page_title: Albrecht von Goertz
section_title: Other car designs
hierarchical_section_title: Albrecht von Goertz / Other car designs
context_page_description: Albrecht Graf von Schlitz genannt von Goertz von Wrisberg was a German industrial designer who designed cars for BMW including the BMW 503 and BMW 507. He also was an early contributor to the design of the legendary Toyota 2000GT.
context_section_description: Goertz claimed that he worked for Porsche, although this 'work' seems to have been an unsolicited 'design' submission for the 901, which was rejected. However he was employed as a consultant to Nissan - visiting the factory intermittently over a limited period, mainly to instruct in full-size clay modelling. He also carried out consultation work on a two-seater sports car project for Nissan, called the Datsun Coupe 1500 in prototype and debuted as the Nissan Silvia CSP311). Goertz then worked with Nissan, in collaboration with company technical partner Yamaha Motor Company, to develop a world-class sports car.  By the time the prototype was ready for display in 1965, Nissan had abandoned the project, leaving partner Yamaha to offer the car to Toyota, then perceived as the most conservative of the Japanese car manufacturers. Looking to add its own touch to what became the iconic 2000GT, Toyota tasked designer Satoru Nozaki to finalize the car’s narrow-waisted shape, clearly influenced by British and Italian gran turismo designs of the day.
  Von Goertz's last design was a grand piano for Steinway & Sons to celebrate the 125th anniversary of their Hamburg factory.
caption: The Japanese stereotype-shattering Toyota 2000GT gran turismo
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