Robert Cumberford at home with his prototype Martinique 002. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Matthieu Rondel.
Published July 03. 2021 12:01AM
By Jamie Kitman, Bloomberg
Car designer Moray Callum remembers unveiling his latest project at the 1993 Geneva Auto Show: the Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale concept, a radical, swooping four-door sedan far afield from the Le Mans-winning race cars and James Bond coupes that made the British marque famous.
A proud Callum years later would call the car a crowning achievement of his career.
But that evening, at an industry party aboard a yacht on Lake Geneva, Callum says a former boss introduced him to Robert Cumberford, a protege of the legendary Harley Earl at General Motors Corp., the man who literally invented modern-day automotive design. In the time since his work alongside Earl in the 1950s, Cumberford had built his influence through independent commissions and magazine reviews of the latest models. Callum, thrilled to meet Cumberford
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The brief from Lincoln focused on quiet flight, meaning to create a beautiful, gliding, human, sanctuary; and to adhere to the company s CASE acronym: Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric.
We can see from these designs that the students took the advice to heart, creating big family vehicles with swiveling seats, tough-looking grand touring coupes and even a six-passenger boulevard cruiser. Let s take a look at the teams. Lincoln Lincoln Anniversary is about a sleek four-passenger Lincoln grand tourer with technology that can access the photos and locations of your life (if we had to guess, it would probably be connected to your social media accounts). It features couple Julianne and Greg on their 30th wedding anniversary. The revisit some favorite spots from their youth as their Lincoln sedan is able to access digital images of the past and display their fond memories on the dashboard.
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Retiring Ford Design Chief Moray Callum Reflects Nearly 40 Years of Work
Since 2014, Callum has led Ford s design efforts. Before he retires next week, he talked about his hits, and some of what he s learned. Ford
Spend a career designing cars, and there will be a few that aren t hits. There will be lines you later wish you had or hadn t drawn, and details that aren t quite right. There will also be hard-won perspective. People are still driving around in these cars, Ford vice president of design Moray Callum said recently. I don’t want to tell them they could have been better.