Raymond Loewy - BMW Customiser

[Speedtouch]

In case you hadn't noticed, according to Google, today is designer Raymond Loewy's birthday - here's a custom BMW he created:

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/1/ra ... ober-1957/

And the standard car:
[img]http://bimmermania.com/downloads/wallpa ... 6-59_30%20[DesktopNexus.com].jpg[/img]

[pacerpete]

Loewy was involved in the design of many cool things / turds. That one not one of them !

[gooner1]

Loewy was involved in the design of many cool things / turds. That one not one of them !

I concur.
Horrific version of a near work of art.

[DHFiS]

Everyone has an off day

[gooner1]

Everyone has an off his face day

True.

[Widge]

Yep deffo an off day for a great designer

Original 507 is - I think - the most beautiful car ever made

Sure is a pity there aren't more of them around.

[milescook]

Lovely looking thing... the original I mean

[daimlerman]

Original 507 is - I think - the most beautiful car ever made

Not too sure about that,1961 E Type is my 'best looker'!

[Widge]

1966 Lambourhini Miura tops both I think

[Speedtouch]

Must have been a brave decision to build a special based on such a rare exotic in the first place - they only built 252, and were never cheap; it would have been a new car back then.

[Speedtouch]

Many of his cars were a tad eccentric looking:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=raymo ... 80&bih=689

But then, he was French!

[capnmchl]

I was like, it's not that bad, no worse than an E type (which I don't really like), and then I saw the front. That was bad.

[Simon13]

Pub Trivia, the man Goertz (sp) designed the bmw 507 but he is also credited with another famous classic.

Name the car!

[Widge]

BMW 502?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_von_Goertz

[domkolo]

The 507 roadster is the best looking 2 seater roadster out there imo

275 gts is a close second

[A18RPF]

Was it Goertz that also designed the Datsun 240z?