Stephan Winkelmann Confirmed As New President Of Bugatti
Following the rumors of the past couple of months, former Lamborghini and Audi Sport CEO Stephan Winkelmann will become the new President of Bugatti, with effect from January 1, 2018. Winkelmann will be taking over from Wolfgang Dürheimer who’s retiring at his own request at the end of 2017. Dürheimer also held the Chief Executive position in Bentley, which will go to Adrian Hallmark, Jaguar Land Rover’s global strategy director. Dürheimer was responsible for some of the VW Group’s most important models, including two generations of Porsche 911, the Carrera GT, Panamera, Cayenne, Bugatti Chiron, Bentley Bentayga and the all-new Continental GT. “I accept Wolfgang Dürheimer’s wish to retire,” said Matthias Müller, VW Group’s boss. “I sincerely thank him for the outstanding work he has done in various positions in the Volkswagen Group over 18 years. At Bugatti he successfully completed the era of the Veyron and, with the development of the Chiron, he has opened an exciting new ch...