Lol Galliera fired

[Soleith]

Obviously nothing to do with the Luce travesty...

Nooo, nothing at all to do with that XD

[Trev450]

WTF-????????????

[samoht]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv9edrjjn4o

More info.

[ajm_ph]

I get that the timing is coincidental, but he was their marketing manager, not their product or styling manager. It's his job to promote the cars, not design or make them, although I am sure he will have some input in that side of things it will be a lot less than other execs who are more directly responsible.
Execs do leave companies from time to time, this might just possibly have nothing to do with the Luce.

[Super Sonic]

Article said he quit, and it was a decision he "shared with the company some time ago".

[Trev450]

samoht said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv9edrjjn4o

More info.

This post makes sense now.

[supersport]

Saw a Luce on the road today. Didn’t look anywhere near as st in the flesh. Launch colours didn’t do it any favours.

[TBCTBC]

He was Head of Marketing, where his job was to market the products their designers produce.

He wouldn't have had influence over what it looks like, surely that would be the Head of Design?

16 years in the job so seems hugely coincidental that he's leaving just after the Luce was released.

However you can't polish a turd.

[DeejRC]

I’d have bloody resigned if I was asked to market that!

[FezSpider]

supersport said:

Saw a Luce on the road today. Didn t look anywhere near as st in the flesh. Launch colours didn t do it any favours.

Did it look £500,000 good, or 30,000 good?
I can't imagine any reality or colour that would make me like that carbuncle.

[supersport]

I wouldn’t say it looked good, just not as bad.

It’s never going to be £500k good.