Bentley designer who bashed Lincoln leaves
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FRANKFURT -- Bentley's style leader, Luc Donckerwolke, a 49-year old veteran of Volkswagen who headed style for three manufacturers, including Lamborghini and Seat, has left the car-maker, Volkswagen said, without mentioning grounds. Volkswagen named Stefan Sielaff, the 5 3-year old head of its Potsdam style centre in Germany, to to displace Donckerwolke as layout leader of its UK-based high-end brand beginning July 1. Donckerwolke, Bentley's style leader since 2012, made headlines in March after he slammed the newest design of the Lincoln Continental as a replica of his Bentley Flying Spur, sarcastically requesting the distressed U.S. premium marque on Fb, "Do you need us to deliver you the goods tooling?" The opinion was considered "offensive" by Lincoln's designer, David Woodhouse. During his time at Volkswagen, Donckerwolke was responsible for the models of the Audi R8 Lemans, the Lamborghini Murcielago and Gallardo and the Seat Tribu SUV theory. In the declaration, VW head of group design Walter de' Silva thanked the Belgian for his work over time. "Luc Donckerwolke has performed an integral part in the style of numerous Group manufacturers," he stated. Sielaff joined Volkswagen in 1990, starting his job in the interior-design section at Audi. Following a three-yr stint at daimler-chrysler, he came back to the VW Team in 2006 to become Audi's style manager. In the year 2012, he was named head of the VW style centre in Potsdam and leader of team home design technique in the year 2012. In his new work as as manager of design at Bentley, Sielaff reviews to the manufacturer engineering leader, Rolf Frech. He stays head of team home design technique, where he proceeds to report to de' Silva.
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