JagXFRGuy Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Did he play any role on stage at NAIAS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2D Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Did he play any role on stage at NAIAS? Practicing his lines for the RWD concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I thought he just hung out in London these days. Besides, I thik he was a mistake. With the new NA product coming from Kuzak and Horbury (among others), they should take the stage before Mays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnFan Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Ford should give his contract to Tata and let him design Jaguars. He sucks and so does Jaguar, they're a perfect fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Ford should give his contract to Tata and let him design Jaguars. He sucks and so does Jaguar, they're a perfect fit. Didn't he pen the current Mustang (at least the concept before the current model, if not)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcsario Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) Ford should give his contract to Tata and let him design Jaguars. He sucks and so does Jaguar, they're a perfect fit. Look at all the concepts that were done under his watch, and then look at what ultimately came out. He wasn't the problem, management was. It's not a coincidence only FNA didn't grow all these years. Apparently he had to retrain most of the FNA design staff after his arrival... yes, things were that bad. As a design editor, things improved a lot for all brands since his arrival, but cost-cutting and old thinkers ruled supreme at Dearborn. He wasn't a mistake, Bill Ford Jr was. Edited January 17, 2008 by pcsario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Didn't he pen the current Mustang (at least the concept before the current model, if not)? No ! The guy who came up with the design is the son of a Vietnam immigrant. I can't remember his name. Hopefully Jay is "packing his bags" ! If Flex is not a smash hit, he will be gone. (Personally I think the Flex stinks, but that is just me !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Mays is quoted in the Verve article on the Det News site. However, he's not in charge of NA styling, ergo, he will not be taking the lead speaking for any NA concept. It would be inappropriate/disrespectful for Mays to do a lot of talking up of NA designs, since that's officially Horbury's department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 No ! The guy who came up with the design is the son of a Vietnam immigrant. I can't remember his name. Hopefully Jay is "packing his bags" ! If Flex is not a smash hit, he will be gone. (Personally I think the Flex stinks, but that is just me !) Hau Thai Tang was the lead engineer on the Mustang but he was not the designer, and he's not exactly the son of Vietnamese immigrants so much as he is, himself, a Vietnamese immigrant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 No ! The guy who came up with the design is the son of a Vietnam immigrant. I can't remember his name. Hopefully Jay is "packing his bags" ! If Flex is not a smash hit, he will be gone. (Personally I think the Flex stinks, but that is just me !) You mean Hau-Tai-Tang or whatever his name is (who is now Ford of Brazil's president or something)? You're right actually, my bad. Didn't J Mays do the concept though? I seem to remember reading that somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regfootball Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 if not already, mays should be flipping burgers somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemiman Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 if not already, mays should be flipping burgers somewhere C'mon! He'd be perfect as cheif designer at a blimp or hot air balloon company. Lots of big bulbous shapes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmith22 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Didn't he pen the current Mustang (at least the concept before the current model, if not)? Larry Erickson was/is Chief Designer on the Mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Didn't May's design the 500 / Taurus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focus05 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Mays designed cool concept cars like the 427. The 500 is what focus groups and engineering teams allowed to be produced. The 500 wasn't Mays' fault. The Fusion is a child of his original design process - and that only happened because Mark Fields intervened and allowed the design to be used on the car versus the 500's cues that came out of focus groups and engineering changes. Let's place blame correctly, here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemiman Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Mays designed cool concept cars like the 427. The 500 is what focus groups and engineering teams allowed to be produced. The 500 wasn't Mays' fault. The Fusion is a child of his original design process - and that only happened because Mark Fields intervened and allowed the design to be used on the car versus the 500's cues that came out of focus groups and engineering changes. Let's place blame correctly, here. Odd how the focus groups & engineering teams created a design that looks just like a swollen version of May's designs @ VW/Audi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Mays designed cool concept cars like the 427. The 500 is what focus groups and engineering teams allowed to be produced. The 500 wasn't Mays' fault. The Fusion is a child of his original design process - and that only happened because Mark Fields intervened and allowed the design to be used on the car versus the 500's cues that came out of focus groups and engineering changes. Let's place blame correctly, here. blame the focus groups.....design by commitee turns designers into "yes men"..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagXFRGuy Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 I should have never started this string. He was at NAIAS and he actually spoke a great deal. CNBC has some great video of him talking about American vs. European design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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