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Flash.(Briefs)
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Need more proof that General Motors is deadly serious about developing the plug-in hybrid electric-powered Volt future car? Word from GM's design center in Michigan is that Bob Boniface, director of advanced design, has been ordered to take command of a studio solely dedicated to designing cars using the Volt/E-Flex powertrain. GM is investing $500 million in the project and hopes to put a version of the car on the road by 2010.
HemisFoose?
A June 7 meeting could resolve the impasse on the Hemisfear name for Chip Foose's two-seater (see page 32). Chrysler had told Foose he could not call his Hemi-powered product the Hemisfear, so Foose decided to use Ford engines and call them Foose Coupes.
Foose and Chrysler have been working on a solution that would allow both Chrysler Hemi and Ford engines in the ...
- Chrysler's design chiefs.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News June 29, 2009 700+ words
...programs: Chrysler Pacifica, Crossfire, 2007 Chrysler Sebring sedan and convertible, 2001 Sebring and Stratus exterior. Brandon Faurote Age: 37 New job: Head of Chrysler design Previous job: Vice president of advance design, international, and color...
- Chrysler brands get new design chiefs, structure.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News June 29, 2009 700+ words
...organizations are imminent, said a source familiar with Chrysler's planning. The three design heads are: Joseph Dehner, Dodge Brandon Faurote, Chrysler Mark Allen, Jeep Brand autonomy New CEO Sergio Marchionne is moving swiftly to reorganize Chrysler, much as...
- Two Chrysler design vets plan to retire.
- News wire article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) May 18, 2007 700+ words
...International Auto Show in Detroit and the Jeep Gladiator concept pickup. Tremont will retire June 30. He will be replaced by Brandon Faurote, who has been working in Chrysler's advanced passenger-car design studio. Faurote's resume includes the Chrysler...
- Chrysler cuts Calif. studio.(Final assembly)(Chrysler L.L.C.)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News March 17, 2008 700+ words
...including the Chrysler Millenium (1989) Chrysler 300 (1991), Chrysler Atlantic (1994) and Dodge Hornet (2006). Brandon Faurote, the head of the studio, will be relocating to Chrysler's design center in Auburn Hills, Mich., along with the advanced...
- Chrysler Group Announces New Executive Appointments for Product Design Office.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 18, 2007 700+ words
...and July 2007 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler Group announced the appointment of Brandon Faurote and Joseph Dehner to Vice President positions within the Product Design Office, replacing David McKinnon and Thomas Tremont...
- A night of honors.(News)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News October 31, 2005 700+ words
...Jeep/Dodge communications; Sanjeev Mirle, 32, launch adviser, manufacturing program management at General Motors; Brandon Faurote, 34, director, advanced product design for DaimlerChrysler AG; and Kristy Coles, 27, senior quality reliability engineer...
- Timelessness: Aurora had it. Why not others?(Design)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Edsall, Larry October 1, 2007 700+ words
...enduring when so many cars look old soon after they roll off the assembly line? "Proportion is a key ingredient,'' says Brandon Faurote, vice president for advanced design at Chrysler LLC. "It has to have good proportions to be timeless.'' "The second...
- CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF; Foose's first production Hemisfear strikes terror on the...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Vaughn, Mark June 4, 2007 700+ words
...runs the place the Gaffoglios' father started in 1979. A tour of the shop that will build future Hemi- or Ford-powered Foose Coupes showed a complex jig for welding together the big, beefy, old-school frame rails to which the space-age carbon-fiber...
- Inaugural Public Sale of the High-Powered Foose Coupe to Take Place at the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 13, 2007 700+ words
...engined coupe is powered by a Mopar Hemi V8 engine, capable of an estimated 550 horsepower and 520 pounds of torque. All Foose Coupes will be constructed by MetalCrafters, Inc. and available through Unique Performance. Additional standard accessories include...
- Foose, Metalcrafters seek high-end niche; Customized coupes sell for...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Edsall, Larry July 30, 2007 700+ words
...that pays homage to the Deuce coupes of yore. Duesenbergs cost about $20,000, a princely sum during the Depression. Foose Coupes are priced at $299,000. Foose hopes to attract 50 wealthy buyers. It's a daring business strategy, but Foose is a...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(Briefs)