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About Pinky Lai

Pinky Lai, Chinese name 賴平, is an automotive designer. During his tenure at Porsche AG from January 1989 until his retirement in 2014, he was chief designer responsible for the exterior designs of both ...Wikipedia
Born20 March 1951 (age 66 years), British Hong Kong
EmployersFord of Europe (1980–1983), BMW (1984–1988), Porsche (1989–2014)
Design & Styling - Pinky Lai's website.

Car design awards

Car design awards[edit]

  • 1997 911 CARRERA L´AUTOMOBILE PIU BELLA DEL MONDO, MILAN;
  • 1998 911 C4 CARRERA L´AUTOMOBILE PIU BELLA DEL MONDO, MILAN;
  • 1998 911 CARRERA DESIGN ZENTRUM NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, GERMANY;
  • 1998 911 CARRERA CHICAGO ATHENAEUM; MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE, USA;
  • 2000 911 TURBO L´AUTOMOBILE PIU BELLA DEL MONDO, MILAN;
  • 2000 911 TURBO INDUSTRIE FORUM DESIGN HANOVER, GERMANY;
  • 2000 911 CARRERA(FL) AUTONIS(BERLIN), GERMANY;
  • 2001 911 TURBO DESIGN ZENTRUM NORDRHEIN_WESTFALEN, GERMANY;
  • 2001 911 CARRERA L´AUTOMOBILE PIU BELLA DEL MONDO, MILAN;
  • 2002 911 TURBO GERMAN DESIGN COUNCIL;
  • 2001 911 C4S CABRIOLET L´AUTOMOBILE PIU BELLA DEL MONDO, MILAN;
  • DECEMBER 2015 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY HONG KONG DESIGN CENTRE.

Design examples

Working at BMW, pinky lai was responsible for the ‘3-series’ (E36), image courtesy of BMW

sketches by pinky lai, image courtesy of design and style

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