He also participated in the design development of Lamborghini Huracan.
It is safe to say Koenigsegg has employed some of the best car designers in the 25-year history of the company. All of their cars are essentially spaceships on wheels. Even the original CC prototype of the 1990s still looks incredible to this day.
Koenigsegg Automotive now has a Head of Design. Alexander (Sasha) Selipanov is a Pasadena-based graduate of Art Center College of Design. After interning at Mazda North American Operations (2013), and Volkswagen Design Center California (2014) he joined Koenigsegg Automotive in 2005. He was involved in many exterior design projects for all the Group’s brands.
Sasha joined the Lamborghini outside design team in 2010. He was also directly involved in the Huracan projects before being promoted to Head of Exterior at Bugatti. He is best known for the 2015 Vision Gran Turismo concept and the Chiron. In 2017, he was named Head of Global Advanced Design for Genesis. His team was responsible also for the 2018 Essentia, and 2019 Mint concepts.
Sasha will begin at Koenigsegg in October this year. Sasha will be the Managing Director and Chief Design Officer at RAW Design House, Angelholm, Sweden. This is a new company that provides design services. Sasha commented on his new position and said:
You may be aware that the Chiron’s predecessor was the Veyron. It was designed by Jozef Kaban and his team. The former Skoda chief design officer, the Slovak automobile designer now heads Rolls-Royce’s design team.