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Mike Robinson (designer)
Michael Vernon Robinson (born 2 May 1956) is an American automobile designer. In January 2014 he left the position of Brand and Design Director of Gruppo Bertone, Bertone after its financial crises, to become the chief executive officer and design director of ED Design in Turin, Italy. Previously, Robinson held the position of Design Director at Fiat and Lancia, and worked as a designer with Ford Motor Company, Ford in Dearborn, Volvo in Gothenborg, Sweden, Open Design, Ghia, and Fiat in Torino, Italy. Several of his more prominent styling contributions have been the Ghia TSX-4 concept, the Fiat Bravo/Brava, Lancia Dialogos concept, Lancia Giubileo (Pope's personal limousine based on a stretch Thesis), Lancia Thesis, Lancia Nea Concept Car, Lancia Nea concept, Lancia Ypsilon, Fiat Ducato, Bertone Alfa Romeo Pandion concept, Bertone Jaguar B99 and B99 GT concepts, Bertone Nuccio concept, BAIC C51X concept, Aston Martin Jet 2 +2 one-off prototype, FAW Besturn X80 SUV, BAIC Senova D5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automobile
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people rather than cargo. There are around one billion cars in use worldwide. The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion-powered automobile in 1808. The modern car—a practical, marketable automobile for everyday use—was invented in 1886, when the German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Commercial cars became widely available during the 20th century. The 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash and the 1908 Ford Model T, both American cars, are widely considered the first mass-produced and mass-affordable cars, respectively. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US, where they replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
