BMW's design has been both loved and hated over the past several years. Now the man behind is losing his job to take over Danish Anders Warmings at Rolls-Royce.
BMW's design is something that divides the waters in these years. And perhaps BMW has created a mood among customers, because significant changes are taking place in the design department.
While Adrian van Hooydonk still has overall responsibility for the cars, the now former Polestar designer Maximilian Missoni will design everything from the next 3 and 5 Series as well as Alpina models.
The car brand says so in a press release .
Meanwhile, Domagoj Dukec is moved completely away from the BMWs that some believe he has destroyed in recent years. Dukec has, among other things, was responsible for the BMW XM, for which the Germans had to ask Citroën's permission, the current 7 Series as well as the iX, i4 and M3/M4 models.
Missoni, on the other hand, is the man behind the somewhat more muted Polestar models in the brand's current model range.
READ ALSO: The Danish Transport Agency is lying, says Danish tire director
However, that is a finished chapter. Missoni already officially left his post at Polestar on 21 August this year. And now we know why.
In recent years, BMW has received particularly heavy criticism for the brand's car design. But there are indications that with the appointment of Maximilian Missoni, things will not change significantly.
In any case, the brand from Munich insists that it will still set new standards and beat others in the industry.
However, Domagoj Dukec is not completely done with the BMW Group. He gets Danish Anders Warming's job instead. Warming has until now been chief designer at Rolls-Royce. Evil tongues might think that BMW is thus simply pushing the 'problem child' Dukec around.
Another, no less reviled, ex-BMW man is now helping the Chinese with car design. Read more about it here .
However, BMW has far bigger problems than a controversial design to deal with at the moment. According to several media, the recall of one and a half million cars worldwide will cost the brand up to 1 billion euros, corresponding to 7.5 billion Danish kroner.
Read more exciting news from and about the world of cars right here!
