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| | The New BMW 5 Series - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | All right, in case you're not a BMW fanatic, you might not know that Bangle is the design boss of the BMW Group, which includes Mini and Rolls-Royce, and is responsible for the look of the new BMW 7 series, the new Z4 and now the car you see above, the newly fashioned 5 series. |
 | | Interestingly, although BMW's U.S. sales have been down about 2% so far in 2003 (through the first quarter), most of the losses are in sales of the outgoing 5 series, which is nearly always the case when a model is due for replacement. |
 | | Look at the new 5 series and you'll see raked-back headlamps that bend around the hood like the eyes of a shark, multiple folds and creases in the sheet metal that appear to create shadows where they wouldn't naturally fall and a car that, from any angle, looks dynamic rather than static. |
| www.forbes.com /2003/06/02/cx_mf_0602feat.html (781 words) |
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