{"id":13277,"date":"2010-11-07T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T23:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=13277"},"modified":"2010-11-09T20:16:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T03:16:11","slug":"how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: How to Design Cars Like a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fhow-to-design-cars-like-a-pro%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F11%2FHow-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-300x199.jpg&amp;description=Book+Review%3A+How+to+Design+Cars+Like+a+Pro\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[13277]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Book Review: How to Design Cars Like a Pro\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Book Review: How to Design Cars Like a Pro&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/how-to-design-cars-like-a-pro\/\" data-text=\"Book Review: How to Design Cars Like a Pro\" data-desc=\"Famous Car Designers Say How it's Done Have you ever attended a manufacturers\u2019 auto show and wondered what it takes to design a modern automobile? Then, Motorbooks\u2019 new title \"How to Design Cars Like a Pro\", written by Tony Lewin and Ryan Borroff, is for you. This totally revised 2010 edition of\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-300x199.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Famous Car Designers Say How it&#8217;s Done<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13290\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/How-to-Design-Cars-Like-a-Pro-cover2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Have you ever attended a manufacturers\u2019 auto show and wondered what it takes to design a modern automobile? Then, Motorbooks\u2019 new title &#8220;How to Design Cars Like a Pro&#8221;, written by Tony Lewin and Ryan Borroff, is for you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This totally revised 2010 edition of the classic first released in 2003 takes you into the world of auto design. It includes interviews with top designers and top car makes such as Marek Reichman of Aston Martin and Adrian van Hooydonk of BMW. It also includes the design inspirations of such modern vehicles like the Chevrolet Camaro and the Volkswagen Scirocco. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Find out what a typical week looks like <span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span>for a designer by following chief designer at Land Rover, Oliver le Grice, as he goes about his week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.158left.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13277]\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[13277]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13280\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Transportation Design\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"Transportation Design\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119-400x325.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/p.119.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How to Design Cars Like a Pro tries to define what makes a good design and the steps needed to get from concept to reality. I feel the best parts of the book are the chapters on &#8220;design and great designers&#8221; and &#8220;right idea, wrong time.&#8221; Those two chapters are an excellent historical accounting of some past great automotive designs and designers. The fantastic car design images and illustrations make this a must have book for anyone interested in car design.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can purchase the 208 page book straight from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motorbook.com <\/a>website or from your favorite book retailer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What design features do you look for in a modern car? If you could make one style change in todays cars what would it be? 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