A senior General Motors executive has paid a rare tribute for "bold design" to his cross-town rivals at Chrysler.
GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz said he personally was not a big fan of the Chrysler 300, the company's new and fast-selling flagship sedan.
As head of product development at GM, he also said he probably would not have approved the car's design, allowing it to go into final production.
The 300, with its huge egg-crate grille, broad shoulders and low, sloping roof, has been an unmistakable hit for Chrysler.
"When you do a very far-out, very bold design that's very much different from what's been done in the past, it can go badly wrong or it go beautifully right," said Lutz, speaking at a product seminar in the south of France.
"In this particular case, it's gone very right," he said.
