February 2009
Yoon Il-hun is the designer of the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss, the final version of the SLR series shown at the Detroit Motor Show last month.
Yoon is a Korean designer now working at Mercedes Benz headquarters in Germany.
"I felt huge pressure because it's a famous car," he said. "I had to redesign the old SLR with a contemporary sense."
"I kept worrying that it must never be ordinary."
The Stirling Moss has been hailed as a stylish combination of the original 300 SLR's image and a modern sensibility.
As a senior at the Department of Industrial Design at Hongik University, Yoon mailed his application and portfolio to car manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and Ford.
Surprisingly, Mercedes-Benz responded to Yoon's challenge, giving him a chance to work at its Advanced Design Studio in Yokohama, Japan in late 2003.
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