News
Frank Stephenson was involved in the development of several important cars, contributing to the original X5 (E53) and the first modern MINI in the BMW era. He also worked on the iconic Ford Escort RS…
Adrian Padeanu / March 10, 2023
News
BMW enthusiasts know Frank Stephenson was involved in the design work for the original X5 (E53) and the first-generation modern MINI. However, his CV also includes other important cars, such as the Ford Escort RS…
Adrian Padeanu / February 18, 2023
Concepts
Frank Stephenson is a refreshingly honest person as he’s not afraid to speak his mind in the videos uploaded on his personal YouTube account. Let’s just say he wasn’t enamored with the latest 2 Series…
Adrian Padeanu / February 2, 2023
7 Series
Frank Stephenson certainly isn’t wrong, when he talks about beating the dead horse that is BMW’s kidney grille design. It’s our job to discuss designs of cars but it often feels like kicking someone while…
Nico DeMattia / May 13, 2022
BMW Z4
X5 E53 Designer Frank Stephenson Says BMW Should Hire This Artist
by Adrian / Date: February 28, 2022
2 Series
The all-new BMW 2 Series recently made its debut at the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed. One of the attendees was automotive designer, and former BMW designer, Frank Stephenson. During the ’90s and early ’00s,…
Nico DeMattia / August 6, 2021
BMW M1
Automotive design Frank Stephenson, who we had on the podcast awhile back, was responsible for penning a couple of BMW’s most important cars of the late ’90s and early ’00s. For starters, he designed the…
Nico DeMattia / June 13, 2021
Rolls Royce
Justin Beiber made headlines a while back in the automotive realm with his brand new car. Normally, that wouldn’t be exactly headline news, because Justin Beiber can afford a number of cars. And he probably…
Gabriel Nica / April 2, 2021
Interesting
Back in 1972, BMW debuted its first ever electric car — the BMW 1602 Electric-Antrieb — which was used as a shuttle for the ’72 Olympics. It was essentially a 1602 that had been converted…
Nico DeMattia / March 5, 2021
iX
Over the last few years, BMW has been trying new approaches in terms of design. As expected, a lot of those changes have been controversial. After the BMW 4 Series was unveiled, critics were quick…
Gabriel Nica / January 8, 2021
Podcast
During our most recent episode of the BMWBLOG Podcast, we talked to renowned automotive designer Frank Stephenson. You may have recently learned about Stephenson from his YouTube channel, which has become quite popular among automotive…
Nico DeMattia / November 14, 2020