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Book Review — How to Design Cars Like a Pro

October 25, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

I am not nor have I ever been interested in designing cars myself. But, that does not mean I am not interested in what a car looks like, especially its exterior visage. Just one glance is all it takes when I survey a car – it may possess a stunning interior, but I will look no further if the outside is uninspiring or a design travesty.

Design teams craft the vehicles we drive and admire, but most always a single chief stylist is behind the overall styling theme, leaving some of the simpler touches to underlings who must still present acceptable tweaks and modifications to the lead designer. Some of these designers are industry names and include Chris Bangle who assumed leadership of BMW’s design team in 1992 and left in 2009. Under his tenure, Bangle directed the design of all modern BMW vehicles and incorporated a controversial tiered rear design known forever as the “bangle butt.” Derided by critics, but loved by consumers, the BMW 7-Series went on to become the best-selling 7-Series of all time.

Design Pros

Capturing these designers and the cars they make are Tony Lewin and Ryan Borroff who in 2003 wrote a book about car design. That book, How to Design Cars Like a Pro (Motorbooks | 2010) has been revised and updated, to include expanded details and some of the more recent design schemes. Both authors hail from Britain, thus their emphasis is on auto design chiefly from a European perspective. However, in light of increased globalization, the North American reader will not be left in the dark as most European Volkswagen, Ford, Mercedes, BMW and Volvo models are now sold in the United States and Canada or soon will be in the coming months and years.

The book’s seventeen chapters trace car design from the sketch-board to computer renderings and on to clay models which become the concept cars displayed at major auto shows around the world. Throughout the process, Lewin and Borroff detail what steps designers must take to make a good design, working with interior designers to forge a clean prototype. The authors outline the nine steps of automotive design, taking the reader from early specification to management green lighting. Certainly, even after the design has been approved by management much work must be done to make sure that costs are contained, safety issues addressed, customer feedback is received and more.

Design Highlights

How to Design Cars

  • Foreword by Ian Callum
  • 337 Color, 66 Black & White Images
  • Paperback
  • 208 Pages
  • 2010 | Motorbooks

I had my favorite chapters, but particularly gained an appreciation for chapters 12 and 13 where student work was showcased and tutorials offered. As I mentioned, I am not a designer, but have gained an appreciation through these two chapters to learn how students develop designs and how impactful good sketching technique is to helping them arrive at that point where their designs receive serious consideration.

Among my favorite chapters were:

Change or Continuity? American car manufacturers have generally done a terrible job maintaining design consistency from one generational model to the next. The authors, however, correctly note that the Volkswagen Golf (sometimes sold here as the Rabbit) has successfully maintained its theme since it was introduced in 1974. Certainly, this model has had its better designs at times, but Volkswagen has managed to consistently build a model that is aesthetically pleasing, surprisingly well appointed and affordable.

Design and the Great Designers. Besides Chris Bangle, how many designers do you know? Ian Callum, who wrote the forward to this book, designed the Aston Martin DB7 and the Jaguar XK. The designer for the original Corvette? That would be Harley Earl, although the authors gave Bill Mitchell props for the design of the 1963 Corvette Stingray in addition to the 1959 Chevrolet Corvair and 1967 Pontiac Firebird. Other names featured include Nuccio Bertone, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Jean Bugatti, Ferdinand Porsche, Count Albrecht Goertz and Martin Smith, people who had a hand in one or more groundbreaking cars.

Right idea, wrong time. Some cars were way ahead of their time and the authors included several American cars, including the dreadful AMC Pacer. The Pacer could have left a positive mark had GM not canceled its Wankel engine program, the motor slated to power the car. Instead, a heavy and inefficient engine was used, ruining the chances this car might have had in reshaping the perceptions of the American car buying consumer. We also learn the fortunes of cars that should have succeeded, but failed for various reasons including the Renault Avantime, Studebaker Avanti and the Tucker 49 Torpedo.

Landmark design. Which cars did the authors select as offering a breakthrough design, namely vehicles which changed the course of an industry? No surprise that the Ford Model T was one of the earlier mentions, given that through mass production these cars became affordable to mostly everyone. Other models cited include the prosaic Volkswagen Beetle, the utilitarian Willys-Jeep, the iconic Porsche 911, the surprising Renault Espace and, of course, Bangle’s 7-Series.

Book Availability

You do not have to be a car designer to appreciate what Borroff and Lewin have put together, an informative and entertaining resource for any automotive aficionado. How to Design Cars Like a Pro will be available November 2010 wherever fine books are sold.


See Also — Book Review — Ford F-Series: America’s Pickup Truck

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: CAR DESIGNERS, CHRIS BANGLE, MOTORBOOKS, RYAN BORROFF, TONY LEWIN

Book Review — The Allure of the Automobile

October 20, 2010 by admin 5 Comments

Automotive design has had its shining moments, something we still see today in select Italian sports cars, German luxury sedans and, if I daresay, in America’s current drove of pony cars. There was a season from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, when most cars were predictable and uninspiring, lacking the finer details once prized by automobile aficionados.

Custom Coachbuilders

Allure of the AutomobileThe golden age of automotive design began to take shape in the earliest years of the Great Depression, spanning into the mid-1960s. That era featured luxurious saloons designed by independent coachbuilders who gave the same attention to the car body and passenger interior as they once did to horse drawn carriages. Names such as LeBaron, Brewster, Pininfarina, Derham and Zagato supplied the bodies which were underpinned by chassis supplied by Delage, Packard, Hispano-Suiza or Bugatti, pairings which have produced some of the most elegant cars of all time.

That beauty has not been lost on the arts community, which has had a profound impact on the way cars have been designed. The earliest coachbuilders drew inspiration from the Art Deco period hatched in Paris, building grand motorcars featuring sweeping lines, ample wood and chrome and plush interiors. That France was the inspiration for all of this should not be a surprise – 17th century French aristocrats paraded their customized coaches through Parisian parks, offering a visual reminder of their wealth, power and position.

Vehicular Art

New York’s Museum of Modern Art offered one of the earliest exhibits of cars, running its “Eight Automobiles” display from August 28 – November 11, 1951. Featured motorcars included models from Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Cord, Pinin Farina and Talbot-Lago, offering museum visitors examples of automotive art on wheels.

In 2010, the High Museum of Art Atlanta offered its own exhibit of fine automobile craftsmanship, running its “Allure of the Automobile” display from March 21 – June 27, 2010. That exhibit, sponsored by Porsche, examined the custom coachbuilders of the 1930s to early 1960s, 18 rare and stunningly designed works of art from the golden age of carmaking. From that exhibit comes a coffee table book of the same name (Allure of the Automobile | Skira Rizzoli | $40), a permanent companion for exhibit-goers or for people who admire rolling works of art.

“Allure of the Automobile” was written by Ronald T. Labaco — curator of decorative arts and design at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta — and by Ken Gross, an automotive freelance writer and former Executive Director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Rolling Masterpieces

What “Allure” offers is a clear understanding of what went on in the early days of the automobile industry apart from the mass production of the Ford Motor Company and similar motor-works. By 1930, cars were becoming commonplace in many households, but people of considerable wealth and position demanded much more. Like the French aristocrats, those cars had to be special, if not unique.

And that is what the High Museum of Art Atlanta set out to do – capture some of the most unusual and beautiful classical antique cars and put them on display. Allure the book gives us plenty of full color pictures and background information about these cars including vehicle history, production information, model details and the current owners.

The models on display and featured in the book are:

      • 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow
      • 1934 Packard LeBaron Runabout Speedster
      • 1935 Duesenberg JN Roadster
      • 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante
      • 1937 Delage D8-120S
      • 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H-6C “Xenia”
      • 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster
      • 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C2900B Touring Berlinetta
      • 1938-1939 Porsche Type 64 (body shell)
      • 1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo
      • 1953 Porsche 550
      • 1954 Dodge Firearrow III
      • 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR “Uhlenhaut” Coupe
      • 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
      • 1957 Jaguar XK-SS Roadster
      • 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
      • 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Coupe
      • 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Comp./61 Short-wheelbase Berlinetta

American Graffiti

My favorites are a trio of American models – the Tucker Model 48 Torpedo, Dodge Firearrow III and Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. I was especially taken the craftsmanship of the Firearrow which owes its existence to Ghia, but never went into production. Betty Skelton, a well known aviatrix and NASCAR record setter slipped behind the wheel of the Firearrow show car in dress and high heels, powering the Dodge to speeds in excess of 140 miles per hour!

Alas, the Dodge never went into production leaving Dodge enthusiasts waiting nearly four decades for a contemporary artistic expression in the form of the Viper supercar to satiate their need for speed.


Allure of the Automobile

  • Museum of Art Atlanta Exhibition
  • 18 Rare Coaches Detailed
  • Extra Large Hardcover
  • 144 Pages
  • Professional Photographs
  • 2010 | Skira Rizzoli

See Also — Book Review: Preston Tucker

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Atlanta, book review, CLASSIC CARS, High Museum of Art Atlanta, Porsche 550, Ronald T. Labaco, The Allure of the Automobile, Tucker Model 48 Torpedo

7 USA Racing Schools

October 11, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

Do you have a need for speed? We hear you! There is nothing that compares to getting behind the wheel of your favorite ride and zipping down the highway. No, wait – let’s amend that statement! There is nothing that compares to getting behind the wheel of a race car and ripping around the track.

Fortunately, there are dozens of places across the country where you can bring forth your inner Jimmie Johnson or Danica Patrick, enjoying the thrill of the chase for a few hours to a few days. Yes, racing schools are where its at and we have seven in mind you may want to explore for race track action.

Chevrolet Corvette
Some race schools have your favorite Corvette available.

1. MSR Houston – If you are an inspiring race car driver, then MSR Houston’s three-day road racing school is for you. The first day of the program teaches the student basic and advanced car-control skills. Day two is familiarizing yourself with course and day three brings you up to speed at the circuit. The track is 10 minutes from Angleton or about one hour from Houston.

MSR Houston
1 Performance Drive
Angleton, Texas 77515
281-369-0677
msrhouston.com

2. Bondurant School of High Performance Driving – Located on the Gila River Indian community property, this Arizona offers driver training lasting from four hours to four days for the beginner to the race car professional. GM supplied vehicles including police package Chevrolet Impalas and Tahoes, Corvette Z06, Cadillac CTS and CTS-Series and other models are used. Advanced teen driving classes and kart school are also available.

Bondurant School of High Performance Driving
20000 South Maricopa Road, Gate 3
Chandler, AZ 85226
480-403-7600
bondurant.com

3. Jim Russell Racing Drivers School – Full immersion race track training is offered through Jim Russell’s three-day race school. You are assigned the same FJR-50 car for the duration of your training, learning about vehicle dynamics, speed, control, braking and more. Grads qualify for a regional SCCA license. Grand Prix Masters half-day training is also available.

Jim Russell Racing Drivers School
29359 Arnold Drive
Sonoma, CA 95476-9765
707-939-7600
jimrussellusa.com

4. The Mid-Ohio School – Located near Mansfield, Ohio, this school offers a three-day Acura High Performance program involving simulated runs, side-by-side lapping, practice time and race prep, classroom, feedback and observation. A variety of Honda vehicles are used including the Acura TSX, Honda S2000 Roadster and Civic sedans and coupes. Honda motorcycle training is also available.

The Mid-Ohio School
7721 Steam Corners Road
Lexington, Ohio 44904-0108
800-643-6446
midohio.com

5. Ken Bouchard’s Drive to Victory Lane – Tour modifieds are used at this Connecticut racing school located in the northeast corner of the Nutmeg State near Rhode Island. A two-day competition drive program includes six 15-lap sessions with Ken Bouchard’s instructors teaching qualifying for races. Other classes and drives are available depending on the skill level and interest of the driver.

Ken Bouchard’s Drive to Victory Lane
Thompson International Speedway
2 East Thompson Road
Thompson, CT 06277
860-923-2280
drivetovictorylane.com

6. Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School – Based in Sophia, NC, just south of Greensboro, Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School is held at locations in North Carolina, New Jersey, Mississippi, Florida and elsewhere. Classes offered include pro stock, super-comp and junior stock. In addition, classes covering engine and chassis are designed for the person who wants to get to know his car’s mechanics.

Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School
4926 Walker Mill Road
Sophia, NC 27350
336-498-7964
royhillsdragracingschool.com

7. AMG Driving Academy – The same performance training long offered by Mercedes-Benz in Europe arrived stateside in 2009. This program is designed to teach drivers threshold braking, skid control and recovery, high speed dynamic driving and other features of the race car enthusiast. Basic, advanced and race car pro training is offered; tracks in Laguna and Atlanta are utilized by AMG.

AMG Driving Academy – Mercedes-Benz USA
One Mercedes Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645
800-217-6916
amgacademy.com

Find a Track

Some of the schools listed meet at tracks far from their business address. Give them a call to find out if training is held at a circuit near you.


See Also — 7 Automotive Career Training Schools

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Filed Under: Special Tagged With: AMG Driving Academy, Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, Jim Russell Racing Drivers School, Ken Bouchard’s Drive to Victory Lane, MSR Houston, racing schools, Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School, The Mid-Ohio School

PPG Says Silvercoat Finishes Stand Out

October 8, 2010 by admin 1 Comment

Who is going to argue with PPG? The former Pittsburgh Paint and Glass company is the world’s leading supplier of paint finishes to the auto industry and has been tracking color trends since 1990.

Paint Trends

The silver family — consisting of silver, grey and charcoal — has always been popular and, indeed, is the most desired color choice for ten straight years. PPG data has revealed that silver’s popularity has increased to 31 percent in 2010 up from 25 percent in 2009 and from 20 percent in 2008. Black and white are tied for second at 18 percent followed by red at 11 percent, blue at 10 percent and naturals at 8 percent. Green, which was popular during the 1990s, has fallen to 4 percent in the most recent PPG study.

“There’s clearly been a significant strengthening of silver’s popularity in recent years,” said Jane E. Harrington, PPG manager, color styling, automotive coatings. “And, with more than two-thirds of cars in North America being black, silver or white, one might be inclined to believe that vibrant colors don’t exist in automobiles anymore. But that’s not true. The fact is that these shades continue to evolve. New advances in pigments and technologies are giving today’s vehicles different textural appearances and iridescent sparkle.”

Global Silver

North Americans aren’t the only ones fond of silver. Europeans and the Asian/Pacific market both have silver in first place with similar percentages returned. In all three markets silver, black and white combined snagged up to two-thirds of all color choices.

PPG works with manufacturers to try out new colors including denim — a special shade of blue and cognac in the purple family. Color variation helps manufacturers to set their products apart from the pack. Said Harrington, “Color is an important component of how today’s carmakers can define and differentiate a vehicle or brand in the marketplace. The palette of colors being developed for the automotive market is clearly being influenced by culture, nature, fashion, movies, media, electronics and many consumer products.”

So, blame fashion designers for some of the odd colors you’re seeing today or at least influencing consumers to look beyond various shades of grey. That may not be a bad thing given how a little color can certainly help to counter winter gloom or a sad disposition.


See Also — Where Can I Find My Car Paint Code?

Filed Under: Automotive News Tagged With: black, PAINT CODE, paint trends, PPG Industries

Book Review — Life Is A Highway

October 7, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

I am not the biggest fan of books comprised merely of compilations of short stories written by different authors. Most of these books seem to offer a mishmash of writing styles and story ideas, taking the reader all over the place.

But, that is precisely the charm found in “Life Is A Highway,” a book that pulls together a century of great automotive writing as compiled by its title curators, Darwin Holmstrom and Melinda Keefe. By perusing this book you can absorb 46 diverse automotive stories spanning the earliest days of the auto industry until now.

Mass Appeal

Life Is A Highway (MBI Publishing Company, $25) will most certainly appeal to the journalist who will instantly recognize some of their peers in print. Car enthusiasts should find the book enjoyable with sections devoted to articles about dream cars and racing. And, if you are someone who is interested in the auto industry from a historical perspective, then you’ll learn that good tires, child safety and gas mileage have been consumer concerns for many years.

Among the most recognized writers featured are P.J. O’Rourke, Jeremy Clarkson, Peter M. Di Lorenzo, David E. Davis and Brock Yates. Jay Leno, J. Edgar Hoover and Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. are also included as are a number of writers who have long passed on and may be known only to a few. And, no compilation would be complete without a chapter of Stephen King’s nightmarish “Christine” included. Even “The Onion” is given room to offer its satirical perspective on our car culture. Great writing? Yes, from a truly sidesplitting angle.

The Stories

You would think that a Ferrari Daytona would win a coast-to-coast race with ease, right? Well, that wasn’t the case with the 1971 outlaw Cannonball race, one of several New York to L.A. events held during the 1970s. Dan Gurney and Brock Yates were the team taking turns piloting this Sunoco blue Italian steed, winning the race in just under 36 hours. Amazingly, it was three people in a Cadillac who nearly beat the Ferrari. With the help of a Dodge patrol car intercepting and ticketing the winners at speeds topping 140 mph, a delay that nearly cost the Ferrari team first place. That story, “1971: The Race That Shook The World,” was penned by Yates.

Foreign cars were few and far between in the 1950s, but Jane R. Bade and her husband Tom owned a Volkswagen Beetle in 1955. Loved by Bade from the start, this young mother of two tots shared her family’s adventures in “A Fiend Goes Foreign.” It seems Bade was married to a car nut or serial car owner, a guy who purchased, drove and sold cars almost as fast as a used car salesman. A totally impractical vehicle for a family of four with a dog and the usual kid stuff to carry, Bade recounts riding in a car that was laughed at, had mechanical problems, but nonetheless caused her to fall head over heels for this economical, foreign ride.

Jamie Kitman, former New York bureau chief for Automotive Magazine, took General Motors, the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler to task in “Noise, Vibration and Harshness: The Big Three American Automobile Companies.” Published just prior to the economic collapse of September 2008, Kitman outlines what he calls a “paradigm shift”in the auto industry with the domestic makes collapsing and foreign brands figuring out what people want to buy and building the better vehicles. Though this article doesn’t have the hindsight of GM and Chrysler passing through bankruptcy and emerging as different companies, you have to believe that this same historical shift will keep the Big Three from ever returning to its mismanagement ways.

What would you do if you got a once-every-five-year opportunity to drive a Ferrari Testarossa and snow was in the forecast? If you were living in southeast Michigan and your name was Jean Lindamood (Jennings), you would scrap plans to drive south through Ohio where the storms were raging and do the unthinkable: invite 49 friends along for a ride. That’s precisely how Lindamood made the most of her time with a Ferrari by staying local and surprising former co-workers, a crotchecy old lady and pimple-faced teens with a chance to ride while she drove. “A Ferrari Among Friends” shows how an exotic car can bring out the best in people.

Your Highway

As I was reading “Life Is A Highway,” I found myself recalling several almost forgotten cars and the crazy rides I’ve taken down through the years, imagining myself penning a story or two of my own. Those tales remain locked deep within me for now, but bubbled to the surface as I absorbed each story.

Likely, you have your own untold stories buried just beneath the surface, something dozens of master writers are just waiting to help you rekindle in Life Is A Highway.


See Also — Book Review — Behind the Wheel

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: book review, Brock Yates, Jamie Kitman, Jane R. Bade, Jean Lindamood, Life is a Highway

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