Education
When Cagiva decided to sell Ducati to United States-based Texas Pacific Group, Pierre Terblanche chose to follow Ducati.
When Cagiva decided to sell Ducati to United States-based Texas Pacific Group, Pierre Terblanche chose to follow Ducati.
He started his career in advertising but felt the need to move into the design world. After moving to Germany and working with Volkswagen design he worked at Cagiva"s Research Center at San Marino under the direction of Massimo Tamburini. In December 2007, he left Ducati to pursue other interests believing that he should be a designer, not a manager.
He has designed boats for the South African shipyard Bobkat.
Terblanche left Piaggio to join Norton Motorcycle Company in January 2011. In early 2013, it was announced that Terblanche had joined Confederate Motors in Alabama, United States, as head of product development, and in August 2014 his first Confederate design, the X132 Hellcat Speedster, was shown.
Terblanche designed the following motorcycles:
Cagiva 900 Gran Canyon
Ducati Multistrada
Ducati Hypermotard
Ducati Supermono
Ducati ST3
1999–2007 Ducati SuperSport
Ducati MH900e
Ducati 749/999
Ducati SportClassics
Confederate X132 Hellcat Speedster.