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New wave of American design stokes Detroit 3 market share gains
… or-break model, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Chrysler's crisis "It was really bad, definitely a horrible time," Ralph Gilles , Chrysler chief designer, said in a recent interview. "You have no choice but to succeed because you realize how …
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Why the stakes are high for Chrysler's new minivan
… minivan. But in an interview with the Detroit Free Press at the New York auto show this week, Chrysler design head Ralph Gilles wouldn't disclose whether the single minivan would remain a Chrysler Town and Country or stay as a Dodge Grand Caravan …
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A prenatal nose job for the Jeep Cherokee? Or...
… could be that Chrysler was surprised by just how polarizing their initial Cherokee design was to Jeep enthusiasts. Ralph Gilles , head of design for Chrysler, said that reactions he received on the Cherokee design since last month were overwhelmingly …
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Jeep Cherokee design is a love/hate thing on Twitter
… 2014 Jeep Cherokee. Mission accomplished, judging from the torrent of comments that streamed into the Twitter feed of Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's head of design. Chrysler released photos of the Cherokee, which will replace the Jeep Liberty this …
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Chrysler revives Cherokee nameplate for Liberty replacement
… go into production in May. Online reaction to the leaked photographs was less than stellar. Late this afternoon, Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's head of design, tweeted "have faith" to a Jeep enthusiast who had expressed disappointment with the …
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Fiat, SRT almost fill U.S. dealership networks
DETROIT -- Chrysler Group's two smallest brands -- Fiat and SRT -- have nearly filled out their dealership rosters in the United States. Ralph Gilles , who heads the automaker's SRT brand, said 430 Chrysler Group dealerships have finished their training to sell the 2013 SRT Viper. A Chrysler ...
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Chrysler pays tribute to 1963 concept car
… design. Chrysler brand head Saad Chehab "fell in love with the color" on a color board in the design center, said Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's head of design. Chehab said that he hoped to incorporate some elements of the 300S Turbine into future …
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Hunting for designers
… s forcing design schools to find new ways to train students to become the hands-on car designers automakers want. Ralph Gilles , Chrysler Group's head of design and a CCS grad, returns to the school regularly to recruit that type of student …
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Viper production gets featured in NYT Magazine
… ceremony attended by the plant's roughly 150 workers as well as Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne and SRT brand head Ralph Gilles . Overall, workers at Conner Avenue expect to build just about a dozen Vipers each day. The 640-hp sports coupe …
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Ex-Audi designer Schreyer is a Kia president without the pressure
It has yet to be shown that star designers can be transformed into heads of big car company divisions. In March 2010, General Motors moved design ace Bryan Nesbitt back to the styling world after seven months as Cadillac's overall chief. Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's chief designer, spent only 21 months ...
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Schreyer is a president without the pressure
It has yet to be shown that star designers can be transformed into heads of big car company divisions. In March 2010, General Motors moved design ace Bryan Nesbitt back to the styling world after seven months as Cadillac's overall chief. Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's chief designer, spent only 21 months ...
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Can car plastic be artful? Yes, says Klaus Busse, who helped revive Chrysler interiors after the Germans left
… footing. But the company's single-minded focus to improve the cabins of its vehicles came primarily from design chief Ralph Gilles and Busse, his chief interior lieutenant, when the two men were working on what would become the highly regarded re …
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Viper roars back, even better than before
… t wait to go back and drive it every time. When you put your keys away, you're dreaming about the car," said Ralph Gilles , head of the SRT brand and Chrysler's head of design, at a press event here. "Where we have technologies, it …
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2013 Viper now enjoyable off the racetrack, too
… versions of the Viper, this car's design grew from the very bottom of Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy. SRT brand head Ralph Gilles , who is also Chrysler's head of design, said his team members began work on the new Viper when they weren't sure …
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Gilles dumps on Trump
… from the Mitt Romney campaign that Jeep production was moving from Ohio to China. But the strongest retort came from Ralph Gilles , Chrysler's usually mild-mannered design boss. When Romney supporter Donald Trump tweeted that President Obama …
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U.S. automakers protest distortions in Romney ad
… repeating a notion that Chrysler is shipping U.S. Jeep production to China, which the automaker refutes.andnbsp; Ralph Gilles , the head of product design for Chrysler, became the second top Chrysler executive in three days to strongly deny …
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Chrysler's stack comeback hits a snag
… Vegas last month, and Chrysler told them it was going to be built. But in a Twitter message, Chrysler design boss Ralph Gilles says modern regulations have put the kibosh on the smokestacks planned for the resurrected L'il Red Express Truck …
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Chrysler prices new Viper near $100,000, below Corvette ZR1
… example -- and a likely gas-guzzler surcharge, the re-engineered Viper should easily top the $100,000 plateau. Ralph Gilles , head of the SRT brand and Chrysler Group's head of design, was scheduled to show off the new Viper to dealers during …
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Chrysler charges dealers $25,000 to sell the Viper
… important, preferential ordering and additional allocation of such vehicles as the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, says Ralph Gilles , head of the SRT brand. For an additional $20,000, the high-performance agreement also permits dealers to sell …
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Lords of the Ring
… braking, handling and tire performance, compared with what automakers might do at their own proving grounds, observes Ralph Gilles , CEO of Chrysler's Street and Racing Technology, or SRT, brand. It's simply the magic of being able to tell …
