Christopher Edward Bangle is an American automobile designer and the Chief of Design for BMW Group, responsible for BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce brand
Born on 14 October, 1956 in Ravenna, Ohio and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin After considering becoming a Methodist minister , Bangle attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California to pursued his automobile designer career.
Bangle started his career at Opel The first work that he designed is the interior of the Junior concept car. He later moved to Fiat and worked as a chief designer of Fiat Coupe.
he became the first American chief of design of BMW in 1992, where he designed Z9 Gran Turismo concept car and the well-known E65 7-series. His styling themes marked controversial to the transportation design's world. It was a highly advanced design that signaled the shape of things to come from Munich. Since then, there's been a love-him-or-hate-him attitude toward Bangle.
