BMW Neue Klasse article

[dlacey]

https://www.bmw.com/en/automotive-life/the-neue-klasse-from-bmw.html

 

First time i see BMW acknowledge the Michelotti involvement in design... (I am a Triumph TR4A owner...)... Maybe it's there before, but I never noticed.

[Mike Self]

Both Michelotti and Hoffmeister--along with a whole raft of both European and Japanese designers--looked long and hard at GM's Corvair--the first design to incorporate a distinct horizontal beltline molding that wrapped all the way around the car, rather than just down the sides.  And our '02's round tail lights were influenced by late 50s-early 60s Fords!

 

And here's another interesting story--about a 2002A discovered in Beruit!

https://www.bmw.com/en/automotive-life/bmw-2002-vintage-car.html  

 

mike

[Jimmy]

On 10/22/2021 at 2:53 PM, Mike Self said:

Both Michelotti and Hoffmeister--along with a whole raft of both European and Japanese designers--looked long and hard at GM's Corvair--the first design to incorporate a distinct horizontal beltline molding that wrapped all the way around the car, rather than just down the sides.  And our '02's round tail lights were influenced by late 50s-early 60s Fords!

 

And here's another interesting story--about a 2002A discovered in Beruit!

https://www.bmw.com/en/automotive-life/bmw-2002-vintage-car.html  

 

mike

 

It looks like BMW has jumped the shark. Tsk tsk.

 

"Today, the BMW E10 range is a long-established classic BMW and has become a favorite of many vintage car fans"