German Car Zone

This list is from 2006:



ASTON MARTIN

Marek Reichman, design director

Studio:
Banbury Road, Gaydon,
Gaydon, Warwickshire CV35 0DB, UK

AUDI

Walter de' Silva, head of design,
Audi brand group
Stefan Sielaff, head of design, Audi

Studios:
Audi Design I/ED
85045 Ingolstadt, Germany

Seat Design Center
08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain

Design Center California
82 W. Cochran Street
Simi Valley, California 93065, USA

BENTLEY MOTORS

Dirk van Braeckel, director of design

Other senior design styling managers:
Raul Pires, head of exterior design
Robin Page, head of interior design
Luis Santos, design project manager

Studio:
Bentley Motor Cars
Pym's Lane
Crewe, Cheshire CW1 3PL, UK

BERTONE

David Wilkie, design director
Eugenio Manassero, managing director

Studio:
Stile Bertone, Via Roma 1
10040 Caprie, Turin, Italy

BMW
Chris Bangle, director of design

Other senior styling managers:
Adrian van Hooydonk, director design, BMW cars
Michael Ninic, head of interior
design, BMW
Thomas Plath, head of advanced design, steering and strategy, BMW group
Gert Hildebrand, director design, Mini
Verena Kloos, president BMW group DesignworksUSA
Ulf Weidhase, director design of M and individual cars
Ian Cameron, director design, Rolls-Royce
Markus Syring, head of interior design, Mini
Joachim Kolling, head of advanced design, BMW group

Studios:
Forschungs- und Innovationszentrum
(Research and Innovation Center)
Knorrstrasse 147
80788 Munich, Germany

DesignworksUSA
2201 Corporate Center Drive
Newbury Park, California 91320-1421, USA

CITROEN

Jean-Pierre Ploue, director of Centre de Creation Citroen

Other senior styling managers:
Oleg Son, head of platform two
Carlo Bonzanigo, head of platform three
Gilles Vidal, concept cars

Studio:
Centre Technique de Velizy
Centre de Creation Citroen, Route de Gizy
78973 Velizy-Villacoublay Cedex, France

DAIMLERCHRYSLER
Peter Pfeiffer, senior vice president design; head of design,
Mercedes Car Group

Other senior styling managers:
Hans-Dieter Futschik, director design draft exterior and interior
Karlheinz Bauer, director design
program management and operations
Gerhard Honer, director design
commercial vehicles

Studios:
Advanced Design Sindelfingen
Dept DE/AS, HPC X805
71059 Sindelfingen, Germany
Senior manager: Andreas Langenbeck

DaimlerChrysler
Advanced Design Italia
Largo Spluga, 1,
22100 Como, Italy
Studio director: vacant
Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America
17742 Cowan Street
Irvine, California 92614, USA
Studio director: Gordon Wagener

DaimlerChrysler Japan Holding,
Mercedes-Benz Advanced
Design Center of Japan
1-17 Chigasakiminami 2-Chome
Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama,
Kanagawa 224-0037, Japan
Studio director: Olivier Boulay

EDAG (Engineering & Design AG)
Johannes Barckmann, head of design

Studio:
EDAG Design Studio
Reesbergstr. 1
36039 Fulda, Germany

FIAT AUTO

Wolfgang Egger, vice president design, Alfa Romeo
Flavio Manzoni, coordinator exterior design, Fiat, Lancia and LCVs
Roberto Giolito, coordinator interior design, Fiat, Lancia and LCVs

Studios:
Centro Stile Fiat
Via La Manta 22
10137 Turin, Italy
Studio director passenger cars:
Christopher Reitz
Studio director LCVs: Peter Jansen

Centro Stile Lancia
Viale Fausto Coppi 2
10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Studio director: Marco Tencone

Fiat Auto Advanced Design
Corso Settembrini 40
10137 Turin, Italy
Studio director: Roberto Giolito

FIORAVANTI

Senior design executives:
Leonardo and Matteo Fioravanti

Studio:
Fioravanti SrL Styling Studio
P. Vittorio Emanuele 4
Moncalieri, Italy

FORD OF EUROPE
Martin Smith, executive design director

Other senior styling managers:
Chris Bird, director of design operations and integration
Terry Wolkind, business and operations manager
Stefan Lamm, chief designer exterior design
Claudio Messale, chief designer exterior execution and feasibility
Nikolaus Vidakovic, chief designer
interior design
Ruth Pauli, chief designer color and materials

Studio:
Merkenich Design Center
John Andrews Entwicklungszentrum
Spessartstrasse
50725 Cologne, Germany

FUORE DESIGN

Erwin Leo Himmel, CEO

Studio:
C/Teodor Roviralta 31
08022 Barcelona, Spain

HEULIEZ

Alain Masquelet, research and
development director
Jean-Marc Guillez, advanced
engineering director

Studio:
Heuliez R&D Center
7 Rue Louis Heuliez
79140 Cerizay, France

HONDA

Studios:
Honda R&D Europe
Carl-Legien-Strasse 30
83073 Offenbach, Germany
Senior design executive:
Makoto Yamashita
Honda R&D Co. Ltd.
Wako R&D Center
Tokyo Studio
33 F Jzumi Garden Tower
1-6-1 Roppongi Mineto-ku Tokyo
106-6033 Japan
Senior design executive:
Kiyoshi Nishigata

Honda R&D North America
1900 Harpers Way
Torrance, CA 90501, USA
Senior design executive:
Masahito Okubo

HYUNDAI

Byung-Seob Lee,
European design director
Thomas Buerkle, Hyundai Europe
lead designer

Studio:
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre
Am Hyundai-Platz
Marie-Curie-Strasse 2
65428 Rüsselsheim, Germany

I.DE.A. INSTITUTE

Ugo Palma, design director
Umberto Palermo, advanced design director

Studio:
I.DE.A. Institute
Strada del Portone, 61
10137, Turin, Italy

ITALDESIGN GIUGIARO

Fabrizio Giugiaro, styling area director

Studios:
Italdesign
Via Achille Grandi, 25
10024 Moncalieri, Turin, Italy

Diseno Industrial
C/Isaac Peral 13
08960 Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, Spain

Italdesign France
Rue de Forny 254
7830 Buc, France

JAGUAR
Ian Callum, director of design

Other senior design managers:
Julian Thomson, chief designer, advanced design
Giles Taylor, senior design manager, sports cars
Kim Challinor, manager, color and trim

Studio:
Jaguar Cars
Engineering Centre
Design Studio (W/3/026), Abbey Road
Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF, UK

JOHNSON CONTROLS

Han Hendriks, vice president industrial design, marketing, communication & advanced sales

Studio:
Industrial Design Studio Europe
Johnson Controls GmbH
Automotive Group
European Headquarters
Industriestrasse 20-30
51399 Burscheid, Germany

KARMANN

Jörg Steuernagel, studio head

Other senior styling managers:
Marian Dziubiel, deputy studio head
Jutta Sommer, head of color and trim

Studio:
designStudio Wilhelm Karmann
Karmannstrasse 1
49984 Osnabrück, Germany

KIA
Peter Schreyer
Senior executive vice president
and chief design officer
Kia Motor Corp.
Hyundai-platz
65428 Rüsselsheim

LAMBORGHINI

Interim senior design executive:
Walter de' Silva, head of design, Audi brand group

Studio:
Via Modena, 12
40019 Sant' Agata Bolognese,
Bologna, Italy

LAND ROVER
Gerry McGovern, design director, (above)
succeeds Geoff Upex next month)

Other senior styling manager:
David Saddington, chief platform
director, Discovery and Defender

Studio:
Design, G-DEC Land Rover
Banbury Road, Lighthorne
Warwick CV 35 0RR, UK

LOTUS

Russell Carr, chief designer
Steve Crijns, design manager
John Statham, design manager
Barney Hatt, principal designer
Richard Kilgren, designer
Anthony Bushell, designer
Neil Lloyd, studio manager

Studio:
Group Lotus plc
Potash Lane, Hethel, Norfolk
NR14 8EZ, UK

MAGNA STEYR

Andreas Wolfsgruber, head of
Graz styling studio

Studio:
Styling Studio Europe, Magna Steyr
Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 317
8041 Graz, Austria

MAZDA

Laurens van den Acker,
general manager, design division

Other senior styling manager:
Atsushi Yamada, chief designer, Mazda R&D center Yokohama
Peter Birtwhistle, chief designer, Europe
Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer California


Studios:
Mazda Motor Corporation
3-1 Shinchi Fuchucho Akigun
Hiroshima 730-8670, Japan

Mazda R&D Center Yokohama
2-5 Moriya Kanagawaku Yokohamashi
Kanagawa-ken, Japan

Mazda Europe GmbH
European R&D and Production
Hiroshimastrasse 1
61440 Oberursel, Germany

Mazda North American Operations
1422 Reynolds Avenue
Irvine, California 92614, USA

MITSUBISHI

Studio:
Mitsubishi Design Europe
Head Office & Design Studio
Diamantstrasse 1
65468 Trebur, Germany
General manager: Satomi Tsujimoto

NISSAN

Sataru Tai, vice president design

Other senior styling manager:
Stephane Schwarz, design director

Studio:
Nissan Design Europe
181 Harrow Road
London W2 6NB, UK

OPEL
Bryan Nesbitt, executive director design General Motors Europe

Studio:
General Motors Europe
International Technical Design Center
IPC 86-01/Rugbyring
65423 Rüsselsheim, Germany

PSA/PEUGEOT-CITROEN

Gerard Welter, chief designer

Other senior styling managers:
Robert Peugeot, executive vice
president innovation and quality
Jean-Pierre Ploue, chief designer Citroen

Studio:
Automotive Design Network (ADN)
Route de Gisy
78943 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex,
France

PININFARINA

Andrea Pininfarina, interim director
of design

Studio:
Pininfarina Ricerca e Sviluppo
Strada Nazionale 30,
Cambiano, Turin, Italy

PORSCHE

Michael Mauer, chief designer

Studio:
Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche
Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum
(Research and Development Center)
Porschestrasse
71287 Weissach, Germany

RENAULT
Patrick Le Quement, senior vice
president, corporate design

Other senior styling managers:
Anthony Grade,
vice president, interior design
Thierry Metroz,
vice president, exterior design
Patrick Lecharpy,
vice president, advance design

Studio:
Technocenter, Direction du Design
Industriel, 1 Avenue du Golf
78288 Guyancourt, France

SAAB

Simon Padian, design manager

Studio:
Saab Automobile
461 80 Trollhättan, Sweden

SEAT
Luc Donckerwolke, design director

Other senior styling managers:
Juan Perez, exterior design
Juan Manuel Lopez, interior design
Jordi Font, color and trim
Studio:
Centro Technico de SEAT, SA
E/D Diserio,
Autovia A-2, KM 585,
Apartado de Correos 91
08760 Martorell, Spain

SKODA

Jens Manske, head of design center

Other senior styling managers:
Frank Schaffer, head of interior
Karl Neuhold, head of exterior
Radek Simon, head of styling and surfacing
Vaclav Capouch, head of visibility

Studio:
Skoda Auto Design
Vaclava Klementa 869
293 60 Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic

SMART

Hartmut Sinkwitz, chief designer

Studio:
Leibnitzstrasse 2
71032 Böblingen, Germany

TORINO DESIGN

Roberto Piatti, CEO, managing director

Other senior styling managers:
Giuliano Biasio, design director
Claudio Villani, engineering director

Studio:
Torino Design
Strada Genova 214
10024 Moncalieri
Turin, Italy
TOYOTA

Kazuo Okamoto, executive vice
president in charge of research and
development, design group
Hirai Wahei, managing officer in charge of global design management division, Toyota and Lexus design divisions
Tokuo Fukuichi, president Toyota Europe Design Development

Studios:
Toyota Europe Design Development (ED2)
2650 Route des Colles, BP 253
06905 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France

Toyota Technical Center (Head Office)
Toyota City, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Tokyo Design Research and Laboratory (Technical Center)
Ishikawa, Hachioji City Tokyo, Japan

Calty Design Research
Newport Beach, California 92660, USA

ULTRAMOTIVE
(formerly MEL Design)

Andrew Hill, head of design

Other senior styling manager:
Andrew Miles, modeling manager

Studio:
Leafield Technical Centre
Langley, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 9EF, UK

VALMET

Aimo Ahlman, vice president product development
Other senior styling managers:
Jouni Koskinen, head of exterior design
Esa Kiiski, head of interior design

Studio:
Valmet Automotive Technical Center
PO Box 4, FIN 23501,
Autotehtaankatu 14
23500 Uusikaupunki, Finland

VOLKSWAGEN
Murat Günak, vice president of design

Studios:
Volkswagen Design Center
Brieffach 1683
28436 Wolfsburg, Germany

DCC Design Center California
82 W. Cochran Street
Simi Valley, California 93065, USA

VOLVO
Steve Mattin, senior vice president
& design director

Other senior styling managers:
Jan Hedegaard-Broch,
vice president & general manager
David Ancona, manager & chief designer

Studios:
Volvo Car Corp., Product Design,
51000 PVS
405 31 Gothenburg, Sweden

Volvo Monitoring and Concept Center
700 Via Alondra
Camarillo, CA 93012, USA

Volvo Barcelona Studio,
Calle Diputacio 246 3-1
08007 Barcelona, Spain

ZAGATO

Andrea Zagato, chairman and CEO

Studio:
Via Arese, 30
20017 Terrazzano di Rho, Milan, Italy

Appreciated man

That's a great idea. Many thanks.

What are the changes?

For Daimler, Peter Pfeiffer is about to retire, and surely will be replaced by Gorden Wagener.
For BMW, is Adrian van Hooydonk still in charge?

Your welcome.

Yes, I believe so. Unfortunately Mr. Ninic passed away. http://www.germancarzone.com/bmw-lou...ssed-away.html (BMW's Chief Interior Designer Passed Away)

These are quite old data.


Michael Ninic: deceased a few weeks ago. His position is currently empty, and a new head willbe named soon (in the meantime Van Hooydonk is also responsible for the interior design).

Anders Warming (Z4, Mille Miglia Cncept): head of exterior design, BMW cars

Chris Chapman (1er hatch, CS1, E53 X5, xCoupe concept): head of automobile design, BMW Group DesignWorksUSA

David Robb: head of design, BMW Motorcycles.

Verena Kloos: director of California studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA; president of BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA

Laurenz Schaffer: director of Munich studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA

Niko von Saurma: director of Singapore studio, BMW Group DeisignWorksUSA




PS: Walter da Silva is no longer only chief designer of Audi AG but VAG chief designer etc

Awesome Bmer! I always wanted to get a handle on this.

Great idea. Thanks!