Gérard Detourbet (28 September 1946 – 5 December 2019) was a French automotive manager at Renault, where he was Managing Director of the Renault–Nissan Alliance "Alliance A Segment Development Unit".[1][2]
Career
editDetourbet was a university mathematics lecturer before joining Renault's computer training center in 1971. Later, he ran through a variety of positions within the Renault Group. These included being responsible for the development of the body of the Renault 25, a product manager for engines, and later for the drive trains.[3]
From 2003, after Renault purchased the Automobile Dacia company from the Romanian government, Detourbet was responsible for the development of the X90 (Logan) project, and concentrated on the production of modern, but very cheap entry-level cars for Eastern Europe and developing countries.
In particular, the development of the Renault Kwid under his leadership has been widely seen as groundbreaking.[4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ Renault Press: Appointment of Gérard Detourbet Archived 2016-01-24 at the Wayback Machine, Press release dated 23 November 2011
- ^ Julie de la Brosse (17 August 2015). "Gérard Detourbet, le pilote du low cost chez Renault". L'Express. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ Rahul Richard (2015-09-01). "The Man Behind The Renault Kwid, Gerard Detourbet". overdrive.in. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ Schmitt, Bertel (10 October 2016). "Renault's Ghosn Activates Legendary Disruptor Detourbet To Drive His Low Cost EV Project". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Hanke, Thomas. "Monsieur Low Cost". Handelsblatt Global. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Levin, Doron. "Renault-Nissan alliance thinks small—with big results". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Crabtree, James (2 June 2015). "How Renault embraced Indian frugality with the $4,700 Kwid". The Financial Times. Retrieved 20 July 2017.