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    Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably...
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    themes developed previously by Mario Boano. According to Virgil Exner's son, Virgil M. Exner Jr., Giovanni Savonuzzi was tasked with scaling down the...
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    coachbuilders: Gangloff [de], Guilloré, Antem and Ghia, the last to a design by Virgil Exner. The 101 was powered by the 3.3 L (3,257 cc or 199 cu in) straight-8...
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    Plymouth XNR is a concept car developed by Chrysler. It was designed by Virgil Exner, and first shown in 1960. Also called the XNR 500, the car is an open...
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    styling can be attributed as much to the Chrysler parts bin as designer Virgil Exner. The front clip, including the grille, was taken from the Imperial of...
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  • Exner Revival Cars were created by noted automobile designer, Virgil Exner. He produced a series of "Revival Car" concepts for a December 1963 issue of...
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    1955 on its Champion and Commander model series. It was designed by Virgil Exner, formerly of Raymond Loewy Associates along the lines of the ponton style...
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    He joined forces with retired Chrysler stylist Virgil Exner who designed the new Blackhawk. Exner's design included a spare tire that protruded through...
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    Lancer, and La Femme. Bodies were restyled with help from newly hired Virgil Exner to be lower, wider, and longer than the lumpy prewar style, which in...
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  • separate make . Chrysler introduced the "100 Million Look" Styling by Virgil Exner, who would define Imperial's look (and the look of cars from the other...
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  • Conservatory Virgil Exner (1909–1973), American automobile designer for numerous American companies, notably Chrysler and Studebaker Call-Exner bodies, granulosa...
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  • Romanian poet Virgil Donati (born 1958), an Australian drummer Virgil Earp (1843–1905), an American city marshal of Tombstone, Arizona Virgil Exner (1909–1973)...
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    very luxurious interior, with the Stutz Blackhawk coupe designed by Virgil Exner. The Duplex was a sedan version of the Blackhawk coupe. A four-door prototype...
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  • had all been designed by Luigi Segre with some possible influence from Virgil Exner. With so many cars designed along the same theme, Chrysler may well have...
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  • The concept car was lost during the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria. Virgil Exner, working in Chrysler's Advanced Styling Group, developed lower, sleeker...
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  • turbine engine. 1955 saw Plymouth's dramatic redesign by Chrysler stylist Virgil Exner. Longer, lower, wider, it was a sensation and sales zoomed up 52% over...
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    was redesigned with the help of Chrysler Corporation's head stylist, Virgil Exner. The design was bold and radical with large tail fins, dual oval exhaust...
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    trim, controls, and displays were those used on the U.S. Plymouth. Virgil Exner's 1961 styling with its reverse fins, rear fender scalloping (the taillights...
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    Segre would travel to the United States to meet Chrysler's chief stylist Virgil Exner and CEO K. T. Keller. Segre served as Ghia's interlocutor as Boano did...
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    designer was Chrysler group's designer Virgil Exner, who developed the Forward look design in the mid-1950s. Exner is also credited with using wind tunnel...
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  • began to change by 1953 under the direction of corporate design chief Virgil Exner. However, the deluxe Coronet series, introduced for 1949, offered extra...
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    Rambler and upcoming entries from GM, Ford and Studebaker. Design chief Virgil Exner created a car that was smaller and lighter than a full-size car without...
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    its features reappeared on later Chrysler designs. Automobile designer Virgil Exner left Studebaker to join Chrysler in 1949. Chrysler's previous designers...
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    1956 model year's design "PowerStyle," a product of Chrysler designer Virgil Exner. The New Yorker gained a new mesh grille, leather seats, pushbutton TorqueFlite...
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    style in their works include: Charles Eames Ray Eames Pierre Koenig Virgil Exner Richard Neutra Eero Saarinen Frank Lloyd Wright Eero Aarnio Renowned...
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  • historical models they reference. As early as 1961, American designer Virgil Exner used elements of classic automobile design for the new models of Chrysler's...
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    Crosby, pro golfer Patricia Ellis, 1930s film actress, born in Birmingham Virgil Exner, automobile designer Marshall Fredericks, sculptor Wallace Frost, architect...
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    All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born in Buchanan Virgil Exner, influential automobile designer, lived in Buchanan during his youth...
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    Independent Automaker Motorbooks Grist, Peter Virgil Exner: Visioneer: The official biography of Virgil M. Exner, designer extraordinaire Veloce, US Longstreet...
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    Saratoga nameplate in 1957 as part of its "Forward Look" styling by Virgil Exner. The Saratoga maintained its position between the entry-level Windsor...
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