Simon Cox (car designer)

Simon Cox is a British car designer known for the Isuzu Vehicross, Cadillac Cien, Cadillac Converj, and the Opel Speedster.

He was sponsored by Ford Motor Company while at the RCA, but he elected to move to Lotus where he set up a new design studio with Peter Stevens. At Lotus he began producing several Lotus designs including the Lotus Esprit, Lotus Elan and Isuzu 4200R concept launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1988. He then moved to Isuzu establishing a UK based design studio. Cox first came to notice in 1993 as creator of the left-field Isuzu Vehicross concept in 1995, this was followed by the Isuzu VX2 and the Isuzu Deseo Concepts.

Cox worked subsequently established another UK based Advanced Design studio for General Motors and operated as the Design Director.. Here, the Cadillac Converj was created. This car was awarded the Design Excellence prize in the concept car category at the 2009 EyesOn Design Awards.

More recently, he has designed for McLaren and joined Infiniti, a Japanese luxury vehicle division, creating a new Advanced Design studio in Paddington, London, UK. An automotive design career with companies such as Peugeot, Ford Motor Company, Lotus Engineering, Isuzu Motors, Porsche and General Motors.

Designer for Ligier JSP4 revealed at Le Mans 2017.

Designer for Revolution race car November 2018.

Simon Goodyear-Cox. MA MDES RCA FRSA FHEA. Assistant Professor in Transport Design at Coventry University, UK. September 2016.