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RPJ will be remembered for bringing Ford into the modern era. If you're not a hardcore car nerd, you may have never heard about Ford's Richard Parry-Jones. But if you've owned a Ford in the last 30 years, you been touched by one of his products. Just a few weeks after the Ford Mondeo was cancelled, Parry-Jones' first big hit, the man was killed in a tragic tractor accident at 69 years old. "Richard Parry-Jones was a rare talent who left an indelible mark on Ford and the industry. As an engineer, he was a virtuoso with an uncanny feel for creating cars that were dynamic and incredibly fun to d...

Richard Parry-Jones dies at the age of 69 16 Apr 2021 Richard Parry-Jones, former Group Vice-President-Global Product Development, Chief Technical Officer and Head of Global R&D Operations at Ford, has died at the age of 69. Born in Bangor, North Wales, RPJ, as he became known, joined Ford as an undergraduate trainee in 1969, going on to earn a first-class honours degree in mechanical engineering from Salford University. From the mid-nineties, Parry-Jones led the development teams responsible for some of the greatest cars in Ford’s history, including the original Ford Mondeo and Focus, the...