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'''Philippe Charbonneaux''' ([[1917]]-[[1999]]) was a [[France|French]] product designer, best-known for [[car]] and [[truck]] design, but also known for other products such as [[television set]]s. He also specialised in car design studies, so he has left many inventive prototypes. The prototype Ellipsis he released just two years before his death is still very fresh and modern. He designed for [[Renault]], [[Ford]], [[Delahaye]], [[Berlet]], [[Bugatti]], and others. |
'''Philippe Charbonneaux''' ([[1917]]-[[1999]]) was a [[France|French]] product designer, best-known for [[car]] and [[truck]] design, but also known for other products such as [[television set]]s. He also specialised in car design studies, so he has left many inventive prototypes. The prototype Ellipsis he released just two years before his death is still very fresh and modern. He designed for [[Renault]], [[Ford]], [[Delahaye]], [[Berlet]], [[Bugatti]], and others. |
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Revision as of 18:14, 3 December 2004
Philippe Charbonneaux (1917-1999) was a French product designer, best-known for car and truck design, but also known for other products such as television sets. He also specialised in car design studies, so he has left many inventive prototypes. The prototype Ellipsis he released just two years before his death is still very fresh and modern. He designed for Renault, Ford, Delahaye, Berlet, Bugatti, and others.
Famous pieces include the Téléavia Panoramic III TV set; the Renault 8 in 1962, the first mass-produced car with four wheel disc brakes; the Renault 16 in 1965, which was a top-of-the-line family luxury car and Europe's Car of the Year for 1965; and the Renault 21.
His private collection of approximately 160 vintage cars, including racing cars, and 40 motorcycles is a basis of a Rheims Automobile Museum.