John Coletti

O. John Coletti was an automobile engineer at the Ford Motor Company, and was the COO and president of EcoMotors International until his retirement on March 15, 2013.

He was responsible, as director of that company's Special Vehicle Team (SVT) group, for a number of special performance cars in the 1990s and 2000s, including the Ford Focus SVT, SVT Contour, Ford F-150 Lightning, and the Ford Mustang Cobra. He later spearheaded development and production of the [Ford GT]] supercar.

Production Vehicles Programs under Mr. Coletti's leadership include:

1991 Mustang Feature Car

1992 Mustang Feature Car Yellow w/Chrome Wheels

1992 Mustang Feature Car Monochromatic White

1994 SN95 Mustang

1994 Mustang Indy Pace Car

1995 Mustang Cobra R "351W"

1998 SVT Contour

1999 F150 SVT Lightning

2000 Mustang Cobra R "5.4L-4V"

2002 Focus ST170 (European Market)

2002 SVT Focus "Piranha"

2003 SVT Cobra “Terminator”

2004 Ford GT "Petunia"

Concept Vehicle Programs that were developed, but never saw production include: 1993 Mach III Mustang

John Coletti (author)

John Coletti grew up in Santa Rosa, California and Portland, Oregon before moving to New York City.

Publications

John Coletti is the author of the novel Mum Halo (Rust Buckle Books, 2010), and the chapbooks Same Enemy Rainbow (Fewer and Further Press, 2008) and Physical Kind (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs and Boku Books, 2005). With Anselm Berrigan, he co-authored the limited edition Skasers (Flowers and Cream Press, 2012). He has served as editor of The Poetry Project Newsletter and co-edits Open 24 Hours Press. Other collaborations include a print with artist Kiki Smith, a chapbook with Shana Moulton, and a libretto for Excelsior, an opera composed by Caleb Burhans commissioned by Chicago's Fifth House Ensemble, which premiered in 2013. His forthcoming novel Deep Code (City Lights) will be published in November 2014.

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