'''Eric Stoddard''' (born 24 June 1975), is an automobile and industrial designer who has worked for DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.
==DaimlerChrysler== [[Image:Chrysler Crossfire front.jpg|thumb|right|Chrysler Crossfire]] While at the Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Stoddard worked under Don Renkert to design the Chrysler Crossfire Concept <ref name="crossfireconcept">{{cite journal |title=Chrysler Crossfire - The Penta Star's next concept-to-production story? |last=Keebler |first=Jack |date=October 2002 |journal=Motor Trend |url=http://www.motortrend.com/future/concept_cars/112_0102_chrysler_crossfire/index.html |accessdate=4 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="crossfireconcept2">{{cite journal |publisher=Car and Driver |title=Not Caught in the Crossfire: How Chrysler didn't water down the Crossfire concept for production. |last=Wyss |first=Wallace |date=April 2003 |website=CarandDriver.com |url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/03q2/chrysler_crossfire-car_news |accessdate=4 February 2010 }}</ref> released at the North American International Auto Show in 2001. Stoddard went on to become the lead exterior designer of the production model of the Chrysler Crossfire under Andrew Dyson.<ref name="crossfire">{{cite journal |title=From a Bad Marriage, Pretty Babies |last=Patton |first=Phil |date=May 2007 |journal=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/automobiles/27DESIGN.html?_r=1&ex=1182052800&en=96cb47326aa3af0a&ei=5070 |accessdate=4 February 2010 }}</ref>
Stoddard was also the lead exterior designer on the Dodge SRT-4 as well as a contributing designer to the Chrysler Pacifica, 2003 Dodge Viper and Chrysler Sebring.
==Hyundai== thumb|right|Hyundai Genesis Coupe concept [[Image:2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.jpg|thumb|right|Hyundai Genesis Coupe]] In 2002, Stoddard was recruited as a senior designer to Hyundai Kia Automotive Group in Irvine, California. At Hyundai, under Design Chief Joel Piaskowski, Stoddard lead the exterior design of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe Concept<ref name="genesiscoupeconcept">{{cite journal |title = 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe - New and Future Cars |last = Lamm |first = John |date = October 2008 |journal = Road and Track |url = http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-cars/2010_hyundai_genesis_coupe |accessdate = 4 February 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091205073638/http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-cars/2010_hyundai_genesis_coupe |archivedate = 5 December 2009 }}</ref> unveiled at the 2007 LA Auto Show, the Production 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe,<ref name="genesiscoupe">{{cite press release |publisher = Hyundai PR |title = ALL-NEW HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE |date = June 2009 |work = Hyundai News |url = http://www.hyundainews.com/Media_Kits/2010_Models/Genesis_Coupe/Press_Release.asp |accessdate = 4 February 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100123230223/http://www.hyundainews.com/Media_Kits/2010_Models/Genesis_Coupe/Press_Release.asp |archivedate = 23 January 2010 }}</ref> the HCD-9 Talus Concept,<ref name="talus">{{cite press release |publisher=Hyundai PR |title=Hyundai reveals rear-drive V8 HCD9 Talus high-set sports coupe |date=January 2006 |journal=Hyundai.com.au |url=http://www.hyundai.com.au/Hyundai-reveals-rear-drive-V8-HCD9-Talus-high-set-sports-coupe/default.aspx |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914075232/http://www.hyundai.com.au/Hyundai-reveals-rear-drive-V8-HCD9-Talus-high-set-sports-coupe/default.aspx |archivedate=14 September 2009 }}</ref> the 2007 Hyundai Elantra and KCD-1 Slice Concept.<ref name="slice">{{cite press release |title=KIA KCD-1 SLICE OFFERS A NEW TWIST ON THE CROSSOVER CONCEPT |date=January 2003 |journal=Kia Media |url=http://www.kiamedia.com/secure/slice010703.html |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104062921/http://www.kiamedia.com/secure/slice010703.html |archivedate=4 January 2011 }}</ref>
==Awards== Stoddard received of a Red Dot Design Award in 2009 for a bicycle design concept called the Zoomla<ref name="zoomla">{{cite journal |title = Zoomla: Red Dot Design Award Concept 2009 |journal = Red-dot.sg |url = http://www.red-dot.sg/concept/porfolio/o_e/MB/R022.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100226181400/http://www.red-dot.sg/concept/porfolio/o_e/MB/R022.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = 26 February 2010 |accessdate = 4 February 2010 }}</ref> and was a finalist for the 2010 Taipei Cycle Show for his bicycle entry the AutoVelo.<ref name="autovelo1">{{cite journal |publisher=CNET |title=Copy the car: AutoVelo is no ordinary bike |last = Moore |first = Elizabeth Armstrong |website=cnet.com |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10442601-1.html |accessdate=4 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="autovelo2">{{cite journal |title=Entries of the 14th IBDC |journal=Taipeicycle.com.tw |url=http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/news/info.html?id=C963C979078A31DB |accessdate=4 February 2010 |archive-date=26 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126083734/http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/news/info.html?id=C963C979078A31DB |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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