Design a Dream Chrysler Vehicle of the Future: Stellantis Looks to Inspire High School Students With 2025 Drive for Design Contest

PRNewswire 17-Mar-2025 11:00 AM

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 

• Grand-prize-winning designer to receive a summer internship in Ram Truck design studio and invitation to be student judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design car show

The Stellantis North America design team is calling all high school students interested in creating their dream Chrysler brand vehicle to enter the 13th annual Drive for Design contest. Now eligible high schoolers from around the U.S. will have the opportunity to create and share their own personal vision of a future Chrysler vehicle.  

The storied Chrysler brand marks its 100th anniversary in 2025. In addition to creating groundbreaking technologies and achieving various engineering feats throughout its first century, the brand has produced some of the most iconic American automotive designs known the world over.

The inspiration behind the Drive for Design contest comes from Mark Trostle, senior vice president, Ram Truck and Mopar design. Trostle himself won an early iteration of this contest as a high schooler in 1987 and remembers it enthusiastically.

"To this day, I love to draw cars and trucks, so without a doubt I was genuinely inspired by the opportunity early in my career to create my own version of a cool futuristic car," Trostle said. "Every year, we're excited and proud to be able to enlist the promising young talent and to enlighten their parents about automotive design and the many opportunities this type of career path can offer."

In addition to the summer design internship in the Ram Truck design studio, the grand-prize winner will also receive:

• Apple iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
• Featured post on Stellantis North America social media channels
• Invitation to serve as a student judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design car show at Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Prizes for the second- and third-place finishers include:

• Apple iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
• Virtual networking opportunity with the Stellantis Design Team
• Featured post on Stellantis North America social media channels
• Invitation to serve as a student judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design car show at Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
• Scholarship to College for Creative Studies three-week Precollege Summer Experience "Transportation Design" program in Detroit, Michigan: July 13 - August 2, 2025

 All student-created entries must be submitted by midnight EDT on Friday, April 25, 2025. One grand-prize winner and two additional finalists will be selected from all valid entries. For detailed contest rules, information on how to submit sketches and free resources for students of all ages, visit StellantisDriveForDesign.com.

Students, teachers and parents can follow the contest on the Stellantis North America social media channels and learn about automotive design. Weekly contest updates and content will be posted every Tuesday with the hashtag #DriveForDesign.

Notable Drive for Design winners:

• 2024 winner: Rohan Seiber (Portola Valley, California), former intern
• 2016 winner: Ben Treinen (Loveland, Ohio), Ram Truck Interior Design Studio employee
• 2015 winner: Dongwon Kim (Cupertino, California), Advanced Design Studio employee
• 2023 winner: Rocco Morales (Northville, Michigan), first high school student intern
• 2021 winner: Vincent Piaskowski (Birmingham, Michigan), 2024 summer intern
• 2020 winner: Job Skandera (Santa Rosa, California), former intern
• 2019 winner: Max Cooper (Miami, Florida), former intern
• 2015 winner: Josh Blundo (Moultonborough, New Hampshire), former intern
• 2014 winner: Alex Fischer (Rochester, Michigan), former intern

Stellantis North America
Stellantis (NYSE:STLA) is one of the world's leading automakers, aiming to provide clean, safe and affordable freedom of mobility for all. In North America, it's best known for producing and selling vehicles in a portfolio of iconic, innovative and award-winning brands, including Jeep®, Chrysler, Dodge//SRT, Ram, Alfa Romeo and Fiat. Stellantis is executing its Dare Forward 2030, a bold strategic plan that paves the way to achieve the ambitious target of becoming a carbon net zero mobility tech company by 2038, while creating added value for all stakeholders. 

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