Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106282 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 204 pages

Review
A must have! Whether you design cars for a living or have a passion for car design, this book is car lover's dream! The interviews are insightful and engaging and the knowledge shared magnificent. Straight from the top pros in the business. A great gift for anyone who loves cars and the art of car design as much as I do! --AutoBarn

It covers all the info a car design entusiast would like to know and much more! Profesional comments, history, processes, skentching techniques... A must have for anyone who loves car design... Hey! you won't "design cars like a pro" just by reading this book, but it's a great guide! --Motorbar

Synopsis
This book describes how car design and technology work through the eyes of the most talented and powerful car designers in the world. The interviews give a deep understanding of why we see what we see on the highways of our world.

Customer Reviews

One of the best car books i've read!
This is a perfect book for anyone with an intrest in cars, car design or becoming a car designer. It is full of tutorials, good examples from actual design professionals and a top 50 designs list that is sure to cause a lot of discussion!

How to design ? Not really
This book is not what you expect from. There are only few pages that explain some techniques of drawings or renderings. What remain is a collections of pictures of prototypes and production cars put in well styled pages.

Nearly useless
The book contains little factual, practical information about designing anything. There are about ten pages dealing with perspective and rendering but this is a matter of drawing skills not design skills. What is missing are examples of the principles of design or how to make something look as good as it can without affecting its functionality or manufacturability.
Much of the book is padding. The list of the top-fifty designs is a subjective irrelevance. The commentaries by the leading lights of car design are also hot air.
There is a book about car design to be written and this book is not that, despite the first rate production quality and the section on drawing skills.