Jen Meiners
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Who's Where: Anders Warming joins Borgward
Having left the BMW Group, Warming reemerges at the reborn German brand
ArticleHow BMW's hydrogen car channels an icon of 1980s television
i8-based fuel-cell prototype looks like KITT's spiritual successor
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Who's Where: Stefan Lamm leaves Seat to become head of Daimler advanced exteriors in Carlsbad
Former Ford designer leaves Seat after seven months to head for West Coast
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Who's Where: Achim Badstübner joins Mercedes-Benz as head of exterior design
Achim Badstübner is leaving Audi after 13 years with the company. The 49-year-old designer will join Daimler on January 1, 2014. He will be leading Mercedes-Benz exterior design and report to Robert Lesnik, whose position he takes over.
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Who’s Where: Marc Lichte to head Audi Design, Wolfgang Egger moves to Italdesign
Audi’s chief designer Wolfgang Egger is to be replaced by senior VW designer Marc Lichte, according to company insiders. Egger is leaving to head Italdesign Giugiaro in Turin.
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Mercedes-Benz opens new advanced design studio in Beijing
Mercedes has lacked the success of its luxury rivals, Audi and BMW, in the rapidly growing Chinese car market. But it is working hard to close the gap, including investing 865million RMB ($140million) in local R&D.
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First Sight: Mercedes G-Code concept
"If you like a line, get rid of it. If you still like it, get rid of another one." Mercedes' head of design, Gorden Wagener, is beaming as he describes the design of the G-Code on a cool Monday night at Daimler's new R&D center in Beijing: "It is all ...
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Design Development: Smart ForTwo (2015)
In order to appear as fresh as the exterior, the interior needed to be entirely rethought. The second-generation ForTwo featured a starkly geometric and angular dashboard, reminiscent of Mercedes-Benz and perhaps reflecting the somewhat grim mood at the brand when it was created a decade ago.
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Design Development: Smart ForTwo (2015)
Vehicle type microcarLength 2,690mmWidth 1,660mmHeight 1,550mmWheelbase 1,873mm
