new delhi czech carmaker skoda auto today announced the appointment of oliver stefani as head of design prior to skoda the 53yearold was head of exterior design for the volkswagen brand stefani studied design in braunschweig and pasadena california he has worked for different models of volkswagen in last ten years in recent years kodas design has developed extremely well most recently we have also transferred the new and expressive design language to our suv models said koda auto ceo bernhard maier and now oliver stefani will instigate the next stage of development he will design our cars to have even greater emotional resonance and will lead them into the era of digitalisation and the electrification of vehicle manufacturing oliver stefani has great creative potential i am looking forward to working with him continued maier for the koda auto board member for technical development christian strube stefani also represents the perfect choice i am convinced that oliver stefani will consistently continue to develop the koda brands new design language and successfully elevate it to the next level his expertise will allow him to delight koda customers with future models he is the perfect fit for the koda brand said strube confidently in his career to date oliver stefani has proven his ability on more than one occasion stefani started at volkswagen in 2002 many vw production cars from the last ten years and numerous concept cars bear his signature he played a crucial role in developing the up polo jetta tiguan and the current golf models as well as the id show car family kodas new head of design studied design in braunschweig and pasadena california in addition he worked at the design center europe in sitges spain for three years his expertise fits in perfectly with the koda brand with its numerous simply clever ideas and expressive crystalline design language etauto published on aug 2 2017 at 0740 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app skoda auto india private limited volkswagen appointment people movement homenewsoliver stefani becomes skodas new head of design