Former WCOTY Design Winner Refreshes 2023 World Car Award Trophies

Transportation Former WCOTY Design Winner Refreshes 2023 World Car Award Trophies Michael Taylor Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Long experienced in auto journalism, Taylor is based in Italy. Following New! Follow this author to stay notified about their latest stories.

Got it! Nov 9, 2022, 05:36am EST | New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Automotive design legend Ian Callum has designed new trophies for the 2023 edition of the World Car . . .

[+] of the Year awards via his Callum design and engineering consultancy. Callum’s F-Pace and I-Pace Jaguar’s both won the World Car of the Year award. Photo: World Car of the Year.

World Car of the Year In a departure from recent history, the 2023 World Car Awards winners will receive trophies designed by a former World Car Design winner. The new trophies, in time for the 19th annual World Car Awards presentation at the New York International Auto Show next April, have been created by the Callum design and engineering consultancy of former Jaguar design impresario Ian Callum. Callum’s new World Car Awards trophies, will not be unveiled before the presentation, but will retain the existing theme of a globe with a Saturn-style ring around it.

“The World Car Awards are held in the highest regard by the industry and as a recipient, I appreciate how much it means to a design team to have it proudly on display in the studio,” Callum said. “Re-imagining both the design and manufacture is a huge privilege and just the opportunity the team at Callum relish. ” Widely regarded as one of the greatest car designers of his age and one of the last to prioritise beauty and proportions over drama and aggression, Callum won the World Car Design of the Year for the Jaguar F-Pace in 2017 and the I-Pace EV in 2019.

In a purple patch for Jaguar, the F-Pace won the outright World Car of the Year award in 2017 and then added another outright title (as well as the World Green Car award) for the I-Pace in 2019, the year Callum left Jaguar Land Rover. He has designed some of the car industry’s most seminal modern cars including the Aston Martin DB7 and Vanquish, plus the sleek Jaguar XF and XJ sedans. He began his career contributing to the designs of the Ford RS200 and Escort RS Cosworth rally specials, but also delivered cars like the Volvo C70 coupe, the Nissan R390 Le Mans challenger, the Aston Martin DB9 and the Jaguar C-X75 concept car.

MORE FOR YOU Why The Rock’s Social Media Muscle Made Him Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Actor Fenway Sports Group’s Potential Liverpool FC Exit A Sign Soccer Has Peaked Huaxia Eye Hospital IPO Mints China’s Latest Billionaire Callum, who was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2019 for services to the British car industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Callum is also one of six World Car Design of the Year award jury members, along with former Mini designer Gert Hildebrand, French design legend Patrick le Quément, the designer of the original Mazda Miata, Tom Matano, former Nissan Chief Creative Officer Shiro Nakamura and Brojure. com Chief Creative Officer Victor Nacif.

Besides the design refresh, the awards will be manufactured with a new process from 3D printing firm Replique, through its encrypted digital-inventory manufacturing platform, which gives automakers have a secure and sustainable pathway to produce on-demand parts anywhere, anytime. Follow me on Twitter . Check out my website .

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