Mercedes-Benz Chief Of Design has announced his retirement

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Gorden Wagener will be retiring from the brand effectively on January 31st of 2026. He announced his retirement with a instagram post that include a long heartfelt caption and pictures that contained various Mercedes-Benz designs he heavily contributed to. Some of the designs were the SLR McLaren, the Maybach 6, the recently released GLC EV, and the Vision AVTR. Bellow are quotes of important dialogue from Gorden’s instagram post. “For nearly three decades I had the privilege of shaping the design language and Still des Hauses of Mercedes-Benz” “Together we defined an era- driven by courage, creativity, and a racial modernization of design” “The future for the next decade has already been designed, allowing me to pass on Mercedes-Benz on with confidence.”