BMW E30 Father dies..

[devonjordan]

respect is given.

Now bangle needs too take some notes.

+ 10^100

[DarkWing6]

:(

RIP, good sir. Thank you for your beautiful designs.

[StereoInstaller1]

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Luthe

Claus Luthe, born 8 December 1932 in Wuppertal, Germany is a celebrated German car designer. As a coachbuilding student he first worked at Karosseriebauer Voll in Würzburg, where he worked on proposals for buses. After a short stay with at Fiat, where he was, among other activities, responsible for the frontal styling of the 500, he returned to Germany to work for NSU, where he was instrumental in developing the company’s design department.

Claus Luthe’s best known designs in the 1960s were the second generation Chevrolet Corvair-inspired NSU Prinz, the NSU Wankel Spyder, and, in 1967, the revolutionary NSU Ro 80, which still stands today as a milestone in automotive design. The Volkswagen K70 was originally conceived by Luthe as the NSU K70, but came to the market after considerable delays with modifications to his original design.

Following the takeover of NSU by Volkswagen, Luthe continued to work for Volkswagen/Audi and was involved in, among other projects, the original Polo, and the Audi 100 C2. He produced the initial proposals for the Audi 80 B2, although the design was modified substantially after he left Audi.

In 1976 he succeeded Paul Bracq as chief designer with BMW, styling the the second generation 5 Series and the E30 and E36 3 Series, as well as the 1986 E32 7-Series. By 1990 he was head of BMW’s design department, supervising the creation of the 1989 8-Series Coupe, and the third generation E34 5-Series. In 1990 he left his post at BMW after being arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his chronically drug dependent son. Claus Luthe died on 17 March 2008 in Munich.

Not even a mention of his motorcycle work. Beautiful, elegant, well thought out designs. Brilliant man all the way through.

I just cannot imagine the heartbreak of having to kill your own son, drug crazed or not.

[blck325is]

May he rest in peace. Thanks to him we have the e30 along with many other automotive masterpieces ^. A great loss, well minus the son stabbing bit.

[z50_Jumper]

Thank you for sharing, I would have never known of this man or his contribution to this car community.

[Kruzen]

I don't care if he stabbed his son, I would've let him keep working.

RIP, so long and thanks for all the fish.

[mtechnik]

Thank you for sharing, I would have never known of this man or his contribution to this car community.

You're wilkommen

[oldskool3]

:(

RIP, good sir. Thank you for your beautiful designs.

[skota]

Thanks.

[einstein57]

Too bad he did not mentor his successors.

[bimmer_E30]

RIP. good guy .

[E30Driv3R]

respect is given.

Now bangle needs too take some notes.

+1

[red]

RIP to a genius.

[808AWD325xi]

RIP mang

[davey101]

rip

may the e30 gods treat him kindly