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VW Group's Walter de Silva to Help Style Future Porsches Starting from the Cajun 3door Baby SUV
There's some good news if you're a fan of Porsche and/or automotive design. Walter de' Silva, Volkswagen Group's design director, will very soon have another VW brand reporting to him: Porsche. Scroll on down for a gallery featuring some of his previous works including the Alfa Romeo 156, 147 and GTV, Seat Salsa and Tango concepts, Leon, Altea, and more recently, the Audi A5.
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Visualizing A Facelift For The 2014 Vw Scirocco
In a few months' time, the third generation Volkswagen Scirocco will enter its sixth year of production, making it ripe for a replacement. Yet, the Germans are reportedly going to wait it out for until late 2015, with the Volkswagen Group's head...
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Vw Changes Its Tune, Says Still Thinking About Small Roadster
Talk about a future Volkswagen roadster has reignited after VW design Chief Walter de Silva acknowledged that such project has still a lot of support within the company. Although the 2009 BlueSport roadster concept was put on hold because VW didn’t...
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Vw Group Design Boss Says “flamboyant†Is So Last Year, “simple And Clean†Is The Way To Go
Walter de Silva is a man who knows a thing or two about styling; after all, he is in the business for the last 40 years. The Italian designer has worked at the I.DE.A institute under award-winning architect Renzo Piano, who designed the Centre Georges...
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Luc Donckerwolke Takes Over Bentley's Design Division
Luc Donckerwolke, the man responsible for the styling of many Lamborghini models of recent times such as the Gallardo and Murcielago as well as plenty of Seat vehicles including the IBE and Tribu studies, has been named new Director of Design at Bentley...
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Luc Donckerwolke To Head Vw Group’s Advance Design Division
It’s time to move on for automotive designer Luc Donckerwolke who will leave his position as Director of Design at Seat to become the VW Group’s Head of Advanced Design starting on August 1, 2011. In his new role, Donckerwolke will report...
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