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Designers at work in 1961. Standing by the scale model's left front fender is Dick Teague, an automobile designer at American Motors Corporation (AMC).. Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans.
History of the automobile on About.com:Inventors site; History of Automobile Air Conditioning on NYC.net; Automotive History – An ongoing photographic history of the automobile. Taking the Wheel, Manufacturers' catalogs from the first decade of American automobiles; Automobiles (1915). James Slough Zerbe, New York: Cupples & Leon company.
Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respective engineering ...
Karl Benz's vehicle was the first true automobile, entirely designed as such, rather than simply being a motorized stage coach or horse carriage. This is why he was granted his patent, and is regarded as its inventor. His wife and sons became the first true motorists, in 1889, when they took the car out for the specific task of paying a family ...
Automotive safety is the study and practice of automotive design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of traffic collisions involving motor vehicles. Road traffic safety more broadly includes roadway design.
1955 Imperial, one of the first Exner-styled Chrysler vehicles 1956 DeSoto Adventurer Exner's 1957 Chrysler 300C had a lasting impact on car styling in Detroit Tail fin of a 1959 Dodge Custom Royal. In 1956, during the design of the 1961 models, Exner suffered a heart attack. He resumed work in 1957, working on the designs for the 1962 cars.
The automotive industry in Italy is a large employer in the country, it had over 2,131 firms and employed almost 250,000 people in 2006. [2] Italy's automotive industry is best known for its automobile designs and small city cars, sports and supercars. The automotive industry makes a contribution of 8.5% to Italian GDP. [3]
Harley Jarvis Earl (November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969) was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of design at General Motors, later becoming vice president, the first top executive ever appointed in design of a major corporation in American history.