article_snippet.sent: General Motors top designer criticized Ford's new Lincoln Continental on Facebook .
   and called the model that was unveiled this week  at the New York auto show a 'copy'.
article_snippet.sent: General Motors top designer criticized Ford's Lincoln Continental on Facebook .
  above), calling Bentley Motors' top designer a 'copy' Luc Donckerwolke
article_snippet.sent: Luc Donckerwolke wrote: 'Do you want the Automotive News to send the product tooling?'
article_snippet.sent: Bentley Motors' top designer elaborated to Car and Driver.
article_snippet.sent: Building a copy like this is giving a bad name to the car design world.'
article_snippet.sent: Source: Car and Driver .
article_snippet.sent: Lincoln spokesman Stephane Cesareo dismissed the Bentley designer's criticism.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement released Wednesday, Bentley wrote: 'Car design is always an emotive subject and one of the reasons so many of us love cars. '
article_snippet.sent: us designers have strong views and are passionate about what Our designers do, which drives Our designers to create such extraordinary cars.'
article_snippet.sent: General Motors president Dan Ammann weighed in on the spat on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
article_snippet.sent: General Motors president Dan Ammann told reporters General Motors president Dan Ammannliked the Bentley designera Lincoln' Volkswagen-owned Bentley 's comment.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Spokesman dismissed criticism and said 'new Continental is clearly a Lincoln'
  Bentley defended Luc Donckerwolke and called car design 'an emotive subject'
  General Motors told reporters Spokesman 'liked the Bentley designer's comment' 