automobile designers

Legendary Jaguar builder Norman Dewis, 98

NORMAN Dewis took just around 15 hours to drive a new Jaguar E-Type from Coventry in England to the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland — a distance of some 1,100 kilometers. This happened in 1961, and the…

Why BMW recreated a long-lost concept car

THE Garmisch concept car is a true unicorn. Commissioned by BMW, the one-off car was designed by the legendary Marcello Gandini for the Bertone styling house. It was shown at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show. And then…

33 most influential people in the auto industry

It’s always fascinating to pick the brains of people poised to shape the future of countless others. In the automotive industry, there are world-renowned automobile designers, top executives in global headquarters, tycoons or taipans. Some may have…