{"id":220881,"date":"2025-09-24T05:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.canadamotorjobs.com\/?p=220881"},"modified":"2025-09-24T05:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:45:33","slug":"deces-de-tom-matano-le-pere-de-la-mazda-miata-a-76-ans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.canadamotorjobs.com\/fr\/deces-de-tom-matano-le-pere-de-la-mazda-miata-a-76-ans\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9c\u00e8s de Tom Matano, le \u00ab p\u00e8re \u00bb de la Mazda Miata, \u00e0 76 ans"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Une figure marquante du design automobile<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tsutomu \u00ab Tom \u00bb Matano, designer de renom derri\u00e8re des mod\u00e8les embl\u00e9matiques de Mazda comme la Miata et la RX-7 FD, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 20 septembre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 76 ans. Surnomm\u00e9 par les passionn\u00e9s le \u00ab p\u00e8re de la Miata \u00bb, il a marqu\u00e9 l\u2019histoire de l\u2019automobile avec son approche unique et humaine du design.<\/p>\n

Un parcours international exceptionnel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Originaire du Japon, Matano a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me en ing\u00e9nierie \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Seikei de Tokyo en 1969, avant de poursuivre ses \u00e9tudes de design en Californie \u00e0 l\u2019Art Center College of Design de Pasadena. Sa carri\u00e8re l\u2019a ensuite men\u00e9 chez General Motors en 1974, puis chez Holden en Australie, o\u00f9 il a travaill\u00e9 sur les livr\u00e9es des voitures de course de la marque. Il a \u00e9galement rejoint BMW \u00e0 Munich, o\u00f9 il a contribu\u00e9 au d\u00e9veloppement de la S\u00e9rie 3 E36.<\/p>\n

L\u2019empreinte ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile chez Mazda<\/strong><\/p>\n

C’est toutefois chez Mazda que Tom Matano s\u2019est v\u00e9ritablement impos\u00e9. Entr\u00e9 en 1983 comme directeur du design pour Mazda Am\u00e9rique du Nord, il a rapidement gravi les \u00e9chelons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 diriger l\u2019\u00e9quipe mondiale de design. Sous sa direction, Mazda a lanc\u00e9 plusieurs de ses mod\u00e8les les plus iconiques : les Miata NA et NB ainsi que la RX-7 FD. Son influence s\u2019est prolong\u00e9e jusqu\u2019en 2002, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 il a quitt\u00e9 l’entreprise pour devenir directeur ex\u00e9cutif de l\u2019\u00c9cole de design industriel de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des arts de San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Un h\u00e9ritage intemporel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Au-del\u00e0 de ses cr\u00e9ations, Matano restera dans les m\u00e9moires pour son implication aupr\u00e8s des passionn\u00e9s et des \u00e9tudiants. Pr\u00e9sent dans de nombreux \u00e9v\u00e9nements automobiles, il prenait plaisir \u00e0 \u00e9changer avec les amateurs de Miata et \u00e0 inspirer la rel\u00e8ve du design automobile.<\/p>\n

Dans une entrevue en 2023 au magazine Auto & Design, Tom Matano r\u00e9sumait sa philosophie ainsi : \u00ab Le design doit partir de l\u2019humain et r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ses v\u00e9ritables besoins, avec chaleur et empathie. […] Quand j\u2019ai dessin\u00e9 la RX-7 FD, je voulais une carrosserie athl\u00e9tique mais douce, qui inspire de l\u2019affection. C\u2019est \u00e7a, l\u2019intention du design : ne jamais perdre ce lien. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Tom Matano laisse derri\u00e8re lui un h\u00e9ritage ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile, celui d\u2019avoir con\u00e7u non seulement des voitures iconiques, mais surtout des exp\u00e9riences de conduite qui suscitent \u00e9motion et passion.<\/p>\n

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