Walter de Silva

Walter Maria de Silva ( born February 27, 1951 in Lecco, Italy ) is an Italian car designer. Currently, de Silva is responsible for the design of Volkswagen. Previously, he developed as chief designer for Alfa Romeo (1986-2001) and then for Seat and Audi new, groundbreaking design concepts.

Life

De Silva began his career in the automotive sector in 1972 in the Centro Stile Fiat in Turin. From 1975 to 1979 he was involved in the studio of the Italian designer Rodolfo Bonetto in Milano with designs of furniture. In 1979 he returned to Turin to work in the design studio I.DE.A Institute. De Silva became famous in 1986 by the Alfa Romeo 156 and 147, which he designed for the Milanese automaker.

In 2001, after the introduction of the Alfa Romeo 147, he moved to Spain to Seat, where he designed the Van Altea and consequently the Ibiza, Leon 2 and the Toledo 3 His first project for Audi A6 was the second generation. He has Audi owe the current emotional Italianate design language. He got away with it after the request of the Executive Committee Audis, to reinterpret the more technoid, engineer adhere virtues of the models of the 1990s. Also, the single-frame grille of the new Audi models and the light edges at the shoulder line and pronounced so-called Toronadolinie developed under his leadership. Other projects de Silva were the Audi Nuvolari quattro, the R8 and the TT of the second generation.

Since 1 February 2007, he is responsible for the design of the Volkswagen AG.

Gallery

Here are some vehicle designs of de Silva:

Lamborghini Miura Concept

Seat Altea

Nuvolari study at the IAA 2003

Audi A5 ( 2007)