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Ford's J. Mays leads AutoWeek Design Forum roster.(News)

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Perhaps no automotive designer has penned us back to the days of yore more than J Mays. Mays, best known for ``retrofuture'' designs including Volkswagen New Beetle, Ford Thunderbird, GT40 and Forty-Nine concept, is charged with sketching the future for Ford Motor Co.'s portfolio.

The 48-year-old design chief will give the keynote address Jan. 8, 2003, at the 10th Annual AutoWeek Design Forum at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The one-day forum will carry the theme ``Expect the Unexpected: How Design Helps Companies Break from Tradition,'' and will feature a roster of styling execs who have shelved the status quo and established fresh design direction with products like the Mercedes-Benz ultra-luxo Maybach, Honda Element and Renault Vel Satis.

While reintroducing classics seems to be his forte, Mays' claim to influence is deeper than his retro bent. Recent concepts such as the Jaguar F-Type and Volvo Safety Car-both developed under Mays' watchful eye and both representative of a potential evolution of the concepts' respective brand heritages-point to a diverse and ...

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