What gives.... "Kia snaps up Audi TT designer Peter Schreyer"? I thought it was Freeman Thomas.
07-31-2006, 04:15 PM
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What gives.... "Kia snaps up Audi TT designer Peter Schreyer"? I thought it was Freeman Thomas.
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07-31-2006, 04:44 PM
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Schreyer was based in Germany and was head of Audi design group. Thomas and Mays were...
<center><img src="http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/news/2006/0721/peter.schreyer.160.jpg"></center><p>based in California working indirectly for Schreyer at VW;s California Design Studio. You are correct. Schreyer was Thomas's boss as far as the TT project went.
From looking over the press releases it appears as though Kia took a little liberty in claiming Schreyer as the TT designer. I would think "responsible for the TT design" as stated in some of the press releases would be a more accurate statement.
From looking over the press releases it appears as though Kia took a little liberty in claiming Schreyer as the TT designer. I would think "responsible for the TT design" as stated in some of the press releases would be a more accurate statement.
08-01-2006, 05:11 AM
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Re: Schreyer was based in Germany and was head of Audi design group. Thomas and Mays were...
...<font color="003366"> Yep, the TT sure has a s#!tload of fathers. Rarely is Marc Florian mentioned among them.
Just an observation.</font>
Just an observation.</font>
08-01-2006, 05:49 AM
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Thomas hasn't worked at Audi in years. He was poached by DaimlerChrysler from...
...<font color="003366"> Audi and went to Chrysler group design in Auburn Hill. Not long after signing up he was exiled to the Pacifica design operation in California following some kind of internecine political fighting between the German and American factions of the company's design operations. Former boss J Mays then hired Thomas to head the advanced studio Ford has in Irvine, California.
Peter's move to Kia came as a shock to some in the company.
But not all.</font>
Peter's move to Kia came as a shock to some in the company.
But not all.</font>
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