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The GL is Motor Trend ’s 2013 Sport/Utility of the Year.®

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WHAT CAR DESIGNERS DESIGN WHEN THEY’RE NOT DESIGNING CARS Several renowned car designers use their skill sets in unexpected ways.

12 TIPS ON VINTAGE CAR BUYING The inside scoop on how to curate your collection successfully.

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HOW TO PLEASE THE DISCERNING MOTORIST Twelve carefully selected items conducive to a sensible motoring lifestyle.

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WHAT CAR DESIGNERS THEY’RE NOT

At auto shows, it’s always easy to spot the Car Designer among a gaggle of journalists. He’s the one whose suit and shoes don’t look like they’re straight from a resale shop. (Or, if they do, you know it was a very expensive resale shop.) The notion that design is who you are, not just an occupation, also is reflected in designers’ nonautomotive work. Whether it’s industrial or consumer goods, fashion accessories or housewares, car designers exercise their talents on a variety of products.

Jacques Flynn In addition to leading the design of the Mazda MX-5 Spyder concept, Jacques Flynn led the team that drew the company’s Kaan concept—a fanciful single-seat electric racer that won the Design Challenge at the 2008 L.A. auto show. Mazda currently has Flynn competing and collaborating with design teams in California, Germany, and Japan on the long-awaited next-gen Miata, and he seems to have lightweight on the brain. In his free time, Flynn is launching his Jaqet line of leather goods, featuring slim handmade wallets.

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Fernando Pardo Chris Bangle protégé Fernando Pardo went straight from the University of Cincinnati to DesignworksUSA 25 years ago. BMW’s acquisition of the firm set up Pardo to lead the design of BMW’s shape-shifting, fabricskinned GINA concept in 2008. Pardo’s other Designworks projects have tended toward the domestic, including a vacuum cleaner, a PC that took home a prestigious Innovations award at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, and a stroller whose wheel layout may have influenced the DeltaWing design team.

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DESIGN WHEN DESIGNING CARS Anthony Prozzi Anthony Prozzi started in 1981 at Jimmy’s, the Brooklyn couture fixture and a regular launch pad for up-and-coming designers. After some time spent dressing Curtis Mayfield and Luther Vandross, Prozzi switched to the Pratt Institute, met the fast-rising Donna Karan, and created her first men’s “Essentials” collection. Prozzi graduated from Detroit’s Center for Creative Studies, then ended up at Ford, crafting interiors for the Taurus, Lincoln MKZ, and 2013 Fusion.

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Michael Santoro Michael Santoro styled the lauded Chrysler Cirrus for 1995. The next year, he penned the redesigned Jeep Wrangler. After becoming a made man in the Detroit business, though, Santoro walked away. He did the Gulfstream G5 jet’s interior and then—naturally—a Samsung forklift. Santoro also sketched a tracked excavator for the Korean firm before founding DesignStar in Carlsbad, California.

Among his company’s products is the popular MacCase line of Apple accessories.

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Ferdinand A. Porsche Ferdinand A. Porsche, who died in April, was an early example of the car stylist venturing outside the automotive realm. The sculptor of the 911, he is widely credited with instilling a design culture at Porsche that continues today. When a bitter rivalry with cousin Ferdinand Piëch led to his exile from the carmaker in 1972, he formed Porsche Design, styling everything from pens and watches to household appliances and even the Bangkok Skytrain. Today, Porsche Design remains one of Europe’s most potent design houses.

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