Wayne K. Cherry during his employment with General Motors
Born
1937 (age 86–87)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Art Center College of Design
Occupation
Car designer
Years active
1962-2004
Employer
General Motors
Known for
General Motors Vice President of Design (1992-2004)
Predecessor
Chuck Jordan
Successor
Ed Welburn
Wayne Kent Cherry[1] (born 1937) is an American car designer educated at Art Center College of Design and employed by General Motors from 1962 through 2004, retiring as Vice President of Design. Cherry worked for General Motors in the United States from 1962 until 1965, when he moved to the United Kingdom to take a position with General Motors' Vauxhall Motors subsidiary, becoming Design Director at Vauxhall in 1975. In 1983 General Motors consolidated all European passenger car design under Cherry and made him Design Director at General Motors' Adam Opel AG subsidiary. Cherry returned to the United States in 1991 and in 1992 became General Motors Vice President of Design. Cherry retired from General Motors in 2004.
Cherry was one of twenty-five nominees for the 1999 Car Designer of the Century.
^Taylor, Mike (September 4, 2016). "Stylist Wayne Cherry of his radical Vauxhall SRV concept car". drive-my.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024. The last time I met Wayne Kent Cherry, he was looking especially pleased...
Wayne Kent Cherry (born 1937) is an American car designer educated at Art Center College of Design and employed by General Motors from 1962 through 2004...
Assembly United States: Arlington, Texas (Arlington Assembly) Designer WayneCherry (1997) Body and chassis Body style 5-door SUV Layout F4 (Front-engine...
spanned fifty years — noted students include J Mays, Chris Bangle and WayneCherry. Former Vice President of Design for General Motors Chuck Jordan reflected...
CTS-V — with wagon and coupe variants offered for the second generation. WayneCherry and Kip Wasenko designed the exterior of the first generation CTS, marking...
Argentina Venezuela: Valencia, Carabobo Designer Chuck Jordan (Blazer: 1988) WayneCherry (Blazer facelift/Tahoe: 1992) Body and chassis Body style 2-door SUV...
year. Both cars were designed by the Opel design chief at the time, WayneCherry. Vauxhall Motors, the British GM subsidiary that shared most of its models...
position, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Irv Rybicki, Chuck Jordan, WayneCherry and Ed Welburn. Schuppan 962CR (1992) Holden Coupe concept (1998) Holden...
models. In the end to keep costs down, the different nose, designed by WayneCherry, was the only obvious styling feature to set the Vauxhall apart., with...
1995–June 29, 1999 (1996–1999 model years) Designer John Folden (1988) WayneCherry (facelift: 1993) Body and chassis Body style 4-door sedan Layout Transverse...
(Arlington Assembly) Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico (Silao Assembly) Designer WayneCherry (1996) Body and chassis Body style 4-door SUV Layout Front engine, rear-wheel...
the latter for its resemblance to the Ferrari Daytona, a favourite of WayneCherry.[citation needed] At that time, the original flat-fronted Firenza model...
Vauxhall SRV (Styling Research Vehicle) is a 1970 concept car designed by WayneCherry and Chris Field for Vauxhall Motors. Never intended for production, the...
Cherry Ridge may refer to: Cherry Ridge Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania Cherry Ridge (Colchester, Delaware County, New York) Cherry Ridge (Hancock...
(Wilmington Assembly) Designer Franz von Holzhausen (2001) Vicki Vlachakis WayneCherry Body and chassis Class Sports car Body style 2-door roadster 2-door coupe...
1994–2004 Assembly Germany: Rüsselsheim Thailand: Rayong (Opel/GM) Designer WayneCherry Herbert Killmer Body and chassis Body style 4-door notchback saloon 5-door...
This model used the "droopsnoot" nose cone, which had been designed by WayneCherry, Vauxhall's Chief Design Engineer to be used in the HP Firenza Droop...
position, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Irv Rybicki, Chuck Jordan, WayneCherry, and Michael Simcoe. His designs have set records for speed on racetracks...
2000) Kip Wasenko (Evoq Concept: 1998; chief designer of prod: 2000) WayneCherry (design director) Body and chassis Class Grand tourer Body style 2-door...
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