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Elwood P. Engel (born 1917 in Newark , New Jersey ; † June 24, 1986 ) was chief designer at Chrysler Corporation from 1961 to 1974.

Life

Engel graduated from the Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York , from which he graduated in 1938. Around 1940 he began to work as a product designer, among other things, he designed shoes, household appliances and agricultural machines. He attended the General Motors Automotive Design School and worked briefly for General Motors , but left the company in 1942 in the course of the Second World War and served as a cartographer in the Army. In 1955 he started working as an automobile designer at Ford Motor Company . One of his greatest successes at Ford was the design of the 1961 Lincoln Continental .

In 1961, Engel became chief designer at Chrysler Corporation. He was the successor to Virgil Exner . In this role, Engel was responsible for the design of the Chrysler Turbine Car (1963), Plymouth Fury , Dodge Dart , Dodge Chargers (1968–1970) and Dodge Challengers (1970–1972). Engel represents an era in the Chrysler Group in which tail fins disappeared and gave way to a more functional design . During this time, sporty American vehicles, such as those known as muscle cars and pony cars and which still exist today, began to flourish . During this time, Engel also developed the so-called fuselage styling for Chrysler's full-size models .

In 1972, Engel left Chrysler Corporation and then worked as an independent design consultant. He died of cancer on June 24, 1986.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Tate: Remembering Elwood P. Engel. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. MotorCities National Heritage Area, October 2, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.motorcities.org
  2. ↑ GM designer Elwood Engel. The fin straightener. In: Süddeutsche . July 15, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Angel, Elwood
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engel, Elwood P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chief designer at Chrysler Corporation
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1986