- Paul Bracq
Paul Bracq (b.
December 13 ,1933 ,Bordeaux, France ) is one of the world's leading automotive designers as well as one of the world's leading automotive artists. Among Bracq's designs is a vehicle considered to be among the finest ever built, theMercedes-Benz 600 .His work in the early 1950s with
Citroën led to a ten-year stint as the head ofDaimler-Benz 's Advanced Design studios inSindelfingen starting in 1957. It was here that Bracq was entrusted with the design of the most expensive and complex Mercedes-Benz automobile to date, the 600. He also designed the 230SL Pagode, the 220S Coupé, the 250 and 220D as well as the W108 series. Upon his return toFrance in 1967, Bracq went to work forBrissonau and Lotz where he was responsible for the design of theTGV high-speed passenger train. During this time, Bracq was also responsible for prototypes of a sports car based on theBMW 1600Ti and a coupé based on theSimca 1100 .In 1970, Bracq was appointed design director of
BMW where he was responsible for some of that firm's most important automobiles of the period, including the top-of-the-line 7-Series. His 1973 "Turbo" concept car won "Concept Car of the Year" by the "Revue Automobile Suisse " that year; the car repeated the feat in 1992 in the BagatelleConcours d'Elegance .His work with
Peugeot beginning in 1974 included personal transportation for thePope .Bracq's artistic works have been displayed in art museums all over the world. He is also active as a judge in many of the most important automotive concours, including the
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance .External link and reference
* [http://www.idcenter.co.jp/en/bracq/paul.htm Timeline of Paul Bracq's career]
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