Car Engineer of the Century Car Engineer of the Century The Car Engineer of the Century was an international award given to the most influential car engineer of the twentieth century. The election process was overseen by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation. The winner, Ferdinand Porsche, was announced at an awards gala on December 18, 1999 in Las Vegas. The process for deciding the "Car Engineer of the Century" started with the list of candidates below. The next step was for a jury of 132 professional automotive journalists, from 33 different countries, under the presidency of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, to reduce the list to
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