The BMW 507 is frequently cited as one of the most beautifully designed cars regardless of era, origin or classification. Designer...
Cleverly Proportioned & Intuitively Perfect Let’s be clear about one thing. The Shelby Cobra is one of the most iconic...
We’ve seen visions of the future before. Cars that can fly, jet-powered cars, atomic-powered cars, robotics within cars, and a host of other wild but inspiring concepts for our future vehicles. As a car designer and historian, I’m often asked what the next big shift in transportation design might be....
Studebaker was an innovative company. In the pre-war years, it built some of the finest and most elegant art deco...
While you might think this article is going to address the Chrysler Norsman, we are instead going deep sea diving, but not for the wreckage of the Andria Doria…at least not this month. Nearly every show and production car is designed with a main theme. Sketched and rendered by the...
The 1953 Turin Auto Show must have been quite a sight. It presented cars of what would become a landmark...
Throughout the 1950s, American automobile manufacturers developed some of the most extravagant concept cars. While many of these efforts were...
It’s hard to imagine any scene from “Americana” that does not include a wood-bodied station wagon. Not only were wood cars a critical part of the growing suburban American lifestyle, the woody wagon would become collectible and highly sought after, long after the useful purpose for which they were originally...
Among car collectors, enthusiasts, even kids who’ve yet to master driving, the Chevrolet Corvette needs no introduction. Introduced in 1953,...
In 1962 the worlds of fashion, design and cultural norms were changing faster than we were sending a man to...
The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee, Giorgetto Giugiaro, at the dawn of his brief but productive two-year position at Ghia. Hollywood producer and media mogul Burt Sugarman had seen the1965 Ghia Fiat on the cover of...
We’re all creatures of water. Millions of years ago we emerged from a boiling primordial stew as multi-cell organisms, evolved...
The Earth is round. These days we say this with reasonable certainty (thanks in part to space travel) and considerably...
My Top Ten list changes every year. I know what I like, but once in a while new cars creep in. I love a great new design, but old designs often make a “comeback” on my list after a hiatus from the visual mainstream. A great car design hits me...
Every car guy, collector and car designer knows the two major categories that separate car designs—Pre-war and Post-war. Pre-war cars...
When people hear I am a car designer, questions come up: “What is your favorite car?” “What car do you...
Car design has been a key part of automotive history since the very first series of carriages was built for royalty. Though not a car per se, these first carriages offered visual delight to onlookers. Painted and gold-leafed, often with family crests and other pageantry, the carriage evolved from buggy...
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