How to become a "Car designer" ?

I am planning to start a series of posts on "How to become <something>". This <something> will depend upon the profession you want to know more about. The focus of the post will be to share some success stories in that area of profession, the skills one needs to build, the education one needs to get opportunities.

Let me tell you - you can become anything if you can put your mind and energy to. So given that now the question is what do you want to become ? It is OK to not know the answer to that question right now but the sooner you can figure out the answer it will help you to choose a field and work that you love. 

There is nothing more rewarding that working on something you love and get paid for it :)


Now back to how to become a Car designer ? Look at these beautiful looking cars;

Aston Martin DB91

BMW Z8

Fisker Karma

Mustang Rocket

All these cars are designed by one guy. His name is Henrik Fisker. Henrik Fisker (born 10 August 1963) is an 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. 

To become a car designer you have to be good at sketches. You have to be creative and need to develop a skill of thinking about new design ideas for building cars 5 years down the road - because remember making a car takes @5 years from concept, design to manufacturing. 

How To Get Into A Car Design School - 

Watch how a car is designed at BMW from concept, to sketches, to prototype

I want to hear from you if you like this idea of "How to become a ..." series and if yes, then which other professions you want to know more about. Let me know through comments.