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Written by Paul Horrell
Former Peugeot design director G rard Welter has died, aged 75. He wasn"t just" a designer though, he was also a committed Le Mans team director, and passionate about bringing Peugeot"s World Rally success into the look of its road cars. Welter led Peugeot design for a decade until he retired in 2007. Truly a career Peugeotist, he"d actually joined the company at age 18. Among his first high-profile projects were turning the pretty but mild Pininfarina 205 into the sharp 205 GTI, and then into the full-on-crazy 205 T16 Group B car. Meanwhile he had his own Le Mans team, WM, the W being him and the M being Meunier, another designer. Later the team became WR for Welter Racing, run together with his wife Rachel.
Date written: 1 Feb 2018
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Former Peugeot design director G rard Welter has died, aged 75. He wasn"t just" a designer though, he was also a committed Le Mans team director, and passionate about bringing Peugeot"s World Rally success into the look of its road cars. Welter led Peugeot design for a decade until he retired in 2007. Truly a career Peugeotist, he"d actually joined the company at age 18. Among his first high-profile projects were turning the pretty but mild Pininfarina 205 into the sharp 205 GTI, and then into the full-on-crazy 205 T16 Group B car. Meanwhile he had his own Le Mans team, WM, the W being him and the M being Meunier, another designer. Later the team became WR for Welter Racing, run together with his wife Rachel.
Date written: 1 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10744