Just like real working automotive designers, interns at the Stellantis North America design office have real world deadlines, expectations and responsibilities. They get to work on exterior and interior design, color and materials, and anything and everything that you can see, feel and touch on our cars, trucks and SUVs. They’re also expected to think
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Designer follows his childhood passion to success
What if? Chad Vermeulen is a firm believer in the power of “what if.” As a design engineer at FCA Canada’s Automotive Research and Development Centre in Windsor, Ontario, he’s found that asking “what if” can open the door to a host of new creative possibilities. In fact, it became a prime motivator for his
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I owe my career to a letter from Chrysler
My office at the FCA US complex is pretty low key – you won’t see a lot of sketches hanging on the walls. Since I travel a lot in my job as head of global design I don’t see my office as often as I used to. But I keep one important memento there, an
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Upping the ante on a legend
How do you build on a legend? Start with a careful eye for detail. For the new 2017 Ram Truck Power Wagon, introduced at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, the bar was especially high with the Power Wagon’s proven workhorse reputation stretching all the way back to World War II. For the exterior design team, a big nod
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