Gilles Vidal (born ca. 1972) is a Frenchcar designer, appointed Director of Style byPeugeot at the start of 2010. He was responsible for the design direction of the 2010's at Peugeot. He is currently the design director atRenault, having joined the brand since 2020.

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.^[1] 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,^[2] 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 2010Ploué appointed him Peugeot Design Director.

Vidal is responsible for the current design direction at Peugeot and is responsible for the New 208, New 2008, 3008, 5008, 508 and 508 SW. His departure from Peugeot was announced in July 2020. He later joinedRenault as their design director that same year.

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