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John R. de Vries is a Dutch
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designer of cars and trucks.
De Vries started at the design department of DAF in Helmond, where he worked on the design of Project 900, the Volvo 66
The Volvo 66 sprang directly from the DAF 66, which was originally styled by Giovanni Michelotti. The compact car was introduced in August 1975, almost exactly a year after Volvo Cars, Volvo bought DAF Trucks, DAF, and before production of the Vol ...
, successor of the DAF 66. In 1971, out of two of in-house designs and designs by Giovanni Michelotti
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, De Vries' design was chosen for the car that ultimately became the Volvo 343.
In 1980, the first front wheel drive Volvo was in development, and once again competing with a number of Italian designs, Volvo in Sweden went for De Vries' design that became the Volvo 480
The Volvo 480 is a sporty compact car that was produced in Born, Netherlands, by Volvo from 1986 to 1995. It was the first front-wheel drive car made by Volvo and the only Volvo featuring pop-up headlights. The 480 was available in only one body ...
in 1986.
After his work for Volvo, he started to work for DAF Trucks
DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium. Some of the truck models sold with the DAF ...
in 1985, where he designed the DAF 95.
In February 1998 he designed the Alliance
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bus for Den Oudsten
Den Oudsten Bussen B.V. was a Dutch coachbuilder and components manufacturer. The company was founded in 1926 by a local carriage-builder, Marinus den Oudsten. Its headquarters were just outside the city of Woerden. It eventually ceased all ac ...
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