patrick_y[PuristSPro Moderator]
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Regarding Bangle...
Admittedly, when I first saw the 2002 BMW 7 series with the new Bangle design, I thought it was a weird looking thing. A space ship with weird iDrive control. A complete departure in a fundamentally conservative executive-class car world.
Fast forward today, and I find the current VanHook designs to be boring, pedantic, and minimal departures from the Bangle era designs.
Still seeing the Bangle era designs, I see that there is a huge difference between the 2001 7-series and the 2003 5-series vehicles compared to the 2002 7-series and 2004 5-series vehicles respectively.
The 6 series is an attractive car with a resemblance of a sleek and fast yacht on the Mediterranean Sea.
And last but not least, the Bangle designs have aged well. They were overly modern at first, but now they still look relatively modern even today.