Collectors & Aficionados
Unforgettable Car Geniuses: Paul Jaray
Paul Jaray, a visionary engineer, revolutionized automotive aerodynamics by applying airship design principles. Despite proving that streamlined cars improved speed and efficiency, his innovations were initially overlooked.
From February 20, we enter the sign of Pisces, and here is an unforgettable genius of that zodiac sign: the wizard of aerodynamics, Paul Jaray, an Austrian from Vienna born in 1889. As a young man, he wrote poetry, drew, and composed music. He became an engineer, following the avant-garde spirit of the time, which promoted a universalism where arts and sciences should unite in the name of progress.
With the end of World War I and Germany's defeat, the young engineer Paul Jaray, who had worked at Zeppelin, contributing ideas and working in the wind tunnel to optimize the efficiency of German airships, found himself without clear horizons. He decided to bring his expertise to the automobile industry.
