Ford's group vice president for design, J Mays, wishes that Ford had produced the 2005 GR-1 Shelby concept, an aluminum sports car.

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"He made his vision clear: There is one plan, one team, one Ford, " says J Mays, Ford's group vice president of global design.

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To revitalise Ford's floundering design department, Mr Nasser turned to a young outsider, J Mays, who designed the wacky new Beetle for Volkswagen.

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In any event, the Fusion's weird Aston Martin-ness was a matter of board-level sign-off, the judgment of designer Chris Hamilton, design chief J Mays and CEO Alan Mulally.

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