Aug 11

Frank Stephenson Moves On To McLaren

Category: Business, Design

Frank Stephenson, former Design Chief at Centro Stile Alfa Romeo (that’s fancy talk for “Alfa Romeo’s design studio”), has been gobbled up by McLaren and will head up the design efforts there.  American-born Stephenson becomes the latest Design head to fall victim to the recent Design Shuffle, as OEMs look to shore up their studios with talent and leadership for the upcoming electric car-pocalypse.

The dashing, Bond-villain-esque Stephenson is best known for having a hand in all your favorite small cars, including the MINI, Fiat 500, and MiTo.

So, who’s next?  Chris Bangle?

Get the Design Shuffle pool started.

2 Comments so far

  1. Gravy August 13th, 2008 9:26 am

    dashing huh….is this car design fetish….or car designer fetish…you guys are sick!

  2. Dalibor August 13th, 2008 12:19 pm

    He soooo looks like Pierce Brosnan.

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