![Mazda director of design Franz von Holzhausen is congratulated as he sits in front of the Nagare concept car, which he designed, at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles Mazda director of design Franz von Holzhausen is congratulated as he sits in front of the Nagare concept car, which he designed, at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2GFP1/mazda-director-of-design-franz-von-holzhausen-is-congratulated-as-he-sits-in-front-of-the-nagare-concept-car-which-he-designed-at-the-2006-los-angeles-auto-show-in-los-angeles-november-29-2006-reutersmario-anzuoni-united-states-2D2GFP1.jpg)
Mazda director of design Franz von Holzhausen is congratulated as he sits in front of the Nagare concept car, which he designed, at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles
![Tesla's Franz von Holzhausen: Mass Market 'Model E' scheduled to be shown at Jan. 2015 Detroit Auto Show, BMW's i3 design is 'strange, Ikea-like' | Electrek Tesla's Franz von Holzhausen: Mass Market 'Model E' scheduled to be shown at Jan. 2015 Detroit Auto Show, BMW's i3 design is 'strange, Ikea-like' | Electrek](http://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/12/franz-von-holzhausen.jpg)
Tesla's Franz von Holzhausen: Mass Market 'Model E' scheduled to be shown at Jan. 2015 Detroit Auto Show, BMW's i3 design is 'strange, Ikea-like' | Electrek
![FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, file photo, Mazda's senior managing executive officer Daniel Morris, left, design director of Mazda North American operations Franz von Holzhausen, center, and general manager of design division Laurens van den ... FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, file photo, Mazda's senior managing executive officer Daniel Morris, left, design director of Mazda North American operations Franz von Holzhausen, center, and general manager of design division Laurens van den ...](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2n5rfp8/file-in-this-monday-jan-14-2008-file-photo-mazdas-senior-managing-executive-officer-daniel-morris-left-design-director-of-mazda-north-american-operations-franz-von-holzhausen-center-and-general-manager-of-design-division-laurens-van-den-acker-pose-next-to-the-furai-concept-vehicle-at-the-north-american-international-auto-show-in-detroit-a-super-car-with-wildly-undulating-lines-was-the-apex-of-mazdas-design-language-but-it-was-accidentally-destroyed-by-a-fire-that-same-year-but-before-its-demise-it-helped-mazda-prove-its-sporting-chops-ap-photogary-malerba-file-2n5rfp8.jpg)
FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, file photo, Mazda's senior managing executive officer Daniel Morris, left, design director of Mazda North American operations Franz von Holzhausen, center, and general manager of design division Laurens van den ...
![Did Franz von Holzhausen, the current Tesla chief designer (and former Mazda designer) just copied a Mazda design (thus why Tesla was never appealing to me)? : r/teslamotors Did Franz von Holzhausen, the current Tesla chief designer (and former Mazda designer) just copied a Mazda design (thus why Tesla was never appealing to me)? : r/teslamotors](https://external-preview.redd.it/JNymgZKI-2IF9i3-QYDKpyKyM3K-h6g2AyERjmYeYCo.jpg?auto=webp&s=cb6ee1c40b24819413745d2911b561d20ef361eb)