{"id":420203,"date":"2010-03-12T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/12\/report-nissans-head-u-s-designer-bruce-campbell-to-retire-at\/"},"modified":"2010-03-12T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T14:29:00","slug":"report-nissans-head-u-s-designer-bruce-campbell-to-retire-at-end-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/420203","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nissan’s head U.S. designer, Bruce Campbell to retire at end of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Hirings\/Firings\/Layoffs<\/a>, Nissan<\/a>, Design\/Style<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nissan 370Z Roadster by Bruce Campbell – click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>When we first met Nissan’s<\/a> vice president-design for North America Bruce Campbell<\/a>, we were amused by his name. Hey, we’ve seen Evil Dead II<\/em> at least fifty times. But after a few minutes of conversation with Nissan’s highest-ranking U.S. designer, we were deeply impressed by his humor, ideas about design (“The Corvette<\/a> looks fast standing still, the 370Z<\/a> looks fast at speed”) and his soft-spoken grace. Sadly, Mr. Campbell is disembarking from the Nissan ship after more than thirty years at sea, reports Wards Auto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Campbell’s career reads like a Nissan greatest design hits list, having worked on the (still fab looking) “Hardbody” trucks, the third-generation Maxima, the Xterra<\/a> and more recently, the new latest Maxima<\/a>, the Rogue<\/a> and the 370Z. Going back to our conversation, Bruce explained to us that the 350Z<\/a> was designed only as a coupe, and that the 350Z Roadster looked odd because it was an afterthought. From the start, the 370Z was designed to be both a coupe and a convertible. We think he did well. We also think that his successor and current European design chief Alfonso Albaisa<\/a> has some pretty big shoes to fill. <\/p>\n

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Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by Drew Phillips<\/a> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

[Source: Wards Auto<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Report: Nissan’s head U.S. designer, Bruce Campbell to retire at end of March<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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