That's right, folks- rumor has it that Jack Baruth, journalist, member of the winning team at the Flat Rock 24 Hours of LeMons, R8 driving instructor to yours truly, and our very own ViergangFuchs, will be swapping lives with controversial BMW designer Chris Bangle, as part of a new reality-TV series entitled Wait'll The Shareholders See THIS! Look for rollcages and 6-point harnesses as standard equipment on the 2010 models. [Dubspeed Driven]













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The 2010 models will just be the '88 models with a new paint job...from a can.
Downgrade is the new upgrade.
Does this mean your next LeMons entry will have Flame Surfacing and a Saturn trunk lid welded to the back????
Does this mean we should expect flame surfacing and awful looking trunks for all the beaters at next years LeMons?... I am envisioning an IROC crossed with a nurseshark (a la Z4)
@Dr.Danger: That sounds great! The style of new '88 BMW's is preferable to new '08 BMW's. If they put in the current powertrains, it'll be a complete win.
@thetooth: Put the engine from the '08 in an '88 and you got my dream.
I regret every day that I sold my '88 325is.
wow that new Panamera camino hybrid is badass more »
now wait a minute its not April Fools is it?
thats 3 nonsensical entries in a row
next think they post is that Ray Wet is stepping down and
Polar is taking his place
I can't wait to see what "Poontang surfacing" looks like!
@yellofury: Who in the HELL is POLA...I mean Ray WET???
It's the new rule; all BMW designers must hail from Ohio. For the record, Chris Bangle is one sharp fellow. Highlights from our chat:
[www.speedsportlife.com]
@Bento: @thetooth: Every entry in LeMons flame-surfaces itself within 20 laps or so...
@Teds: GMTA
This is a joke, right? I mean, who wants to be Chris Bangle-Butt? Even for a day?
I tried to tell the driver of the E30 Lemons racer that I accidentally PIT'ed back in July that I was simply giving his car a Bangle butt, but he wasn't buying it.
Trading roles with Bangle? I hope he knows what kind of shampoo best washes his own feces out of his hair!
@Novaload: Bangle's gonna be pissed when they don't give him his job back.
This a Great Day for BMW, and fans of BMW everywhere.
He's...right...there.
Within strangling distance.
@viergangfuchs: Dude, that Maserati press conference is crazy.
wow. I've never seen either before, and I could not tell who was who without looking at their passes. Jack Baruth looks artsy enough to be a car designer.
@Mad_Science: Agreed... what a wasted opportunity.
JB, you BMX-ridin' fascist.
loj out.
@badco-fascism:
Not the Lofter of Jive? whoa
Nice to see that the Der Wielder of Der Bimmer Uglystick just goes by "Bangle". That way, when the mobs with the pitchforks find him, he can just say, "Oh, you're looking for CHRIS Bangle!" and vaguely point off into the distance.
Chris Bangle's soul and the rear ends of his auto designs are the same: wretched.
Having recently watched "Amadeus", part of me wouldn't mind befriending Bangle as an admiring colleague, then systematically destroying his spirit by acting against him behind the scenes. The only problem is, he doesn't seem to be a debtor, and I'm not the Austrian Court Auto Designer.
WARNING: The idiot's talking again...proceed and read w/ time-sensative caution as it may be all bullshit...
Say what you will about Bangle but he's :
A) pushing the design envelope and...
2) the most imitated designer out there.
To back up my BS, I present:
III) The Toyota's Bangle butt: [upload.wikimedia.org]
Fore!) The Honda's Bangle side cut: [crave.cnet.com]
Blast away...I've my SFI cloaking suit on...
@SeanKHotay: My horse for an edit button...SensItive.
Oh, dragon-sex it...Here: [www.sensative.nl]
So that's what Satan looks like. hmm.
Later, Jack cleverly collected Sniff Petrol's 20 quid prize for getting Bangle passed-out drunk, then shaving off half his mustache.
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