Miles Nürnberger will join the Dacia & LADA Business Unit as Dacia Design Director starting September 1st, 2021. He will join its Management Committee under the guidance of Denis Le Vot, CEO of Dacia and LADA brands. He will report to Laurens van den Acker, EVP, Corporate Design and member of the Board of Management of Renault Group.
Speaking of the appointment, Denis Le Vot said, “We are excited to have Miles join the team, because design is a central pillar of our Dacia strategy. With the All-New Sandero, we have shown that we can still be attractive while focusing on the essentials.”
Laurens van den Acker said: “We are very pleased to welcome Miles Nürnberger into our team at such an exciting time for the Dacia brand. Miles is a renowned designer who has inspired many with his work at Aston Martin. His experience and passion for building strong brands through design will be a great asset for Dacia and help us project Dacia into the future.”
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Miles Nürnberger joined Aston Martin Lagonda in 2008 where he was responsible for exterior design as Design Manager, then Creative Director, before being appointed Design Director of the brand in 2018. He was in charge, among others, of designing the DBX – the brand’s first SUV – and the Valkyrie project, as well as the Lagonda EV brand relaunch including Vision sedan and SUV concepts.
Prior to joining Aston Martin Lagonda, Miles Nürnberger was part of Citroën's Exterior Design team. His first steps in the world of automotive design were with Lincoln, Ford Motor company.
Born in 1976, into a family passionate about art, design and cars, Miles graduated in Automotive Design from Coventry University in 1998. In 2009, he was granted the Design Award Concorso d’eleganza Villa d’Este for the One-77 concept car.
ABOUT DACIA:
Dacia has a long history associated with Renault, the French brand first working with Dacia plants in Romania in the 1960s, before acquiring them fully in 1999. The brand concept is simple: to shake up preconceived ideas. Dacia produces spacious, robust, high-quality vehicles of original design that are affordable for everybody.
Dacia vehicles offer exceptional value for money. Reliable and resistant, they embody the best of Renault expertise. Relaunched by parent company Groupe Renault in 2004, the Dacia range has been expanding constantly and buyers have a wide array of vehicles to choose from, ranging from Dacia Duster, a sporty all-terrain vehicle, to light commercial vehicles or family vehicles such as the Dacia Sandero and Dacia Logan MCV. The concept continues to enjoy great success with over 5.8 million Dacias sold in Europe since the brand’s revival in 2004.
Dacia launched in the UK in January 2013 and enjoyed the most successful start ever for a new car brand in the UK. More than 150,000 Dacia vehicles have been sold in the UK to date.
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