User:Donnie Park/List of auto industries people by nickname
This is a list of auto industries people by nickname, excluding those whose motorsport career (test drivers included) is of a greater notability to their career as an auto industry staff member.
Individuals[edit]
A[edit]
B[edit]
- "Big Daddy" = Ed Roth,
customizer[1] - "Butzi" = Ferdinand Porsche,
car designer[2]
C[edit]
- "The Camfather" = Ed Iskenderian, engine builder[3][4]
- "Car spy" = Hans G. Lehmann, Espionage photographer[5]
- "Carparazzo" = Hans G. Lehmann, Espionage photographer[5]
- "Le Cost-Cutter" = Carlos Ghosn,
auto executive[6][note 1]
D[edit]
- "Dirty Doug" = Doug Kinney, customizer[7]
E[edit]
F[edit]
- "Father of the Type 2" = Ben Pon,
car dealer[8][note 2] - "Father of the Corvette" = Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer[9]
- "Father of the Mustang" = Lee Iacocca, auto executive[note 3][10][11]
- "Father of the Skyline" (スカイラインの父, Sukarain no Chichi) = Shinichiro Sakurai,
engineer[12] - "Father of the Z-car" =
- "Ferry" = Ferdinand A. Porsche,
technical automobile designer and auto executive[16] - "Fingers" = Shiro Nakamura, car designer[17][18]
G[edit]
H[edit]
- "Dr. Hammer" = Ron Covell, customizer[19]
- "Handy Hans" = Hans G. Lehmann, Espionage photographer[20]
I[edit]
- "Isky"= Ed Iskenderian, engine builder[21]
J[edit]
- "Jake"= Jim Jacobs, customizer[22]
- "Japanese Henry Ford"= Soichiro Honda, engineer and industrialist[23][24]
K[edit]
L[edit]
- "Lil John" = John Buttera, customizer[25][26]
M[edit]
- "Magoo" = Dick Megugerac, customizer[27]
- "Meister" = Hiromu Naruse, chief test driver and chief test engineer[28]
- "Mr. Corvette" =
- John Greenwood, tuner[29]
- Dick Guldstrand, engineer[30]
- Mike Yager, auto parts entrepreneur[31]
- John Greenwood,
- "Mr. Fix It" = Carlos Ghosn, auto executive[32][note 6]
- "Mr. K" = Yutaka Katayama, auto executive[15]
- "Mr. Skyline" (ミスタースカイライン) = Shinichiro Sakurai, engineer[33]
N[edit]
- "Nuccio" = Giuseppe Bertone,
car designer[34][35]
O[edit]
- "Okachan" (Japanese:岡ちゃん) = Kazuyoshi Okamura, Tuning garage shop owner and mechanic[36]
P[edit]
- "Pinin" = Battista Farina, car designer[37][38][note 7]
- "Posie" = Ken Fenical, customizer[39]
- "Prototype hunter" = Hans G. Lehmann, Espionage photographer[5]
Q[edit]
R[edit]
S[edit]
- "Smokey" = Kazuhiko Nagata, car tuner and tuning shop owner[40][41]
T[edit]
U[edit]
V[edit]
- "Von Dutch" = Kenny Howard, custom car painter[42]
W[edit]
X[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
Collective[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Given due to his ruthless cost cutting ways.
- ^ Regarded as a father because of his initial interest and input into the project.
- ^ Responsible for the development that led to the first pony car.
- ^ Credited by Car & Driver magazine in 1980, has since been widely disputed.
- ^ Responsible for the market research of Nissan's sports car for the American market that led to the Z-car and its subsequent successes spanning four decades. Nickname is commonly honored by enthusiasts of the car.
- ^ Given due to his decisions that saved debt ridden Nissan from bankruptcy.
- ^ Nicknamed due to his status in the family and physical size.
References[edit]
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=dGAcUTBWd3EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Big+Daddy+%22Ed+Roth%22&source=bl&ots=tTS7gNgj77&sig=Ctov5HEiT9i4CNJbJ3m3QKVuA_g&hl=en&ei=adR8TKWjH4Pc4gaXj8SlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=17&ved=0CFMQ6AEwEA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ "70. születésnapját ünnepli Ferdinand Alexander Porsche". M1 (Hungarian State Television) (in Hungarian). 2005. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=paeyN79nV90C&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=Ed+%22The+Camfather%22+Iskenderian&source=bl&ots=rHJjnfgSko&sig=LXwv89ACFgvRl4A1topkJnkyYNg&hl=en&ei=O75TTt6ECoe08QOF_rT0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBQ
- ^ http://www.wickedquick.com/2011/02/wq-meets-the-camfather/
- ^ a b c "Exclusive Hans G. Lehmann Interview: First Ever Interview Of A Spy Photographer". Auto Motto. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mVd9dkLuJ4UC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=Carlos+%22Le+Cost+Cutter%22+Ghosn&source=bl&ots=P9qhwWUYhM&sig=-V1wsfUeBSCZadF3S7uGcyhopa8&hl=en
- ^ http://books.google.ca/books?id=kfjZRwc0GrIC&pg=PA102&dq=jim+%22jake%22+jacobs&hl=en&ei=TTtUTr3VOMemqAGs2cB7&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dirty%20Doug&f=false
- ^ http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/features/0106vwt_people/index.html
- ^ Burton, Jerry (2002). "Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette (Chevrolet)". New York: Bentley Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 0837608589.
- ^ http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Barrett-Jackson-1050565.html
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/05/17/60II/main47539.shtml
- ^ http://www.2009gtr.com/2011/01/father-of-nissan-skyline-dies-at-81.html
- ^ http://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/models/vintage/albrecht_von_goertz.htm
- ^ http://webspace.webring.com/people/jf/firstgenerationzs/historyofthedatsun240Z.htm
- ^ a b http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3828/is_199812/ai_n8820575/
- ^ Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche: le plus grand des petits constructeurs
- ^ http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/REPORTS/2011/05/110526.html
- ^ http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2010/04/shiro-nakamura
- ^ http://www.blastolene.com/blastolene_story.htm
- ^ "2009 Chevrolet Camaro Fleet Caught in Australia - 09 Camaro". Jalopnik. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ujMIXXdfWF0C&pg=PA123&dq=Isky&hl=en&ei=YjlUTqfuDsriqgHI_418&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Isky%20Iskendarian&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.ca/books?id=kfjZRwc0GrIC&pg=PA102&dq=jim+%22jake%22+jacobs&hl=en&ei=TTtUTr3VOMemqAGs2cB7&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=jim%20%22jake%22%20jacobs&f=false
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19821216&id=JuohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T2gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859,434183
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078311,00.html
- ^ http://www.hotrod.com/whereitbegan/hrdp_0803w_lil_john_buttera_death/index.html
- ^ http://jalopnik.com/363084/lil-john-buttera-funny-car-legend-dead-at-67
- ^ http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/1004sr_1963_chevy_impala_700_r4_overdrive_automatic/index.html
- ^ Seat Time with Hiromu Naruse — Autoblog
- ^ http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/chevrolet-corvette-super-corvette
- ^ http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/corvette/mr-corvette-dick-guldstrand/
- ^ http://www.lsxtv.com/news/interview-with-mr-corvette-mike-yager/
- ^ Fonda, Daren (2003-05-19). "Motor Trends: Le Cost Killer". Time.
- ^ http://www.lenz-er.com/na/corporate/adviser.html
- ^ http://www.speedace.info/bertone.htm
- ^ http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/bertone2003.htm
- ^ http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008/07/21/cars-of-gt-gt-d1gp-2008-wip.aspx
- ^ http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=3498
- ^ http://aphnetworks.com/reviews/simpletech_portable_pininfarina
- ^ Rod Action, 2/85, p.5.
- ^ Japanese Nostalgic Car - 1975 Toyota Celica 2000GT LB
- ^ http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/04/27/interview-gt-gt-smoky-nagata.aspx
- ^ http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100808/LIVING/708089925