subject: BMW Vehicle [print this page] In February of last year (2009), the chief designer - Chris Bangle - stated that he was leaving BMW after being on the design team for seventeen years. He was replaced by a man named Adrian van Hooydonk, who was initially, Bangle's right hand man. Bangle was widely known for all of the radical designs he had produced with BMW including the 7-Series & even the 2002 BMW Z4 with Factory Original 2002 BMW Z4 Rims . Let's just hope that this new guy is doing a great job like Chris Bangle.