Automobile designers

Albrecht Graf Goertz (en: Count Albrecht von Goertz) in German (born January 12, 1914) designed cars for BMW including the BMW 503 and BMW 507, both of 1955. He also worked for Porsche, Nissan and Toyota. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albrecht von Goertz"

Sir Alec Issigonis ( November 18, 1906– October 2, 1988) was a designer of cars, now remembered chiefly for the development of the Austin Mini in 1959. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alec Issigonis"

Björn Envall is a automobile designer and the head of the design department at SAAB. He started his career as an apprentice under Sixten Sason in the 1960s. After a brief detour at Opel he took over Sasons work at SAAB. Among his work is Saab EV-1, Saab 98 and the Saab 900 convertible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Björn Envall"

Brooks Stevens ( 1911- 1995) was an industrial designer, as well as automotive designer, graphic designer, and stylist. Though he is often cited with inventing the concept of planned obsolescence (the practice of artificially shortening product lifecycles in order to influence the buying patterns of consumers in favor of manufacturers), he did not invent it but rather coined the term and defined it. Stevens defined it as, "Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary." His view was to always make the consumer want something new, rather than create poor products that would need replacing. There is some debate over his role in this controversial business practice. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brooks Stevens"

Carroll Hall Shelby, (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carroll Shelby"

Christopher Edward Bangle, commonly known as Chris Bangle, is an American automobile designer and currently the chief of design for the BMW Group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Bangle"

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (born 9 May 1928 in London - died 16 December 1982) was an influential designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry. In 1952 he founded the sports car company Lotus Cars. He studied structural engineering at University College, London where he joined the University Air Squadron and learned to fly. After graduating in 1948, he briefly joined the Royal Air Force. His knowledge of the latest aeronautical engineering techniques would prove vital towards achieving the major automotive technical advances he is remembered for. His Formula One Team Lotus won seven World Championships and the Indianapolis 500 between 1962 and 1978. The production side of Lotus Cars has built tens of thousands of relatively affordable, cutting edge sports cars. Lotus is one of but a handfull of British performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s. Chapman died of a heart attack. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colin Chapman"

Erwin Komenda ( April 6, 1904 - August 22, 1966) was the designer of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erwin Komenda"

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, better known by his nickname "Ferry" ( September 19, 1909 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria to March 27, 1998), was an automotive designer and engineer and founder of sports car manufacturer Porsche AG, he was the son of Ferdinand Porsche. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche"

Ferdinand Porsche ( September 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer. Porsche was born to German speaking family in Vratislavice (German: Maffersdorf), in former Austria-Hungary. His birthplace can be found in Liberec, in present-day Czech Republic. Porsche is best known for designing the original Volkswagen Beetle and for his contributions to advanced German tank designs: Tiger I, Tiger II and the Elefant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Porsche"

Frank Stephenson is an automobile designer, currently head of the Fiat, Lancia, and Commercial Vehicle Styling Centre in Turin, Italy. Stephenson was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Stephenson"

Franz von Holzhausen is an automobile designer, currently in charge of design at Mazda North American Operations under Moray Callum. He studied design at Syracuse University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz von Holzhausen"

Freeman Thomas is an automobile designer active in the 1990s and 2000s. He worked at Volkswagen's California design studio with J Mays, where he was involved in the design of the Volkswagen New Beetle and Audi TT. He joined Chrysler in 1999 and moved to head DaimlerChrysler's Pacifica Studios in 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freeman Thomas"

Fritz Fiedler (1899-1972), a qualified engineer, joined the BMW firm in 1932 as chief designer at the age of 32 after working for Horch, designed 8 cylinder and 12 cylinder cars. Working with Fiedler was Rudolf Schleicher, who had joined Horch in 1927 after being at BMW on their motorcycle design team. Fritz persuaded Schleicher to return to BMW and these two were responsible for the new series of six cylinder cars that were to set the car division of BMW on the road to success. The first car that Fiedler was fully responsible for was the BMW Type 326 saloon that was shown at the International Automobile Ausstellung in Berlin in 1936. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fritz Fiedler"

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Gerald Alden "Jerry" Wiegert is an automobile designer and manufacturer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he is most famous for creating the Vector Supercars, a high-performance sports car intended to be America's answer to European supercars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche. Wiegert also created the Aquajet jet ski. His black suit and wrap around shades have become a trademark of his, and his favorite color is said to be black. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gerald Wiegert"

Gordon Murray (born 1946 in Durban, South Africa) is a renowned designer of Formula 1 race cars and the McLaren F1 roadcar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gordon Murray"

Guy Buckingham (born 1921) set up Nota in 1952 ( 2002 was the 50th Anniversary), bringing expertise from English racing car development and the aircraft industry to Australia. Guy, an aircraft engineer, used aircraft technology to build triangulated multi-tubular space framed racing cars, which, until this stage, had only been seen here in imported racing machinery. This innovative type of design brought Nota many successes and firsts in new car concepts - Nota probably building Australia's first space-framed cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guy Buckingham"

Harm Lagaay is a Dutch automobile designer. He worked for Simca in the late 1960s, then for Porsche from 1971. His work there was on the Porsche 911 and Porsche 924. He worked as Design Manager for Ford in Cologne from 1977, and moved to BMW Technik in 1985 where he designed the BMW Z1 sports car. He returned to Porsche in 1989 as head of the "Style Porsche" department in Weissach. As well as the Porsches of the period — the Porsche 993 (the 1993-1997 generation of the 911 for which Englishman Tony Hatter is also credited), Boxster, Cayenne, 996 (the all-new 911 of 1997), Carrera GT — he also oversaw the company's work for external clients. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harm Lagaay"

Harris Mann (b. April, 1938) is a British car designer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harris Mann"

Joe Oros was an automobile designer for Ford Motor Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joe Oros"

Frank Kurtis was an American racing and sports car designer who built some very low glass-fibre bodied two-seaters under his own name in Glendale, California between 1949 and 1955. Ford (US) running gear was used. About 36 cars had been made when the licence was sold to Madman Muntz who built the Muntz Jet. In 1954 and 1955, road versions of his Indianapolis racers were offered. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurtis"

Luc Donckerwolke, born June 19, 1965 in Lima, Peru (but a Belgian citizen), was head of design at Lamborghini from 1998, where he was responsible for the Lamborghini Murciélago (2002) and Lamborghini Gallardo (2003) models. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luc Donckerwolke"

Luigi Colani, (born in Berlin on August 2, 1928), is a Swiss industrial designer whose father comes from Madulain near St. Moritz in Switzerland and mother from Poland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luigi Colani"

Malcolm Sayer (died 1970) was a designer of Jaguar cars. He was one of the first engineers to apply principles of aerodynamics to car design. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malcolm Sayer"

Martin Smith is an automobile designer active in the 1990s and 2000s. Born in Sheffield, England, Smith attended the Royal College of Art in London. He began at Porsche in 1973 and moved to Audi in 1977, where he designed the original Audi Quattro. He later worked with J Mays on the Audi Avus concept car and developed the Audi TT's interior. He was Director of Design for Opel/ Vauxhall from 1997, working on the Opel Speedster, Astra, and Insignia concept and Vauxhall VX Lightning, which became the Saturn Sky. Today, he is Executive Director of Design at Ford Europe in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Martin Smith (designer)"

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