But Mays and Thomas pushed it through despite rigid German management. If anyone can get such a vehicle built, it's probably Thomas, says Richard Koshalek, president of the art center in Pasadena, Calif, where Thomas graduated. Thomas not only has the artistic ability to deliver on design, but he has the business savvy to get things done in even the strictest corporate structure, he said. And he knows how to incorporate culture into design, Koshalek adds. Thomas designs vehicles as if he is writing a script for a movie that the buyer wants to star in.
Freeman is a perfect example.