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Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

Update: 2024-09-25
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Walter De Silva is a legend in automotive design. As former design chief for Audi and eventually the Volkswagen Group the Italian design icon created the Audi Singleframe Grill an helped rocket the four rings to the forefront during the 2000s and 2010s with cars like the R8, Q7, Mk2 TT and eventually touched nearly every other Audi, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Volkswagen, SEAT, Skoda and more. We caught up with Walter and his son Alexandre at Monterey Car Week to recount his career at Audi and the VW Group, chat about his book Il Codice De Silva and some of his other new ventures.

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Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

Walter De Silva, Former Head of Design at Audi and VW Group, Talks Design at Monterey Car Week

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