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Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably Chrysler and Studebaker. Exner is widely known for the "Forward Look" he created for the 1955–1963 Chrysler products and his fondness of tailfins on cars for both aesthetics and aerodynamics .
Virgil Exner was a famed automotive designer who worked for Studebaker, GM, and Chrysler. He designed the 1947 Studebaker Starlite, the 1955 "Forward Look" line, and the 1966 Duesenberg revival. He died in 1973 of heart failure. Learn more about his life and legacy at the Detroit Historical Society.
Virgil Exner gave a new shape to motion with innovative designs that made many American cars of the 1950s true “dream machines.”. Displaying artistic talent as a youth, Exner studied art at Notre Dame University and began his career in 1928 as an illustrator for Advertising Artists. He later joined General Motors’ Art and Color Section ...
Mar 4, 2020 · That car (pictured above), a finned bubbletop dubbed a Simca Special for its drivetrain, went on display at the Paris Auto Show in 1959 and earned Exner both a Fiat roadster (a gesture of thanks from Simca for letting the company display it in Paris) and a design consultancy for Ghia. Rendering by Virgil Exner Jr. of his newest design.
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Nov 13, 2019 · Virgil Exner was hired by Chrysler President K.T. Keller in 1949. He had designed the K-310 show car, which had been a great success. The K-310 was designed to showcase Chrysler’s upcoming revolutionary 1951 Hemi V8 engine, and the first expression of Exner’s “Pure Automobile” design philosophy.
Oct 21, 2007 · Exner, who died in 1973, is the subject of a new book, “Virgil Exner Visioneer,” by Peter Grist ( Veloce Publishing, 2007) that aims to set the record straight about his designs, which ...
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Virgil Exner was an automobile designer who worked for General Motors, Studebaker, Chrysler, and his own company Virgil Exner Inc. The collection consists of concept and engineering drawings, renderings, photographs, correspondence and art work.
