Britain has long known as the aristocrat who has a style and elegant design of the car. Many cars are born in the land of the Queen Elizabeth.
So it is with the designer. England has a myriad of car designers who have the qualities and skills make a good car design.
Who are they? Here's a list of the 10 best car designer who owned the UK
1. JP Blatchley
JP Blatchley is a designer of cars that the Rolls-Royce design can still be seen today. Despite having a background in the field of aeronautical engineering, JP Blatchley proved capable of carrying cars Rolls-Royce became a symbol of wealth and aristocratic lifestyle.
2. Colin Chapman
The man who is the designer of Lotus is a key Lotus car designs. Chapman managed to improvise in terms of design and incorporate DNA in an ordinary car racing.
Chapman also successfully experimented with the use of new materials in every car homemade car to reduce weight and improve performance. It makes Lotus cars into the car if it is deemed beautiful and fun while driving.
3. Sir Alec Issigonis
Is a legendary car designer brand Mini, Issigonis Mini managed to make the car a small car with high efficiency until it had become a British icon.
He pioneered the use of independent suspension and front wheel drive makes the system (front wheel drive) an industry standard four-wheel world. His first major project is the Morris Minor, which indicates its ability to make a car with mass appeal. This car is even able to survive and the production lasted for 20 years.
4. Malcolm Sayer
Malcolm Sayer was the designer who conceived the design for the Jaguar E-type which is still regarded as one of the best-designed car in the world. Sayer began a career in the Jaguar by making two 'classic racing machines' of C-Type and D-Type.
But the E-Type is a gigantic she ever made. This type of design even been a role model who has sold British sportscar up to 70 thousand units. Sayer also intends to make the prototype XJ13 and XJS racing before his death in 1970.
5. Gordon Murray
The man who was born in South Africa is a key figure of the legendary McLaren F1 car development is a pioneer in the use of carbon fiber on chassis monokok the benchmark in the last 20 years.
6. Ian Cullum
Ian Cullum is a design director at Jaguar XK Jaguar birth. Not only that, Ian Cullum was known to be a design consultant for the Aston Martin DB7 when building cars.
7. Martin Smith
Although the bloody British, Smith is a car designer who is not making the cars from the UK but keep building for the German brand, Audi and the U.S., Ford.
He was the person who made the movement of the Audi 80 Quattro to technology. Smith is also the responsible for the outline design of Ford of Europe which he called 'Kinetic Design.'
8. Peter Stevens
This guy is one of the designers 'fleas' works. Stevens seems to enjoy making the designs for the various brands of cars ranging from Lotus, Jaguar, Subaru, McLaren (with Murray to make F1), BMW, Lamborghini, General Motors and MG Rover Peter Stevens.
Peter Stevens is now working as a design consultant for the Asian auto manufacturers such as cars from China, Japan and India.
9. Charles Spencer 'SPEN' King
SPEN King is the father of the powerful Range Rover cars. Joining the Rover in 1945, SPEN King led a team to make the Rover 200 and created a car that is still in production, the Range Rover.
10. Patrick Le Quement
Le Quement is a designer born in Marseille, France but a lot of studying design in the UK, so you could say Le Quement half blood is English blood.
Le Quement is a designer who put a new design line for Renault as it can be enjoyed on the Twingo, Megane and Scenic. These cars have a line of original design and is quite different from car design in general.
