Trevor Fiore - British designer with southern charm

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Trevor Fiore - British designer with southern charm

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Created on January 25, 2023

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Bruno Meier

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Elva GT 160 (1964) - produced in only 3 units

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Elva GT 160 (1964) - Trevor Fiore's first realized design

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Elva GT 160 (1964) - "Gurney Cup" for sports car prototypes from 1960 to 1966

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TVR Trident (1965) - together with the proud designer at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show

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TVR Trident (1965) - Geneva novelty, designed by Fiore, built by Fissore - Geneva Motor Show 1965

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TVR Trident (1965) - exhibited at Fissore - Geneva Motor Show 1965

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TVR Trident (1965) - unusually angular design language for its time

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TVR Tina Spyder (1967) - drawing for the brochure

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TVR Tina Spyder (1967) - next to the Coupé at the 1967 London Motor Show

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TVR Tina Spyder (1967) - with twin headlights, presented at the London Motor Show

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TVR Tina (1967) - in addition to the coupé, there was also a convertible

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TVR Tina (1967) - rear-engined coupé based on the Hillman Imp

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TVR Tina (1967) - Coupé prototype with "too fat" rear end

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TVR Tina Coupé (1967) - originally supposed to have been beige

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TVR Tina Coupé (1967) - pleasing fastback rear end

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TVR Tina Coupé (1967) - charmingly presented coupé

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the technical platform and the need to adopt parts forced design compromises

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Gilbern T 11 (1970) - Trevor Fiore and Jim English on the clay model

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Gilbern T11 (1970) - clay model with a slightly more successful line

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Gilbern T 11 (1971) - the proportions are not quite right

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Alpine A 310 (1968) - a first design by Marcel Béligond

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Alpine A 310 (1971) - the prototype with the typical Fiore line of the side windows

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1975) - not unlike the Monteverdi Hai

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1971) - the rear lights on the prototype were still above the rear bumpers

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Alpine-Renault A 310 (1971) - the rear view of the flounder at the Paris Motor Show

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Alpine A 480 (1978) - unrealized proposal for a more luxurious model

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Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - Silhouette

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Monteverdi Hai (1971) - at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi Hai (1970) - as a model in the hands of its designer Trevor Fiore

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Citroën Karin (1980) - a pyramid on wheels

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Citroën Karin (1980) - wedge shape literally taken to the extreme

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Citroën Karin (1980) - with Trevor Fiore at the 1980 Paris Motor Show

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Citroën Xenia (1981) - Study of a large sedan

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Citroën Xenia (1981) - a Citroën van only became a reality in 1994 with the Evasion

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Bugatti EB 110 (1990) - Trevor Fiore behind a model of his proposal for the Bugatti resurrection

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Lea-Francis Lynx (1960) - considered by Trevor Fiore to be in need of improvement

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Daimler SP 250 (1959) - did not please Trevor Fiore and was discontinued before it could be improved

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Triumph Herald (1959) - with Italian Michelotti line

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Renault 25 - World premiere in Geneva, new upper mid-range saloon - at the 1984 Geneva Motor Show

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Trevor Fiore in the Elva GT 160 designed by him

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Trevor Fiore today - in his hand a photo of TVR Tina

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Summary

According to the Daily Mail, he designed the most beautiful car in the world in 1965 with the TVR Trident. After the departure of Robert Opron in 1975, he rebuilt Citroën's "Center Style" in 1980. With the Xenia concept car a year later, he also presented the new body shape of the MPV, which would not become popular in Europe until the Renault Espace in 1984. Why is Trevor Fiore hardly known today? This article traces the career of the English designer with the Italian name.

This article contains the following chapters

First works for Fissore
Tina and Trident for TVR
Formal failures
The flounder and the shark
Self-realization at Citroën
Back to self-employment

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Trevor Fiore already knew at the age of 13 that he wanted to be a "designer". After finishing school, he began a four-year apprenticeship at Standard-Triumph, where he went through the various stages of car and tractor production. The master recognized his talent for drawing and let the apprentice work in the design office for more than a year. After completing his apprenticeship, Fiore transferred to the styling department, but did not stay long, moving to Austin in 1956 to gain further experience. At both Standard-Triumph and Austin, however, the company management turned to Italian designers from the mid-1950s to create new shapes - Standard-Triumph to Giovanni Michelotti and Austin to Pininfarina. There was no room for a British designer to make a career.

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