Robert Cumberford at home with his prototype Martinique 002.
Photographer: Matthieu Rondel/BloombergDesign
A Front-Row Seat to 70 Years of Automotive Design
An influential designer-turned-critic reflects on everything from life inside GM in the 1950s to the Tesla Cybertruck.
Car designer Moray Callum remembers unveiling his latest project at the 1993 Geneva Auto Show: the Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale concept, a radical, swooping four-door sedan far afield from the Le Mans-winning race cars and James Bond coupes that made the British marque famous.
A proud Callum years later would call the car a crowning achievement of his career.