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Karim Habib

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Residence
  
Germany

Employer
  
BMW Group

Predecessor
  
Adrian van Hooydonk

Years active
  
1998–present

Alma mater
  
McGill University

Occupation
  
Automotive Designer

Name
  
Karim Habib

Citizenship
  
Canadian

Title
  
Head of BMW Design


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Karim Antoine Habib (born 1970) is a Canadian automotive designer of Lebanese descent, who worked for the BMW group. He was the Chief Designer of the BMW marque, succeeding Adrian van Hooydonk in 2012.

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Habib moved to Canada in his early years and was educated at McGill University. He also went to the Art Centre College of Design in Switzerland.

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He got his first break in BMW in 1998 working in the designing of exterior of the BMW 7 series. He left to work for Mercedes in 2009 for a few years and came back to BMW in 2011 as exterior designer until January 2017.

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His latest work include the revamped 4 series launched in January 2017.

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He'll begin to work for Infiniti in Japan in July 2017

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Selected works

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  • Mercedes F800
  • BMW 7 Series F01
  • BMW X6
  • BMW X3
  • BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe,
  • E60 5 Series;
  • BMW the next 100 years
  • References

    Karim Habib Wikipedia