New chief designers for McLaren, Mini

- McLaren Automotive has promoted Rob Melville to design director with immediate effect, replacing Frank Stephenson who has left the company.

- Overseas reports had indicated that Mr Stephenson would be returning to the BMW Group to retake the design reins at Mini, where earlier in his career he was responsible for reinventing the small British hatch and bringing it into the modern era with the now-classic R50-series ‘New Mini’ that launched in Europe in late 2000.

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