Peter Stevens

Who is Peter Stevens?

Professor Peter Stevens is a British car designer. He is one of the UK’s best-known and most sought-after international transportation and product designers.

Professor Peter Stevens’ focus is on creating visually pleasing, light, safe, fuel efficient vehicles, articulating the design process around aerodynamics and the development of innovative materials.

Having worked as a design consultant and tutor for the Royal College of Art Vehicle Design department for his early career, from his collaboration with Imperial College emerged a radical design process which prioritised aerodynamic efficiency from a project’s inception. Using this technique, Stevens’ benchmark design, the McLaren F1 road car, marked a paradigmatic shift in high performance automotive design. It was produced between 1993 and 1997 and remains an influential and acclaimed design.

Stevens developed his research into lightweight materials and aerodynamics through the 1990s and into 2012. Outputs, incorporating his research outcomes, are evidenced by a prolific personal portfolio of race-winning and mass-market vehicles, were developed in collaboration with industry and under non-disclosure agreements.

Innovative, lower cost composite panels, developed in association with Gurit, were first used in the Stevens-designed MG SV medium volume, high performance vehicle in 2002.