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BMW’s former designer, Karim Habib, returns to the Bavarians

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After spending about two years at the rivals from Mercedes, Karim Habib, the former BMW designer who managed to give the shape of the 7 Series F01 model will return to BMW. Of course, he designed many other models such as Concept CS but the 7 Series remains his best achievement.

Karim Habib
Karim Habib

Almost a year ago, Chris Bangle, another famous designer decided to leave the German manufacturer and to start his business by himself, not in the automotive market anymore. You can read more about Bangle’s decision right here. Chris Bangle was not very loved by the German fans but however the models designed by him sold very well and in the end all agreed his design ideas.

Back to Karim Habib, we should say that he spent about 10 years within BMW and then he decided to work for Mercedes. However, it looks like the first love could not be forgotten and thus he will return to BMW waiting for new design challenges.

Andrei Ursu
the authorAndrei Ursu
Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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