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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Luc Donckerwolke named Director of Design for Bentley]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/</guid><comments>http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hirings-firings/" rel="tag">Hirings/Firings/Layoffs</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bentley/" rel="tag">Bentley</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/uk/" rel="tag">UK</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="/2012/09/13/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/#continued"><img alt="Luc Donckerwolke - Bentley Director of Design - headshot" class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/09/lucdonckerwolke-250.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 250px; height: 277px; float: right; " /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bentley">Bentley</a> has announced Luc Donckerwolke will take over as the automaker's Director of Design. Donckerwolke started with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> in 1992 as a designer for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi">Audi</a>. Since then, he's worked with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/skoda">&Scaron;kod</a>a, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini">Lamborghini</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/seat">Seat</a> in various design roles. His resume includes helping sketch out both the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/murcielago/">Lamborghini </a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/murcielago/">Murci&eacute;lago</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lamborghini/gallardo/">Gallardo</a> among other notable models.<br />
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The designer steps into the vacancy left by Dirk van Braeckel, who has moved on to work with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/">Volkswagen</a> Group design under Walter de Silva.<br />
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As you may recall, van Braeckel is responsible for a number of Bentley's most successful models, including both the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bentley/continental+gt/">Continental GT</a> and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bentley/mulsanne/">Mulsanne</a>. He joined the ultra luxury automaker in 1999. You can take a look at the official announcement <a href="/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/#continued">below</a> for more information.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Luc Donckerwolke named Director of Design for Bentley</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/">Luc Donckerwolke named Director of Design for Bentley</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20323063/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/luc-donckerwolke-named-director-of-design-for-bentley/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bentley</category><category>bentley director of design</category><category>director of design</category><category>dirk van braeckel</category><category>luc donckerwolke</category><category>volkswagen group</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zach Bowman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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