 Star Chrysler Car Designer Keeping His Eye on Patriot and Compass Reaction |
Ralph Gilles, one of Chrysler Group's lead designers and a star among his peers (he designed the Chrysler 300) has been tasked with his next project: the next generation of Chrysler Group pickup trucks and SUVs. First up, an all-new Dodge Ram.
In addition, he's got some other work to do:
His other big project is monitoring consumer reaction to the new Jeep Compass and Patriot SUVs. He says the small sport-utility vehicles will show where Chrysler can take the Jeep brand, which has long been known for its rugged vehicles like the Jeep Wrangler. Because of the struggling market for full- and midsize SUVs, the Jeep brand has seen sales drop by 3.9 percent through October, according to Autodata.
Something tells me that Mr. Gilles stamp may show up in the next generation of Jeep vehicles.
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| carter | Posted: 2006/11/19 18:58 Updated: 2006/11/19 18:58 |
Not too shy to talk   Joined: 2005/7/27 From: Houston Posts: 29 |
 Re: Star Chrysler Car Designer Keeping His Eye on Patriot...Whatever you think of his work to date, Gilles is the highest profile designer in the Chrysler group. They have put their heaviest hitter in their most important product segment.
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| xjken99 | Posted: 2006/11/15 20:38 Updated: 2006/11/15 20:38 |
Quite a regular  Joined: 2005/9/14 From: Posts: 58 |
Re: Star Chrysler Car Designer Keeping His Eye on Patriot... I realize styling is a subjective matter but, if this guy is their star then IMO we will see a lot more ugly DC products in the near future. DC had a lot of years to work on the Sebring/Avenger cars. Plenty of time to look at the mid size segement and come out with a couple of knockouts and this is the best they could do.
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