Uwe Bahnsen is a German car designer. After an apprenticeship as a window dresser Bahnsen studied at the College of Fine Arts in Hamburg. From 1958 to 1986 he was with Ford Europe held various positions, most recently as vice president for design. During this time, he created such icons of today's automotive designs counting models like the Taunus 17m

Ford Taunus

The Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...

 or the Capri

Ford Capri

Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...

. Bahnsen is also a motor sport enthusiast, and in the 1960s he organised a Ford Works Team.
In 1986 Bahnsen became training director at the Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design is a private college located in Pasadena, California, and was cited by BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. The college’s industrial design program is consistently ranked number one by both DesignIntelligence and U.S...

 in La Tour de Peilz (Switzerland), which he ran between 1990 and 1995. In 1992 he was elected to the Executive Board of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and was its president from 1995 to 1997. Uwe Bahnsen is Fellow

Fellow

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 of the Royal Society of Arts

Royal Society of Arts

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, a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers

Chartered Society of Designers

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 and International Member of the Industrial Designers Society of America

Industrial Designers Society of America

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 (IDSA).

Under the direction of Uwe Bahnsen was the design of the following vehicles:

• Ford Taunus
  Ford Taunus
  The Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...
  
   17m "Bathtub" (1960),
• Ford Capri
  Ford Capri
  Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...
  
   I (1969),
• Ford Taunus TC TC "Knudsen" (1970),
• Ford Capri
  Ford Capri
  Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...
  
   II (1973),
• Ford Taunus
  Ford Taunus
  The Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...
  
   (1976),
• Ford Capri
  Ford Capri
  Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...
  
   III, (II Facelift) (1978),
• Ford Escort MK3 (1980)
• Ford Sierra
  Ford Sierra
  The Ford Sierra is a large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni"....
  
   (1982),
• Ford Scorpio
  Ford Scorpio
  The Ford Scorpio is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1985 through to 1998.It was the replacement for the European Ford Granada line...
  
  I (1985)