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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

AVANTI!

From the Library of Congress, an interesting look at the first Avanti design sketch by Raymond Loewy, as well as some details of his wide-ranging industrial design work.

As for the Avanit, quite a bit of a change from the initial sketch of a svelte, somewhat conventional-looking roadster to the coupe that was finally manufactured.

When I looked at the sketch, I thought it seemed to have a bit of the '55-'59 BMW 507 about it, especially the split grill. Imagine my surprise when I did a bit more Googling for some photos for this post to see that Loewy's company subsequently hired the 507's designer, Albrecht Goertz, and Loewy himself did a design study for a 507 coupe prototype. Looking at the B-pillar of Loewy's prototype, it's easy to see there's a pretty straight shot to the unique design found on the roof pillar of the Avanti.

Pretty cool.

posted by Terry at 8:56:00 AM

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