Martin Smith (designer)

Martin Smith (born 1949) is a British retired automobile designer, noted for extensive stints at Audi, Opel and Ford of Europe.

Born in 1949 in Broomhill, Sheffield, England, Smith attended King Edward VII School.

[2] He studied engineering at the University of Liverpool before graduating with a master's degree in vehicle design from the Royal College of Art in London.

This was quickly followed by fellow Opel refugee Stefan Lamm joining in autumn 2004 as Chief Designer for Exteriors at Ford.

[4] Smith was also reunited with another former colleague, Chris Bird, who moved to Ford as design director from Audi in 1998.