VOLKSWAGEN will shuffle its design department personnel next year when long-time Volkswagen Passenger Cars chief designer Klaus Bischoff moves up to become head of group design and is replaced by former BMW and Rolls-Royce head of design Jozef Kaban.
Mr Bischoff has worked at VW since 1989, serving variously as head of design concepts, head of interior passenger cars, head of exterior design, head of complete vehicle design and headof the Wolfsburg design centre before ascending to his current role in 2007.