{"id":579594,"date":"2010-05-26T13:11:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T17:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=57605"},"modified":"2010-05-26T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T17:11:50","slug":"ford-design-is-more-%e2%80%98creative%e2%80%99-now-that-pag-brands-are-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/579594","title":{"rendered":"Ford design is more \u2018creative\u2019 now that PAG brands are gone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 573px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ford Start Concept\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ford_start_concept_press_images_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford Start Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ford is all about its &#8220;kinetic&#8221; design language; however, in the past the brand has felt somewhat restricted in pushing its creativity to the limits. According to J Mays, Ford\u2019s group vice president for design and its chief creative officer, the sale of former PAG (Premier Automotive Group) brands including Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Volvo has allowed designers to be a little more&#8230; well &#8220;creative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mays said that it was difficult to oversee the designs of several different marquees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. I would get to one end and the other end would already start rusting, so I\u2019d run back and start going again,&#8221; he said. \u201cI was an inch deep and a mile wide. I would go from one review to the next, and then start the whole thing over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-57605\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mays says that since Ford dropped PAG and pursuing its global vehicle strategy, designers have been able to explore their desires in kinetic design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a huge array of creativity afforded to our design team,\u201d he said. \u201cKinetic design applies to both exteriors and interiors, but there\u2019s a framework that keeps them inside of the brand parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most recent example of this was seen in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/tag\/ford-start-concept\/\">Ford Start Concept<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ford Start Concept<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623785831713%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623785831713%2F&amp;set_id=72157623785831713&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623785831713%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157623785831713%2F&amp;set_id=72157623785831713&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle\/AllCars\/249998\/\">AutoCar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AGLlPOp8VY0okzS7-6lybBbei-k\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AGLlPOp8VY0okzS7-6lybBbei-k\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AGLlPOp8VY0okzS7-6lybBbei-k\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/AGLlPOp8VY0okzS7-6lybBbei-k\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=34_TVdO3lMw:3wGAa-Sq5D0:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Start Concept Ford is all about its &#8220;kinetic&#8221; design language; however, in the past the brand has felt somewhat restricted in pushing its creativity to the limits. 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