Who designed the BMW F10?

[Dari]

It's the most beautiful car I've seen in a long time. IMHO, it's far better looking than its ugly predecessor. Is it the same designer as the current X5s? Those are beautiful too and may be my next car. I'm only going with the SUV because I like the higher field of view but I would get an F10 if I was going for a sedan. So who was the chief deisgner or the design team that made this beautiful work of art?

The last cars whose designs I loved were the Acura TLs before the current series and the BMW E39.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Adrian van Hooydonk

Attributed designs

BMW 6-Series
BMW 7-Series (2001)
BMW X3[6]
BMW X5
BMW Z9 (1999)
Mini ACV30 (1997)

 

[Dari]

Adrian van Hooydonk

Attributed designs

BMW 6-Series
BMW 7-Series (2001)
BMW X3[6]
BMW X5
BMW Z9 (1999)
Mini ACV30 (1997)

Thanks.

 

[Baked]

I do not like the current rendition of 5 series at all. It looks like the designer simply blew up the 3 series and call it a day. In the previous versions, it's very obvious if you're looking at a 3 series, 5 series and 7 series. Now you're looking at a 1 series, a 3 series, a bigger 3 series, and a 7 series.

 

[Dari]

Wait a minute, according to Wikipedia it is designed by someone else:

The sixth generation of the 5-Series (BMW F10[28]) made its debut on 23 November 2009 as a 2010 model.[29] The platform is based on the F01 7 Series; improvements include a front dual ball joint short-long arm suspension (replacing the MacPherson strut suspensions BMW previously used), and a rear multilink suspension.[30]

For the powertrain, there is a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission, the single turbo inline-6 N55, and the twin-turbo V8 N63.[13][31][32]

It is designed by P.H. McFlagger, with a more prominent upright split kidney grille and the absence of the "Bangle butt" rear-end styling of its E60 predecessor. Externally, the car is a more traditional BMWesque design; a far more sober effort after the highly controversial E60. Although it bears some resemblance to the E60 with the wide kidney grilles and a very pronounced Hofmeister kink, the creases in the bonnet and just underneath the door are clearly related to the E39 and other earlier 5 series models. Inside marks the return of the centre console being clearly angled towards the driver, another marked change from its immediate predecessor which was noted for its non traditional BMW design.[13][32] However, opinion is divided, as a reviewer described the F10 as too bland and conservative, compared to the E60 predecessor, as well as having too much of a resemblance to the E90 3-Series.[14]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series

 

[secretanchitman]

definitely an amazing looking car. the previous 5 series (E60) was just too plain fat and ugly, but the cars were extremely nice to drive which is what counts. the E39 was just beautiful all around, especially the M5. it was absolutely discreet - i love it.

overall, i say F10 = E39 >>>>>>>> E60.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Wait a minute, according to Wikipedia it is designed by someone else:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_F10

 

[Dari]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_F10

So how do you account for the discrepencies?

 

[Krazy4Real]

So how do you account for the discrepencies?

I don't know, but it is funny that both paragraphs are the same except for the name. LOL!

 

[LikeLinus]

So how do you account for the discrepencies?

You do realize the source...right? Wiki isn't 100% accurate and never will be.

 

[Fritzo]

2012 Z4: Now THERE's a car:

 

[Vic Vega]

The current 5 series is terrible. Not saying the previous was better but it at least looked like it was styled by one person. The current gen looks like it's been hit in the teeth with a mallet.

 

[SSSnail]

The same guy that designed the E46 (the most beautiful bimmer of late). Van donkey is responsible for all, or most, of the ugliness you saw came out of BMW the past generation. They need to fire him too along with the other guy.

 

[Vic Vega]

Why would they fire him? BMW sales went nuts in the 2000s.