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MSN Autos Article

28 June 2009 4 Comments

MSN Autos posted an article on my winning the Dodge Challenger in the Dream, Design and Drive Challenge. Josh Condon, a writer for MSN Autos contacted me back in early April for the story. We sat down, talked about the experience, he took some pictures of the car for the article and that was that. I wasn’t sure if MSN was really gonna even use the story as it’s been a while. But I guess they did.

Here’s a quick excerpt.

Dream, Design, Drive Challenge
MSN Autos contest winner Jon Sibal talks about his brand-new 2009 Dodge and its radical paint job.
By Josh Condon of MSN Autos


Dream, Design, Drive Challenge contest winner Jon Sibal
Back in June 2008, MSN Autos threw down a challenge to its readers: Create the ultimate exterior for a Dodge Challenger and the automaker will build it for you. More than 330,000 entries later, a winner was chosen: graphic artist Jon Sibal. A 2009 Challenger R/T was painted to his specifications, and now Sibal and his car are…CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

And here are couple of studio pics QEK (shop that painted the car) shot before the car was shipped out from Detroit to a local dealer here in Irvine, Cali. Big thanks to Jason – lead project manager, Greg – lead painter and Samantha from Chrysler for coordinating everything.


LINK for the full article:
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1073965

I just realized that this might be the first time some of you are seeing my handsome mug LOL. I apologize for any harm this might have caused.

4 Comments »

  • Adam said:

    Congrats Jon it is nice to see that your work pays off in more ways than 1, you won a car!!!

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  • Robert said:

    That’s awesome congrats man!

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  • John Fox said:

    Hi Jon – I was the agency lead and came up with this idea for MSN. Also was on the judging panel. Would be great to meet you, see the car in person, and share some stories of what happened behind the scenes. I’m here in Irvine. Please advise.

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  • Autofantastico said:

    Wow, impresive.

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