Wilhelm Hofmeister
Wilhelm Hofmeister (1912–1978) was the BMW design chief from 1955 to 1970. Wilhelm Hofmeister was trained as an engineer at the Hamburg Wagenbauschule, he was more a skillful manager than a stylist. He is credited with the design of the BMW New Class and the Hofmeister kink is named after him.
Wilhelm Hofmeister
- Born
- 1912 · Stadthagen.
- Died
- 1978
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- designer · engineer
- Languages
- German
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Wilhelm Hofmeister (1912–1978) was the BMW design chief from 1955 to 1970. Wilhelm Hofmeister was trained as an engineer at the Hamburg Wagenbauschule, he was more a skillful manager than a stylist. He is credited with the design of the BMW New Class and the Hofmeister kink is named after him.
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Wilhelm Hofmeister (1912–1978) was a German designer and engineer. The designer was born in Stadthagen.
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Hofmeister's predecessor at BMW was Peter Szymanowski and his successor was Paul Bracq.
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1912
Wilhelm Hofmeister born at Stadthagen.
1978
Wilhelm Hofmeister died.
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- 1.BMW design history (German)
- 2.Bayley, Stephen. Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything. Conran Octopus Inc. 2009. 9781840915358.
- 3.BMW USA website
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