Bill Mitchell (designer)

William L. Bill Mitchell was an American automobile designer. Mitchell worked briefly as an advertising illustrator and as the official illustrator of the Automobile Racing Club of America before being recruited by Harley Earl to join the Art and Colour Section of General Motors in 1935. Mitchell is responsible for creating or influencing the design of over 72.5 million automobiles produced by GM, including such landmark vehicles as the 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special, the 1949 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, the 195557 Chevrolet Bel Air, the 196365 and 196667 Buick Riviera, the 196176 Corvette Stingray, the 197579 Cadillac Seville, and the 197081 Chevrolet Camaro. Mitchell spent the entirety of his 42year career in automobile design at General Motors, eventually becoming Vice President of Design, a position he held foryears until his retirement in 1977. His design stewardship at General Motors became known as the Bill Mitchell era.

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