Post 4- Martin Smith of Ford cars...

Martin Smith born 1949 has been a car fanatic ever since he was a little boy, sending letters to the Mini designer Alec Issigonis asking how to become a car designer.  

He began his career as a car designer at Porsche in 1973. Smith then moved to Audi in 1977 he stayed there for the larger part of the 80's and 90's. In 1997 he moved to Opel to design the Opel speedster and the 2004 Astra.  In 2002 he became the Executive design director for Opel. 
In July 2004 Smith was driven to work at Ford cars and became Executive design director for Ford in Europe.