Lincoln design chief components methods with model
The person answerable for giving the Lincoln Navigator and Continental their newest appears has left the model.
Automotive Information (subscription required) reported Saturday that David Woodhouse has left Ford’s luxurious arm. He confirmed the departure on his Fb profile.
Woodhouse’s official titles have been “director of worldwide strategic design” and “director of Lincoln design.” He’d labored at Ford in numerous design roles since 1999 when he joined as a part of the Premier Automotive Group. On the time, the Ford group dealt with Lincoln, Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover. Particularly, he’d been accountable for Lincoln design since 2013.
2020 Lincoln Aviator, 2018 LA Auto Present
It is honest to say Lincoln has hit a brand new stride once more with its newest fashions, significantly the brand new Navigator, reborn Aviator, and the Continental. Woodhouse led groups that developed these designs underneath a theme of “quiet flight,” which introduced the top of winged grilles on Lincoln fashions, and a mission to raised differentiate the fashions from their Ford counterparts.
Apart from Lincolns, Woodhouse additionally had a hand in creating the Ford Shelby GR-1, Ford Airstream, and Ford Reflex ideas.
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Lincoln instructed the web site that Woodhouse “elected to depart” the corporate however didn’t provide another particulars about his departure. On Fb, the previous design chief stated, “Ending a long-standing relationship with an organization is rather like ending a private relationship multiplied by the variety of great pals and colleagues.” He additionally referred to as the transfer a “tough resolution.”
It is unclear who Lincoln will faucet to switch Woodhouse, or if a brand new face will see the model chart a brand new course within the design division.
