Chief Planning Officer At Nissan Leaving To Head Aston Martin

Nissan has tapped Renault Executive Vice President Philippe Klein, 57, to fill Palmer’s spot as chief planning officer and a member of the board. He will report to Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and oversee global product planning, marketing, sales and zero-emissions vehicles.

Aston Martin said in a statement today that Palmer's duties at the carmaker will start after he completes a transition period from Nissan. Palmer's background and experience, including leadership of Nissan's luxury Infiniti brand, will be "instrumental in taking Aston Martin forward," the statement said.

Sciros - 9/2/2014 10:17:40 AM

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Harrr if anyone is worse than Aston Martin at planning their product portfolio it's Nissan. But will be interesting to see if it has any noticeable impact.

222max - 9/2/2014 10:55:48 AM

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There are plenty of companies with worse product portfolios than Nissan. In fact, what's really wrong with Nissans line? Infiniti is a shambles right now but Palmer had nothing to do with that.

Car4Life - 9/2/2014 1:05:49 PM

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Interesting, this is the same guy who helped coordinate the parts/engine sharing between Benz and Nissan. Nissan next gen large Infiniti SUVs/trucks will ride on GL platforms.

If the rumored upcoming buyout of Aston by Benz is true, he may aid that effort as well

mre30 - 9/2/2014 5:15:10 PM

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His first "planning" point should be to improve quality. My DB9 is a piece of junk. To put things in perspective, I owned an 1982 Audi 5000 (which was the most junky car I ever owned) and more stuff has broken on the DB9 in my 18 months of ownership than in 6 tortuous years with the Audi.