Gérard Detourbet

Gérard Detourbet (born September 28, 1946 in Paris ; † December 5, 2019 ) was a French automotive manager who had worked for Renault in various positions since 1971 and from January 1, 2012 as Managing Director of the Renault-Nissan Alliance A-segment development unit acted. In his previous role as director of Renault for entry-level cars, he became known as the "father" of the Dacia projects Logan and Duster and as the head of development for the Renault Kwid .

In 2014, the low-price segment built up by Gérard Detourbet at Renault achieved a share of 42 percent of group sales. Renault also carried the profits in this segment through the 2009 automobile crisis.

Life path

Gérard Detourbet was initially a mathematics lecturer at a university before joining Renault's computer training center in 1971. Later he went through a number of positions within the Renault group. Among them was that of the developer responsible for the body of the Renault 25 . In 1991 he became product manager for engines and in 1997 for the drive train .

Since 2003 Detourbet has been responsible for the development of the X90 (Logan) project with Renault, which had bought the Dacia automobile factory from the Romanian government in 1999 and wanted to use this subsidiary in the low-wage country of Romania to build a modern, but very affordable entry-level car for Eastern Europe and the developing countries. In 2004 Dacia sold 22,833 Logans in Romania. Over 145,000 vehicles were sold in 2005 and then 367,000 in 2007. The Logan began to find cost-conscious buyers in the countries of Western Europe as well. In addition, other body variants such as the Sandero were offered based on the Logan . In 2015 Dacia sold over 550,000 vehicles worldwide.

literature

Bernard Jullien, Yannick Lung, Christophe Midler: The Logan Epic. New trajectories for innovation . Dunod, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-10-058996-8 ( PDF - French: L'épopée LOGAN - Nouvelles trajectoires pour l'innovation . Translated by Alan Sitkin).

Web links

• Gérard Detourbet in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
• Bhargav S: We choose suppliers who could work for us globally: Gerard Detourbet in Interview. on ngplmail.in from August 3, 2015 ; Retrieved January 25, 2016
• Maxime Amion: Gérard Detourbet, l'indomptable “père du low cost” de Renault on lesechos.fr of 9 September 2015 ; accessed on January 18, 2016
• Bertel Schmitt: How Can A $ 4,100 Renault Kwid Make A Profit? The Answer Is Here in forbes.com of May 22, 2017 ; Retrieved June 4, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerard Detourbet, father of the Renault Kwid, passes away
2. ↑ Renault Press: Appointment of Gérard Detourbet , press release of November 23, 2011
3. ↑ Profile ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Renault-Nissan blog 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Julie de la Brosse: Gérard Detourbet, le pilote du low cost chez Renault. In: L'Express . August 17, 2015, accessed January 31, 2016 . 
5. ^ Rahul Richard: The Man Behind The Renault Kwid, Gerard Detourbet. In: overdrive.in. September 1, 2015, accessed January 31, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Project leader: Gerard Detourbet. In: Automotive News Europe. August 18, 2008, accessed January 31, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Romanian carmaker Dacia sets new sales record in 2015. (No longer available online.) In: Romania-Insider.com. January 18, 2015, archived from the original on January 25, 2016 ; accessed on January 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.