Mark_Adams_(designer)

Mark Adams (designer)

Mark Adams (designer)

English car designer

Mark Adams (born 11 December 1961) is an English car designer. He is current senior car designer at Opel Automobile and has worked as for brands including Cadillac, Buick and Opel.

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Opel Insignia A / Mk I

Career

Adams was born, in London. He studied both engineering and design and has a master's degree in automotive design from the Royal College of Art in London.[1]

Adams started his career with Ford.

Adams joined GM's former German brand Opel in 2002 as the newly created Director of Exterior Design role, responsible for exterior design of all Opel vehicles. He was appointed Vice President GM Europe Design in June 2007 where he created the consolidated GM Europe Design Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany and was responsible for designing cars across GM's Opel, Saab and Saturn marques.

In August 2012 he became Executive Director of Design for Cadillac and Buick in the US.[2]

In August 2013 Adams returned to Europe to work with Opel to develop better links between the German marque and Buick.[3]

Design work

References

  1. [1]
    "Mark Adams, Vice President, Opel/Vauxhall Design". Opel. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    ""We want to be the emotional German brand."". Opel. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    Moss, Darren (27 June 2013). "Mark Adams returns to Vauxhall". Autocar. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. [4]
    Adcock, Ian (27 August 2012). "5 Questions with Mark Adams – Executive Director, Global Cadillac & Buick Design". Road and Track. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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