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Occupation (s) Automotive designer. Chrysler Vice President of Design. 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 ...
- Revival Cars
Exner Revival Cars were created by noted automobile...
- Plymouth XNR
The 1960 Plymouth XNR concept car at the 2014 Lime Rock...
- Revival Cars
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 ...
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 ...
- 1960
- Concept car
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.
- Daniel Strohl
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 ...
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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 ...
Today is August 3, 1989, and today we're privileged to be talking with and inter viewing Virgil Max Exner, Jr. Mr. Exner has had a long career as an automotive designer, mainly with the Ford Motor Company, and is the son of the celebrated Virgil M. Exner, Sr. We're talking today with Mr. Exner about his design career and about his ...
