Robert Lešnik

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Robert Lešnik is a car designer, born 1971 in Limbuš, a village near Maribor Slovenia. After three failed attempts to enter the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana he registered at the University of Pforzheim, and while there he took an exam to work with Volkswagen. He succeed and stayed at Volkswagen for 9 years. In April 2007, he moved to Kia Motors and left it in September 2009 for Mercedes-Benz, where he is currently a chief designer.

He won the "Designer of the year, 2006" award, a Slovenian award for industrial design.

Design contributions

Volkswagen Passat, MK6
Volkswagen Eos design team headed by Peter Schreyer, Head of Volkswagen Design.^[1]
Volkswagen Scirocco
Volkswagen Iroc,^[2] concept car for Scirocco
Volkswagen Concept C, concept car for Eos
Mercedes-Benz W222
Mercedes-Benz GLA^[3]

References

↑ "Geneva Auto Show 2004: Volkswagen Concept C". VWVortex, Mar 2, 2004, Jamie Vondruska.
↑ AVTOMOBILIZEM.com :: Poglej temo - 2008 Kia Sportage facelift
↑ "Podpis Roberta Lešnika pod uradnima skicama novega mercedesa GLA". Gregor Pavšič, www.siol.net. 2013-08-13.

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