Omer Halilhodžić (born 1963 in

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) is a Bosnian

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er. Halilhodžić was previously a member of the famous designer team of Ferrari. A graduate of the

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with a degree in industrial design, Halilhodžić is currently a member of the designer team of

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. Before rejoining

in 2021 he was working as an exterior designer and a creative design consultant for exterior design team of

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for almost ten years. Before that he was the exterior chief designer for the

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an styling centre of

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, based in

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. He moved to Mercedes-Benz in January 2008 after working for

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since 1991 and started his career in Herzegovina Auto in 1989."Japanese icons reborn: new Evo X & new Skyline GT-R", Ben Oliver, ''Car Magazine'', December 2005"Najprodavanije vozilo", B. Šišić, avaz.ba, 18 November 2006"Omer Halilhodzic, Mitsubishi"
Jens Meiners, ''Automotive News'', 29 May 2006"Bosanac će dizajnirati Mercedese"
Marko Đurić, Danijel Tomičić, ''autoklub.hr'', 17 December 2007 He considers

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to be the greatest designer of all time, and looks to

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for his inspirations. He was responsible for the styling of the 2004

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, and the

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s which preceded it: CZ2, CZ3, CZ3 cabriolet, and CZT. He has since penned the Mitsubishi Concept Sportback,"Mitsubishi's Lancer Concept Sportsback debuts at the 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show"

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press release, 2 March 2007 and the Mitsubishi Concept X, which presages the

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production car."Mitsubishi Concept-X Exterior Design Story"
, Mitsubishi Motors Technology Review 2006, no.18, pp.134–135

References

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