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The design was pioneered in fighter jets to significantly reduce the sharp drag rise at transonic speed and supersonic speeds.Using this design often results in a pinch-waisted fuselage shape that National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) labeled the design principle the "area rule" and variously identified as a coke bottle, wasp waist, or Marilyn Monroe shape (i.e. an hourglass figure).
He was so heavily influenced by the concept car that he decided to not only become a car designer but to emigrate to Torino, Italy where he felt the best car design in the world was taking place. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He received a bachelor's degrees in both Fine Arts (1978) and in Industrial Design (1979) from the University of Washington .
Bitchin' Rides (known outside the United States as Salt Lake Garage in Italy and Kindig Customs elsewhere [1]) is a reality styled Velocity TV show featuring Dave Kindig [2] from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company Kindig It Designs [3] as they show their process of restoring and rebuilding vehicles.
This 1962 Ford Seattle is among 100 concept car images that Ford Motor Co. just added to its online archive site. Images are now available to the public for free downloading.
Wards 10 Best Engines is an annual list of the ten "best" automobile engines available in the U.S. market, that are selected by Wards AutoWorld magazine. The list was started in 1994 for model year 1995, and has been drawn every year since then, published at the end of the preceding year.
The 2003 Bertone Birusa concept car on display at the Geneva Motor Show. In the background are some concept sketches. Draft of OScar design proposal A futuristic original sketch for the Ferrari Modulo 512-S concept car by Paul Martin in 1967. There are already many features of the final product, including the reduced height, wheels coved for ...
A retro-style automobile is a vehicle that is styled to appear like cars from previous decades. Often these cars use modern technology and production techniques. This design trend developed in the early 1990s and led to almost all automobile brands introducing models that referenced previous cars of the 1950s and 1960s.
Additionally, he is the design director of Frank Stephenson Design, his independent UK-based design studio that designs and collaborates with companies worldwide. [7] Stephenson speaks English , Italian , German , and Spanish fluently and is an international speaker on many design-related and motivational subjects. [ 8 ]