{"id":3506,"date":"2020-11-02T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=3506"},"modified":"2022-06-24T08:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:19:37","slug":"designers-gordon-murray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=3506","title":{"rendered":"Designers – Gordon Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colin Chapman F1 Design Peers Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gordon Murray CBE \u2013 <\/strong>the Gordon Bleu of Performance car Design<\/p>\n

Murray Walker:-<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026\u2026\u2026.One of these uncompromising and furiously clever individuals who is a gentle, cultured and thoroughly approachable human being is Gordon Murray \u201c<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

The A&R considers that Colin Chapman\u2019s design career in FI embraced two periods:-<\/p>\n

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  1. From the inception of Lotus cars to the late 1960\u2019s early 1970\u2019s<\/li>\n
  2. The mature period covering the wings\/ ground effect and turbo era until his sad and early death in 1982<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We don\u2019t know what he might have achieved had he lived beyond this.<\/p>\n

    The FI designs of Colin Chapman were considerable not least because of his relatively low budget .He did not have the resources of a multinational to cross-subsidize its racing programme against publicity and a means of developing its engineers.<\/p>\n

    In order to evaluate Colin Chapman better the A&R is committing to a series of benchmarking exercises analyzing the design achievements of his peers.<\/p>\n

    These design studies are a natural complement to our series on Design Heroes that gives priority to Industrial and Product Designers.<\/p>\n

    Gordon Murray is one of the greatest performance and diverse application transport designer of the 20th<\/sup> &21st<\/sup>. century.He has displayed extraordinary talent across the broadest range conceivable being a designer, race strategist and consultant.<\/p>\n

    He will probably be recorded as one of a handful of the greatest car designers of all time.<\/p>\n

    He has displayed the highest level of technological, aesthetic and sculptural qualities in his design.<\/p>\n

    He has been compared with Colin Chapman and in many respects this is deserved.<\/p>\n

    Gordon Murray was born in 1946 and is 74 years old in 2020.<\/p>\n

    The Designers<\/strong><\/p>\n

    We offer the list below and would be interested to hear from our subscribers if they would like to make other recommendation for inclusion and also if they have priority\/ preference in our selection.<\/p>\n

    We appreciate that some of these designers were colleagues of Colin Chapman at Lotus at some point in their careers but went onto achieve success in their own right.<\/p>\n

    As a prompt subscribers might like to use the list to pencil in those cars they associate with the designers.<\/p>\n

    Designer Marque Model<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Len<\/td>\nBailey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dave<\/td>\nBaldwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ralph<\/td>\nBallamy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    John<\/td>\nBarnard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Michel<\/td>\nBeaujos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Nigel<\/td>\nBennett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Eric<\/td>\nBroadley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gustav<\/td>\nBrunner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Rory<\/td>\nBryne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Paul<\/td>\nCarillo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Colin<\/td>\nChapman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Carlo<\/td>\nChiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    John<\/td>\nClark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Peter<\/td>\nConnew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gordon<\/td>\nCoppuck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Andre<\/td>\nde Cortanze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Frank<\/td>\nDernie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Richard<\/td>\nDivila<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gerrard<\/td>\nDucarouge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Geoffrey<\/td>\nFerns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mauro<\/td>\nForghieri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Derek<\/td>\nGardner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    John<\/td>\nGentry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Chuck<\/td>\nGraemiger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Herve<\/td>\nGuilpin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Patrick<\/td>\nHead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Robin<\/td>\nHerd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Jean-Pierre<\/td>\nJabouille<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ray<\/td>\nJessop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Georges<\/td>\nMartin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tico<\/td>\nMartini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Alan<\/td>\nMcCall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Arturio<\/td>\nMerzario<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kenij<\/td>\nMimura<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Robert<\/td>\nMorin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Vic<\/td>\nMorris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gordon<\/td>\nMurray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Morris<\/td>\nNunn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Martin<\/td>\nOgilivie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Masa<\/td>\nOno<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Enzo<\/td>\nOsella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Luciano<\/td>\nPederzani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Maurice<\/td>\nPhillippe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mike<\/td>\nPilbeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Harvey<\/td>\nPostlethwaite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Adrian<\/td>\nReynard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Franco<\/td>\nRochi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ken<\/td>\nSears<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tony<\/td>\nSouthgate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Giorgio<\/td>\nStirano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ray<\/td>\nStokoe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Nigel<\/td>\nStroud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    John<\/td>\nSurtees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Andy<\/td>\nSwallman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Ron<\/td>\nTauranac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Len<\/td>\nTerry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Michel<\/td>\nTetu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Antonio<\/td>\nTomaini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Martin<\/td>\nWalter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tim<\/td>\nWardrop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dave<\/td>\nWass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Peter<\/td>\nWright<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edy<\/td>\nWyss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Each of the assessments will adopt a set format for a degree of uniformity and fairer evaluation. The assessment criteria as follows [but again we are happy to take suggestions from our subscribers]:-<\/p>\n