The best known auto brands often have complex legacies that stretch back for decades, which means there is plenty of time for interesting stories to develop.
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Here are five brilliant supercar concepts from the 1990s that didn t make it into production. But we really wish they had.
The 1990s was a very fertile decade for supercars, with some of the greatest and wildest concepts ever that led to some of the greatest supercars ever, as well as the current breed of hypercars. But there were a lot of those brilliant concepts that didn’t make it into production, so today we take a look at five that didn t make it into production, but we really wish they had.
Bentley Hunaudières
Bentley Hunaudières: weird name, cool car.
Bentley’s former design chief Stefan Sielaff has left the British automaker and will reportedly start working for Geely.
A Bentley spokeswoman confirmed Sielaff’s departure earlier this week, stating that he “left his position to pursue other career opportunities outside Bentley and the Volkswagen Group”, but did not comment on the reports of him joining Geely, as claimed by German press outlets.
Sielaff assumed the role of Bentley’s design boss in 2015 having previously headed up the VW Group’s Potsdam design center in Germany. The 59-year-old has spent most of his career with the VW Group, having joined the car manufacturer in 1990 as an interior designer at Audi.
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Volkswagen Audi Groupsince 1998 – has appointed Andreas Mindt as its new Director of Design.
The former head of exterior design for Audi is set to take the helm at the British marque s UK headquarters from March 2021.
Mindt will succeed previous Director of Design Stefan Sielaff, who is departing Bentley after almost six years to pursue other opportunities .
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AutoNews suggests Sielaff s next role may be with Chinese giant Geely, the parent company for brands like Volvo, Polestar and emerging electric car maker Lynk & Co.
In his role at Audi, Mindt was responsible for the launch of the brand s first-ever mass-production electric car, the e-tron, as well as the launch of its first coupé SUV, the Q8.