This, coming in a time of conservative auto design, was not well received by the marque's loyal customers.

As she made note of the materials involved, the experience provided a reminder that auto design was born in coachbuilding.

For teachers of auto design there is another system.

The auto design, however, is simply a matter of saving the cost of painting the cars blue and white.

The only extraneous items are captions that appear below each car, explaining how it came to be and its role in auto design.

It appears as if most of the energy devoted to contemporary auto design stops at the remote control key.

To Mr. Thomas, the car suggests a wider movement in auto design.

Its essence, however, is that the sighting set him off on one of the most circuitous career paths in auto design.

Here are some of his other picks and pans in auto design.

The art was commissioned by the company in 1988 to commemorate 100 years of auto design.