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Mercedes-Benz names Gorden Wagener as new head of design
By Yoann Besnard on 28 March 2008 | 
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Mercedes-Benz has named Gorden Wagener as its new head of design to replace Peter Pfeiffer who will retire in the middle of the year.
The young designer, 39, will lead the Mercedes design after being head of the Advanced Design department. If Wagener remains unknown he led the teams which designed the Mercedes models of the past years., from the GL Class to the F700 concept car.
He began his career as Exterior Designer in 1995, and joined Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen two years later. In 1999, he became head of the Exterior / Interior Styling department, designing the models of the GL-, M- and R-Class with his team. In 2002, Wagener was responsible for the design of the models making up the A-, B-, C-, E-, CLK- and CLS-Class.
