Peter Hanenberger (born 1942 in Wiesbaden, West Germany) is a German-born automotive specialist who worked all 45 years of his professional career for General Motors (GM) and subsidiaries.
At the age of 16, he joined GM as apprentice in the Opel technical development center in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and retired at the age of 61 at the end of 2003 as chairman and managing director of Australian GM subsidiary, Holden, having served in a number of managerial positions at Opel, Holden, and General Motors internationally.
[1] Peter spent most of his early career working for GM's Opel division in Germany as a vehicle tester and suspension engineer.
Hanenberger also consolidated the maker's exports programmes of its VT Commodore/WH Statesman/Caprice platform, and the cars quickly became favorites in the Middle East, winning numerous motoring press awards.
In a 2017 interview with Carsales, Hanenberger recounted his unrealised projects at Holden, and blamed the car maker's decision to cease production on interference and poor management from GM global headquarters.