Tony Hatter
British automobile designer
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Anthony Robert Hatter (born 13 December 1954)[1] is a British automobile designer originally from Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[2]
Biography
He studied Transport Design with first design job at Opel, before moving to Porsche's style department in 1986. Hatter worked along with his up-and-coming peers Harm Lagaay and Freeman Thomas to put a mark on several iterations of Porsche's sports car design. Eventually becoming part of Porsche's executive team as Design Manager,[3] he is credited with designing the Porsche 993[4] (along with Harm Lagaay), the third generation Porsche Cayman (981 Cayman),[5] as well as working on numerous cars including the Porsche 911 GT1.[6][7] He was instrumental on adapting both the exterior and interior designs of the Porsche Carrera GT concept car, which was originally a modified Porsche 986 frame, into the production trim guise.[8] Additionally, he served as Design Manager for RSR version of the Porsche 918[9] and more recently, designed the 50th Anniversary and GT3 Touring editions of the Porsche 991.[10][11][12][13][14]