Laurens van den Acker is the new head of design for Renault. Former Ford Motor and Mazda designer Laurens van den Acker will succeed Patrick le Quement as head of design at French automaker Renault. Van den Acker, 43, quit as head of design at Mazda earlier this month. He will join Renault on May 15 and assume le Quement's full responsibilities starting on Nov. 1. Van den Acker, a Dutch native, is an experienced designer who had led Mazd | 
