Those Bentleys are beautiful.
You say it looks bubbly, but don't forget it can seat four adults in comfort. How many sleek-looking, 200MPH coupes can do that? Interior comfort is important to Bentley drivers, so the styling suffers a little -- but not much, IMHO. It still looks awesome.
BMW design is mellowing a little. The new 3 -- both sedan and couple -- look great. The 5 and 7 have grown on me. Regardless of what you think of Bangle, he has shaken up car design, and that's a good thing.
I do agree that BMW should pay more attention to its roots, though. The modern cars lack the elegant, subtle menacing look of the E30, E34, E38, E39 and the rest of the cars up to and not including the E46 (which is pretty in its own way but in no way menacing).