Chris Bangle: Great Cars are Art

The car is responsible for a lot of things, with today's focus principally highlighting the negatives - namely congestion and pollution. But let's not forget that the car has truly mobilized our lives in ways that would be unimaginable to live without. Since the inception of the car, the sculptural fluidity and sensuality of form has informed and strengthened the emotional bond to our four-wheeled friends.

In this video, chief of design for the BMW Group, Chris Bangle, explains his philosophy that car design is an art form in its own right, with an entertaining -- and ultimately moving -- account of the BMW Group's Deep Blue project, intended to create the SUV of the future.