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Meyers Manx designer Bruce Meyers died on Feb. 19 at age 94. Meyers' dune buggy kit was a mainstay of California beach culture in the 1960s and 1970s.

Black Designers Are Reinventing Americas Most Iconic Cars Screenshot: General Motors Regardless of whether you buy the hype behind Cadillac’s upcoming EVs — the Lyriq and Celestiq — you can’t deny the ambition behind them. General Motors’ flagship is on the verge of its most dramatic reinvention in generations. And it’s happening, in part, thanks to Crystal Windham. Advertisement Windham is Cadillac’s director of interior design. She’s been at GM for 27 years, first as a design ...

Bruce Meyers, Creator of the Meyers Manx, Has Passed Away His creation became popularized as the Dune Buggy and brought off-road joy to thousands. Mark Vaughn Bruce Meyers has passed away at the age of 94, from a blood disease called myelodysplasia. Meyers was perhaps best know for the Meyers Manx, known worldwide as the Dune Buggy, which was copied for generations. He was also an off-road racer and one of a very small handful of desert rats who created what came to be known as the Baja 1000. ...

An Oil Scion Is Giving a ’60s-Era Dune Buggy a New Lease on Life Bloomberg 12/23/2020 Hannah Elliott (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The centerpiece of Phillip Sarofim’s Los Angeles home is his garage. The immaculate space holds two of the most collectible cars in the world: his Ruf CTR Yellowbird and Lancia Stratos Zero, a wedge-on-four-wheels in burnt caramelized orange. Popular Searches It’s fair to say the venture capitalist, oil scion, and former Avril Lavigne paramour ...