MEMBER ARCHIVE

A TRIBUTE TO ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE CONCEPTS AND THE ENGINEERS BEHIND THEM

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Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot

1725-1804

Inventor of the First "Auto"mobile

Karl Benz

1844-1929

Inventor of the First Automobile Powered by an Internal Combustion Engine

Alexandre Darracq

1855-1931

Visionary of Mass Production and Motor Racing Pioneer

Justus Bulkley Entz

1867-1947

Engineer of the First Practical Electric Transmission for Automobiles

John Wilkinson

1868 – 1951

Engineer of Air-Cooled Engine and Lightweight Automobiles

Edmund Rumpler

1872–1940

Innovator of Aerodynamic Car Design

Charles Yale Knight

1868-1940

Inventor of the Knight Sleeve Valve Engine

Ferdinand Porsche

1875–1951

Engineer of the Volkswagen Beetle and Hybrid Car Pioneer

Hans Ledwinka

1878–1967

Engineer of Rear-Mounted, Air-Cooled Engines and Streamlined Designs

Andre Citroën

1878-1935

Visionary of Mass Production Techniques and Iconic Cars

Frank B. Stearns

1879-1955

Innovator of the Sleeve Valve Engine in American Automobiles

Karl Probst

1879-1963

Engineer of the Original Jeep (Willys MB) Design

Adolphe Kégresse

1879-1943

Inventor of the Kégresse Track System

Gabriel Voisin

1880-1973

Visionary of Luxury Cars with Advanced Engineering

Harry Ferguson

1884-1960

Inventor of the Three-Point Linkage and Hydraulic Lift for Tractors

Paul Jaray

1889–1974

Innovator of Automotive Aerodynamics Pioneer

Émile Claveau

1892 – 1974

Visionary of Futuristic Automobile Design

Antonio Franco Lago

1893-1960

Innovator of Talbot-Lago Luxury Sports Cars

André Lefèbvre

1894–1964

Engineer of the Citroën Traction Avant, 2CV, and DS

Jacques Gérin

1898-1973

Engineer of Aerodynamic and Innovative Vehicle Designs

Jean Albert Grégoire

1898-1992

Innovator of the Tracta CV Joint and Lightweight Aluminum Car Construction

Hans Nibel

1880-1934

Engineer of Advanced Racing Cars and Luxury Vehicles

Émile Mathis

1880-1956

Innovator of Affordable and Innovative Cars

Louis Delagarde

1898-1906

Engineer of Panhard Dynamic Advanced Engineering

Felix Wankel

1902-1988

Inventor of the Wankel Rotary Engine

Ferry Porsche

1909-1998

Engineer of the Porsche 911 Development

Jean Rédélé

1922-2007

Innovator of Alpine Lightweight Sports Cars

John DeLorean

1925-2005

Engineer of the DeLorean DMC-12 and Pontiac GTO Development

René Bonnet

1904-1983

Innovator of Lightweight Sports Cars with Advanced Engineering

Robert Opron

1932-2021

Visionary of Futuristic Styling and Advanced Aerodynamics for Citroën