Ralph Gilles, a top Chrysler designer whose studio was given the task of reinventing the Charger. Mr. Gilles runs Studio 3, the Chrysler workshop that created the Chrysler 300 sedan and the Dodge Magnum wagon. Both vehicles helped Chrysler achieve a rare feat in Detroit: the division's operating profit surged to $1.3 billion in the first nine months of 2004 in contrast to a loss of $806 million in the period a year earlier.
