Designer of the “original” new MINI and friend of MINI2, Frank Stephenson, appears to have landed himself another dream job in the world of car design.

While some may feel they’ve achieved enough after penning such impressive car designs such as the Maserati MC12, Ferrari F430, and of course the new MINI, Frank Stephenson is rather looking forward to having “serious fun” as Director of Design at Alfa Romeo, who aren’t exactly known for pushing out ugly tin boxes as it is! Not a bad CV for a man born in the same year as the original “Classic Mini”.

While at Fiat, Stephenson oversaw the creation of the forthcoming Cinquecento, the Lancia Delta HPE concept and headed up the development of the Fiat Punto and Bravo models.

It will certainly be interesting for us to see what Alfa come up with under his charge.