Philippe Charbonneaux

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Philippe Charbonneaux (born February 18, 1917 in Paris , † June 4, 1998 in Reims ) was a French designer who specialized in automobiles.

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Charbonneaux grew up in a middle-class family in Reims and began to draw intensively as a boy. Everything that was mechanical interested him, and what interested him, he also drew. After finishing school, he introduced himself to the Parisian coachbuilders, who were impressed.

In the Second World War he was drafted into the air force and joined the Resistance. He came to England and translated technical manuals. In 1941 he was sent back to Reims to make drawings of German aircraft.

After the war he worked as a draftsman for various magazines before joining Delahaye in 1946 . There he was responsible for the appearance of the Delahaye 235 GT. His goal was to make the consumer world and its machines more beautiful.

In 1949 Charbonneaux moved to America, where he designed the Chevrolet Corvette . He could not get used to the way he worked and returned to France. In 1953 he founded his own studio in Paris. In his later years, Charbonneaux worked intensively on the principle of air resistance and its effect on road vehicles. He designed the Ellipsis vehicle completely from an aerodynamic point of view and presented it at the Paris Motor Show in 1992.

His private collection of around 160 vintage cars was donated to the SCAR (Salon of Vintage Car Club Collectors Reims) and was the basis for the Musée Automobile Reims Champagne .

List of cars he has designed

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Design visionary Philippe Charbonneaux (1917–1998) - the great stranger Detailed article with photos including a sketch of the Renault 16 design on Zwischengas.com (last accessed September 15, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Charbonneaux, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1998