Certainly the Z4 is the car that set the tone for BMW 's new model range and whilst at the time is was difficult to appreciate it has subsequently become normal. I just stumbled across this by Chris Harris where he basically says looking back Chris Bangle was right and we were wrong: http://jalopnik.com/we-were-all-wrong-c ... 1664079107
Specifically of the Z4
Go and look at a first generation Bangle-BMW Z4, then spy the previous Z3 and tell me how the hell he managed to get that past the suits. He must have spiked a few drinks. Like so many Bangle shapes, it's looking really quite good now.