Bob Boniface is an American automobile and industrial designer who has worked for Chrysler and General Motors.
Background
editBorn in Youngstown, Ohio into a family of eight children, Boniface began drawing cars at the age of four.[1]
Education
edit[2] Boniface graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Economics. In 1993, he graduated with a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in Transportation Design from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.
Chrysler
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Boniface was the Chief Designer at Daimler Chrysler’s Advanced Product Design Studio. He directed the architectural design of the minivan Sto-N-Go seating as well as Chrysler’s rear wheel drive 300C. He was also the lead designer for the 2002 Jeep Liberty, 1998 Dodge Intrepid and the 1996 Dodge Intrepid ESX Hybrid Concept Car.[3]
General Motors
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Boniface went on to direct the interior and exterior design of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt production vehicle.[5] Boniface appeared in the movie Revenge of the Electric Car.[6]
Boniface later became Cadillac's director of exterior design, where he oversaw the design of the 2014 Cadillac CTS, 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe, 2016 Cadillac ATS V, 2016 Cadillac CTS V, 2016 Cadillac CT6,[7] and 2016 Cadillac XT5.[8]
Boniface won 2014 Detroit Free Press Automotive Leadership award for design.[9]
As Director of Global Buick Design, Boniface oversaw the design of the Buick Wildcat EV concept.
References
edit- ^ "Meet members of the Chevy Volt design team". cleveland.com. October 17, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Cars Without Coffee: Bob Boniface's Italian Beauties".
- ^ "Cars Without Coffee: Bob Boniface's Italian Beauties".
- ^ "GM rolls out Chevrolet Camaro concept". CNN. January 9, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Matt Vella (October 29, 2008). "Can the Chevy Volt Save GM?". Businessweek.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Bob Boniface". IMDb.
- ^ "Bob Boniface". Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Mike Colias (29 December 2015). "Cadillac's edgy exterior styling evolves". Automotive News.
- ^ "Detroit Free Press - Home". Detroit Free Press.
- http://www.autonews.com/article/20140929/OEM03/309299987/bob-boniface-and-the-art-and-science-of-designing-cadillacs
- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/classifieds/cars/2015/08_August/boniface
- http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/automobiles/autoreviews/2015-cadillac-ats-coupe-review.html
- http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/los_angeles/2014/1501-2016-cadillac-ats-v-outmuscling-the-m3/
- https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/bob-boniface/
- https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2022/jun/0601-wildcat.html
External links
edit- Bob Boniface at IMDb