a handful of other carmakers recently exhibiting a very similiar design influence.