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gearlog.com - 1/30/2009

Audi Q5 MMI Controller Adds a Joystick

— gearlog.com — When the midsize SUV Audi Q5 arrives in the U.S. in March, it will have the third... generation of Audi's MMI cockpit controller, this time with joystick functionality. While BMW was first with iDrive, Audi's MMI has generally been considered to be ... (more) Audi Q5 MMI Controller Adds a Joystick

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core77.com - 2/3/2009

Bangle: Bye-bye BMW (and auto design)

— core77.com — According to Autoweek , legendary designer Chris Bangle, the man responsible for the much-imitated aesthetics of the... BMW 7-series, is quitting the auto design industry to "pursue his own design-related endeavors." In an interview with the man, ... (more) Bangle: Bye-bye BMW (and auto design)

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Bangle: Bye-bye BMW (and auto design)
Core77 — ... According to Autoweek, legendary designer Chris Bangle, the man responsible for the much-imitated aesthetics of the BMW 7-series, is quitting the auto design industry to "pursue his own design-related endeavors." ...

Aufvedersehen: Goodbye Chris Bangle, BMW's lead designer
Boing Boing Gadgets — Chris Bangle, controversial but undeniably influential lead designer for BMW, has retired. Above, a 2002 talk at TED about "Cars as Art". Note particularly his notion of "cars as avatar". Autoweek has this profile: So where does that leave the 52-year-old Bangle, who took the helm at BMW just before his 37th birthday? For now, perhaps a semiretirement of sorts involving wine-making at a house he is renovating in Tuscany, Italy, said Jim Hall, an analyst with 2953 Analytics ...