I was transferred to Minivan Operations in February 1991 after completing my work on the Dodge-Cummins diesel engine Ram pickup truck: links.veronicachapman.com I was added to the mailing list at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) by then-director Brian O'Neill later that year. The issue of offset crash protection was the primary conversation between O'Neill and I during the four years I worked in Minivan Operations. In 1992 we (Chrysler) became aware that Ford's new minivan, code-named "WIN-88", was being developed with offset protection. I had extensive discussions about this competitive safety challenge prior to and during my later tenure as Chairman of the Chrysler Safety Leadership Team (SLT). In 1993 I funded minivan consumer focus group research to solicit their opinon regarding offset crash tesing and development. The consumer was UNANIMOUS, all wanted their vehicles to protect them in the offset crash mode. Note pages 16 and 17 here: links.veronicachapman.com On numerous ocassions the SLT recommended to upper and engineering management the the new Chrysler minivan, code-named "NS-Body", be developed with offset impact protection (like the Ford WIN-88, aka Windstar) as a "Priority A" item; see pages 10, 11, 13 and 19 here: links.veronicachapman.com These recommendations were repeatedly rejected by engineering management: www.youtube.com and upper management: www.youtube.com I testified as a "General Automotive Safety Management Expert" (GASME) in ...
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