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Automotive News Europe, October, 2004 by Saint-Seine, Sylviane de
Byline: Sylviane de Saint-Seine
The Mercedes-Benz CLS coupe and Nissan Murano are among Jean-Rene Talopp's favorite production cars at the Paris auto show. His top concepts are the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione and Renault Fluence.
Talopp is the founder of the Strate College, a design school in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, from which a dozen auto stylists graduate each year. To him, those four cars embody strength and power without aggressiveness.
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Unlike some design experts, Talopp does not rail against the difficulties imposed upon designers such as common ...
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