Philippe Charbonneaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French engineer
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Place of Birth: Reims, Grand Est, France
About Philippe Charbonneaux
- Philippe Charbonneaux (1917–1998) was a French industrial designer, best known for automobile and truck design, but also known for other products such as television sets.
- Many of his works are now exhibited in places such as Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, or Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- He specialised in car design studies, so he has left many inventive prototypes.
- The Ellipsis concept car, released just two years prior to his death, is still very fresh and modern.
- He designed for Renault, Ford, Delahaye, Berliet, Bugatti, and others. Famous designs include the Téléavia Panoramic III TV set; the Renault 8 in 1962; the Renault 16 in 1965 (which he designed together with Gaston Juchet), an innovative family car and Europe's Car of the Year for 1965; as well as the 1986 Renault 21. His private collection of approximately 160 vintage cars, including racing cars, and 40 motorcycles, donated to S.C.A.R.
- (Salon of Vintage Car Club Collectors in Reims) is the basis for the Musée Automobile Reims Champagne, established in 1985.
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