... not if the change is the f***ing ugliest thing the company has ever concieved.
Amen.
BMW has completely lost the plot. Put that new model next to an E34 5-series and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Chris Bangle is a liablity for BMW; and it disgusts me to see people buy his bullshit about "challenging people" with his design "vocabulary"..
Take a look at the nav screen in a G35 sedan or new A8 [which retract into the dash], both are simple to use and elegant in design. The BMW system is embarrasingly crude in execution.
Good design is based on functionality and balanced, comprehensible forms, not fads and controversy.