Gilles Vidal (born ca. 1972) is a Frenchcar designer, appointed Director of Style byPeugeot in early-2010. He was responsible for the design direction of the 2010s decade at Peugeot. He was the design director atRenault between 2020 and October 2025, but then rejoined Stellantis as the design director for Stellantis European brands.^[1]

Vidal received his diploma from the Art Center College of Design inVevey,Switzerland and joinedCitroën in 1996. Here he worked withJean-Pierre Ploué and was responsible for the restyled Berlingo, the rally version of theSaxo and the “Osmose” (Osmosis) concept car.^[2] In 2005, he assumed overall responsibility for Citroën's concept cars.

After his boss at Citroën, Jean-Pierre Ploué, was promoted to a position of responsibility for styling of both the Citroën and Peugeot brands in 2009,^[3] Gilles Vidal assumed responsibility for concept cars in the Peugeot style, supervising thePeugeots BB1 andSR1. He took a major part in defining the new identity for thePeugeot brand which would be unveiled at the beginning of 2010, and in January 2010,Ploué appointed him Peugeot Design Director.

Vidal was responsible for the design direction at Peugeot during the 2010s. His departure from Peugeot was announced in July 2020. He joinedRenault as their design director that same year. In July 2025, Peugeot's parent company Stellantis announced his return as head of design for their European brands.

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