{"id":27771,"date":"2023-02-10T09:34:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lignesauto.fr\/?p=27771"},"modified":"2023-05-01T13:28:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T11:28:01","slug":"when-kids-invade-the-stellantis-design-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lignesauto.fr\/?p=27771","title":{"rendered":"When kids invade the Stellantis design studios!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arrival of the “Z’enfants de l’auto” in the first studio, that of Peugeot, which also hosted DS. On the left, Thierry M\u00e9troz (DS) and Matthias Hossann (Peugeot).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The association “Les Z’enfants de l’Auto*” had the idea of organising a visit to the Stellantis design centre in V\u00e9lizy-Villacoublay, and to offer children and teenagers, sick or underprivileged, most of them car lovers, the opportunity to take the place of the modelers and designers! Except that the Stellantis design centre, where the Peugeots, Citro\u00ebns and DS of tomorrow take shape, is a top-secret place. A place where no one enters without a badge that drastically limits movement. A place where children are not allowed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The accompanying persons and the “Z’enfants de l’auto” take possession of the premises. A rare privilege!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But, because there is always a ‘but’ in beautiful stories, this was without counting on the support of all the managers concerned at the ADN (Automotive Design Center). The director of the site agreed to do what was previously forbidden: welcome children under 15 years of age into the centre. The three design directors – Matthias Hossann for Peugeot, Thierry M\u00e9troz for DS and Pierre Leclercq for Citro\u00ebn – were present and welcomed the children and answered their countless questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Like Thierry M\u00e9troz and Matthias Hossann, Pierre Leclercq (Citro\u00ebn design director) was present to answer questions from the “Z’enfants”.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To carry out the operation, St\u00e9phanie Cardine de Ruffray, from the design communication department, and all the designers and managers pushed the secret models of the future Stellantis behind the partitions (“you shouldn’t have bothered\u2026”<\/em>), to free up two huge spaces: the Peugeot design studio – which welcomed DS for the occasion with concept cars and a single-seater car (!) from the Formula E championship – and the Citro\u00ebn studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The design and site managers welcome us to the Peugeot studio with two concept cars and the 908 for the next 24 Hours of Le Mans<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Citro\u00ebn studio surprised children with the concept car featured in the Asterix film released eight days ago. In the Peugeot studio, in addition to the two DS concepts and the Formula E single-seater, the children were able to discover the Peugeot 908 Hypercar from the World Endurance Championship, the e-Legend and Fractal concept cars and a 508 PSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some of the teenagers have mastered the Clay with surprising skill!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The two studios staged several very concrete animation workshops. Thus, several modelers were present with small-scale and 1:1 scale models. Their pleasure in communicating about their sometimes unknown profession was shared with enthusiasm by the children and teenagers. They literally rushed to these workshops. One of them showed himself to be quite excellent in this volume work and impressed the professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many designers from the three brands were present. Here we see Pierre Icard, the designer (among others) of the Ami One concept.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A little further on, the designers left their current projects (“you shouldn’t have bothered\u2026”) to draw numerous sketches each with their own method, while in front of the never-before-seen full-scale Clay model of the new Peugeot 408, the guests were able to realise the complexity of such a work weighing more than 2 tonnes. Some were even able to try their hand at applying the dynoc, the silver film that covers the Clay to give the model the effect of painted sheet metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was even possible to put Dynoc on the 1\/1 scale styling model of the Peugeot 408.
To find out more about the Peugeot 408, go to: http:\/\/lignesauto.fr\/?p=25374<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The second visit to the Citro\u00ebn studio was just as exciting. It was the first time that we saw one of the 1\/1 scale models of the latest Oli concept car with some differences from the vehicle finally presented. Its exterior designer Rapha\u00ebl Doukhan was present and the kids were surprised that he had started his young career by winning the competition on this project! This was enough to motivate them a little more? Of course, the tank from the “Asterix and Obelix, the Middle Kingdom” movie was present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peugeot model in two different scales but still in Clay<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next to it was the 2018 Citro\u00ebn CXperience concept car, in which the children and teenagers were able to take their seats carefully as the host, Pierre Leclercq, subtly revealed to them the cost of such a vehicle. In total, they were able to climb aboard at least five of the most recent concept cars from Peugeot, Citro\u00ebn and DS, a rare privilege. I did notice that the interior of this CXperience concept car had abandoned the yellow upholstery in favour of navy blue, proof that concept cars can be used in their lifetime for full-scale colour and material experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another privilege for the teenagers: to ride in all the concept cars present! Here, the 2018 Citro\u00ebn CXperience concept.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I liked it in yellow\u2026 The opportunity in the Citro\u00ebn studio was to meet the brand’s new exterior styling director, Julien Sarrem\u00e9jean, who now works under the direction of Pierre Leclercq. Julien was previously a BMW designer as was Pierre Leclercq in his time. So, just a request from the design lovers: don’t copy the German manufacturer’s grills. Thank you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The president of the association “les Z’enfants de l’auto” (Guy Jourdan on the right), with the new Citro\u00ebn exterior styling manager, Julien Sarrem\u00e9jean<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is thanks to the great will of all the ADN staff involved in this extraordinary event that the children and accompanying persons were able to navigate in total freedom in these two huge studios, and to take advantage of as many workshops to understand the different professions. The association “les Z’enfants de l’auto” would like to thank everyone once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Peugeot studio welcomed DS designers for the occasion.
Cl\u00e9ment Por\u00e9e, designer of the interior of the DS ASL concept car, can be seen (head up)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*Les Z’enfants de l’auto” is a charity association founded in 2018 by professionals from the automotive world, managers, communicators and journalists. Its mission is to unite the players in the automotive and mobility sectors: manufacturers, equipment suppliers, service companies, media, etc., united by the same ambition. This ambition is to carry the dreams of sick or underprivileged children to offer them exceptional moments. https:\/\/fr-fr.facebook.com\/leszenfantsdelauto. The photos in this report are from “Stellantis Design Communication” and “lignesauto.fr<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Handling the (many) tools of the “physical” modeler, riding the DS ASL and the DS X E-Tense,
everything was possible during this totally magical day!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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