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The 1960 Plymouth XNR concept car at the 2014 Lime Rock Concours d'Élégance. The Plymouth XNR is a concept car developed by Chrysler. It was designed by Virgil Exner, and first shown in 1960. Also called the XNR 500, the car is an open roadster with some asymmetric features, and was proposed as a sporty addition to the Plymouth model lineup ...
Virgil Exner. Virgil "Ex" Exner, född 24 september 1909 i Ann Arbor, Michigan, död 22 december 1973 i Royal Oak, Michigan, var en amerikansk bildesigner som arbetade för flera av de amerikanska tillverkarna, till exempel Chrysler och Studebaker. Han är mest känd för sin "Forward Look"-design på Chryslers bilar åren 1955 – 1961 .
Oct 9, 2014 · Thirty four years after his untimely death, Virgil Exner’s name still remains inexorably linked to the Chrysler Corporation in the minds of car enthusiasts worldwide. For an all too brief period, Exner’s name epitomised all that was great and exciting in America.
Oct 8, 2014 · After spending over a decade in the Armed Forces, Peter moved to Southampton to start his writing career, initially creating the Chrysler Club’s magazine Talkflite, then writing for high street motoring magazines which lead on to writing books including the acclaimed biography of Virgil Exner, Visioneer.
- Peter Grist
To the most of us MoparStyle kind of guys, Virgil Exner is most famous for his “ Forward Look ” years at the Chrysler Corporation. I like to refer to him as the “Father of Fins”. However, his auto design career started long before his years at Chrysler – and continued after he left Chrysler. My research finds that the Ex was born ...
Virgil Max "Ex" Exner, Sr. was an automobile designer for numerous American companies, notably Chrysler and Studebaker. He is known for his "Forward Look" design on the 1955-1963 Chrysler products and his fondness of fins on cars for both aesthetic and aerodynamic reasons. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Virgil Exner was adopted by George W. and Iva Exner as a baby. Virgil showed a strong ...
Exner Revival Cars were created by noted automobile designer, Virgil Exner. He produced a series of "Revival Car" concepts for a December 1963 issue of Esquire magazine. His designs included an updated model for four famous American marques: Stutz, Duesenberg, Packard, and Mercer. [1] [2] [3] He later designed updated Bugatti, [4] Pierce-Arrow ...
