Comments on: Interview: Christopher Weil – The designer who pens new BMW 5 Series GT

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Insider reveals new details around BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:00:18 +0000

[...] The core idea of a Gran Turismo vehicle remains, traveling in style and luxury, but without sacrificing performance. Even though not officially confirmed, we expect the 3 GT to be also a vehicle built from inside out, same as the first Gran Turismo penned by Christopher Weil. [...]

By: Cun a recent promotional video released by BMW, the folks over at Carscoop spotted some drawings of what seemed to be a BMW Concept. Sporting an adventurous and unconventional design, the drawings were confirmed to be related to the BMW 5 Series GT initia

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:15:33 +0000

[...] au fost prezentate de designerul de exterior Christopher Weil, acelasi care a castigat votul consiliului de administratie in competitia pentru cea mai buna [...]

By: How the BMW 5 Series GT could have looked like

How the BMW 5 Series GT could have looked like — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:07:09 +0000

[...] images were introduced by BMW’s Exterior Designer Christopher Weil, the same guy that won the board’s vote for the final design proposal of the 5 [...]

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By: TopGear: BMW 5 Series GT 30d Road Test

TopGear: BMW 5 Series GT 30d Road Test — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:46:49 +0000

[...] heard all about the car from the exterior designer itself, Christopher Weil, we have also seen the GT in person and last but not least, we’ve seen plenty of positive [...]

By: tiM3

tiM3 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:13:03 +0000

5 GT has arrived at BMW Cleveland for an event tomorrow evening.

By: badger

badger — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:53:11 +0000

thanks for the review
but honestly the 5er gt is a great idea..
everything about the car i love…except the big back end.
The car is beautiful, until you get to the end.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:26:26 +0000

I must say that the front end of thecar is really great looking! I like it.

By: The Lee

The Lee — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:41 +0000

It’s hard to put any car next to an R-Class and have the MB be the more attractive of the two.

I’m still not a fan of the GT. It just simply doesn’t appeal to me, but then again I’m hardly the target market for the car.

By: Giom

Giom — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:17:00 +0000

Great interview Horatiu! I think one of the most difficult, but most rewarding brands to work for is BMW. It will always be tricky to lead from the front. But thats ultimatly where you want to be.

What I expected Chris to say, was that form follows funtion in this design, more so than other BMWs. But just put this car next to a Merc R class, and still call it ungainly. For what it is, you couln’t have come up with a better looking design.