Robert Boniface is an American automobile and industrial designer who has worked for

Chrysler FCA US, LLC, Trade name, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( ), is one of the "Big Three (automobile manufacturers), Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn H ...

and

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

Background

Born in

Youngstown, Ohio Youngstown is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, 11th-most populous city in Ohio with a population of 60,068 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Mahoning ...

into a family of eight children, Boniface began drawing cars at the age of four.

Education

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

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.

General Motors

Boniface went on to direct the interior and exterior design of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt production vehicle. Boniface appeared in the movie

Revenge of the Electric Car ''Revenge of the Electric Car'' is a 2011 American feature documentary film by Chris Paine, who also directed ''Who Killed the Electric Car?''. The documentary, executive produced by Stefano Durdic, and produced by PG Morgan and Jessie Deeter, had ...

. Boniface later became Cadillac's director of exterior design, where he oversaw the design of the 2014

Cadillac CTS The Cadillac CTS is a luxury car, manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 2003 until 2019 across three generations. Initially available as a 4-door sedan using the GM Sigma platform, GM offered the second generation CTS in 4-door ...

, 2015

Cadillac ATS The Cadillac ATS is a compact executive car (D-segment) manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Cadillac from 2012 to 2019, available in both four-door sedan and two-door coupé body styles. In the US, it is the brand's first locally-buil ...

Coupe, 2016 Cadillac ATS V, 2016 Cadillac CTS V, 2016

Cadillac CT6 The Cadillac CT6 (short for ''Cadillac Touring 6'') is a full-size luxury car manufactured by Cadillac between 2016 and 2020 over two generations. The first generation CT6 was introduced at the 2015 New York International Auto Show and went on s ...

, and 2016

Cadillac XT5 The Cadillac XT5 (short for Crossover Touring 5) is a luxury vehicle, luxury crossover SUV manufactured by General Motors. It was introduced at both the Dubai Motor Show and LA Auto Show in November 2015. The XT5 replaced the Cadillac SRX crosso ...

. Boniface won 2014

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' (commonly referred to as the ''Freep'') is a major daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest local newspaper owned by Gannett (the publisher of ''USA Today''), and is operated by the Detro ...

Automotive Leadership award for design. As Director of Global Buick Design, Boniface oversaw the design of the Buick Wildcat EV concept.

References

*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

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