Thread: Peter Schreyer's promotion

Originally Posted by Neanderthal

I believe he's 74 and wants to retire.

Still at when he's 74? Wow, good for him and glad to hear that's the reason he is being replaced.


If anyone hasn't seen this movie yet, it's a pretty interesting watch.
The birth of the Optima

Originally Posted by dmwagner

Still at when he's 74? Wow, good for him and glad to hear that's the reason he is being replaced.


If anyone hasn't seen this movie yet, it's a pretty interesting watch.
The birth of the Optima

My mistake. He has a son who's a whippersnapper, but he's with Hyundai. Apparently Korean execs move around a lot, and many are canned. That's westerners and locals.

Check my original post on the previous page for more links.

I found lots of info at AutoNews but they had some copyright restrictions so I didn't paste. A search will find it pretty quickly, search Chung Eui-Sun is the eldest son of Chung Mong-Koo and you'll find lots of info.

Originally Posted by dmwagner

What was wrong with the old president? I thought he had done a pretty good job of turning KIA around and getting it going in the right direction.

That movie Birth Of The Optima talked about this some if I recall.

The appointment makes Frankfurt-based Schreyer, who remains chief design officer, one of three presidents at the company.

Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/2012...#ixzz2GpQKHuhx

interesting as this article goes back to when Peter Schreyer was hired by Kia in July 2006 and what he had to say about his future and also a list of his past achievements in design

Designer of New Beetle and Audi TT to Spearhead KIA Global Design

It is an astonishing resumé, conwelpic. And Piëtch at VW-Audi is still crying in his beer over letting him go to Kia.

update on Peter Schreyer's thoughts for Hyundai and Kia down the road. I like the quote at the end of the article:

"But the biggest risk is not to take a risk."

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl...#axzz2Pt0n4pPF