Development and Prospect of the Panel of Automobile

According to review the development history of the panel of the automobile,based on the development of the automobile design style and the design idea,there were four development periods of the panel shape,they are the birth period,streamline shape period,the popular shape period and the present day shape period.Then the structure character of the panel was analyzed during the four periods in the points of ergonomics,formative arts,chromatics and material.At the last,the changing rules of the panel's function,structure,color and material were concluded and these would be very useful to design the future panel of the automobile.