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Henrik Fisker (born 10 August 1963) is an entrepreneur and acclaimed automobile designer, and was a founding partner and executive chairman of Fisker Automotive. He has lived and worked in Germany, London, and Southern California. Fisker graduated from the short-lived Swiss campus of California's Art Center College of Design in 1989. Best known among his creations are the Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Fisker Karma, and BMW Z8, the Viking Mototcycle and the Fisker Galpin Rocket. ==Life and career== Fisker was born in Denmark. From 1989 to 1992, Fisker worked as a designer at BMW Technik GmbH, BMW's advanced design studio in Munich. From 1992 to 1997, Fisker designed the Z07 concept car, which was showcased at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show, and the exterior of the production BMW Z8 roadster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=138031 )〕 Starting in January 2000, Fisker was the president and chief executive officer of DesignworksUSA, a BMW-subsidiary industrial design firm headquartered in Newbury Park, California, with a European office in Munich, Germany. Fisker joined the Ford Motor Company in 2001, where he served as design director for Aston Martin. From September 2001 to August 2003, he was creative director of Ingeni, Ford's London-based design and creativity center. In August 2003, Fisker became the director of Ford's Global Advanced Design Studio (CAPC) in Irvine, California. He has also served as a member of the board of directors at Aston Martin. In 2004, Fisker left Ford to team up with Bernhard Koehler to start a new luxury car company, Fisker Coachbuild, based in Southern California. The company built and sold tailor-made cars based on production platforms. Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies teamed up to form Fisker Automotive; from this platform Fisker could create his car designs and produce them under his own name. The first car to be produced by Fisker Automotive was the Fisker Karma, a hybrid luxury car debuted in January 2008 at the North American International Auto Show. Fisker Karma production was launched in November 2011. Fisker performed initial design on the electric car Tesla Model S, and designed the body of the Artega GT internal combustion sports car, which in 2011 spawned an electric version with an identical body.〔Quick, Darren. (Artega SE joins growing list of all-electric sportscars ) ''GizMag'', 22 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.〕 In March 2013, Fisker resigned from Fisker Automotive.〔 (Breaking: Co-Founder Henrik Fisker Leaves Fisker Automotive, Struggling Electric-Car Firm ). ''The Washington Post'', (13 March 2013).〕 In June 2014, Henrik Fisker founded HF Design & Technology, a design house inspired by Innovation. Under HF Design, Fisker has launched the Viking Motorcycle & the Rocket: A limited edition full carbon fiber bodied 725 Horsepower American Muscle Car based on a Ford Mustang, in a joint venture with Galpin, World's biggest Ford Dealer. Fisker recently announced his future plans to launch a new car company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henrik Fisker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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