Aaron Maslin: A Retrospective

24 Oct Aaron Maslin: A Retrospective

The Fluid MotorUnion family shrunk a bit recently, as Aaron Maslin, our drafter/designer, has moved on to pursue other interests. Here’s some of what he did while with us.

The more minds you have to bounce ideas off, the better. Such was the case with Aaron; his unique approach from a background that started in architecture brought a different angle to the ideas that came out of Fluid MotorUnion. That different angle didn’t just apply to his drawings, too; they also applied to his method of going around a track. Aaron and his Fluid-sponsored Honda CBR1000RR tear it up around various tracks throughout the season. If you’re from Georgia, you should see him ripping around Barber this weekend. If you’re around us in sunny ol’ Plainfield, Illinois, you can catch him at most Sportbike Track Time events at the Autobahn.

Along with various small designs, Aaron played an integral role in designing almost every big piece we’ve created since your humble narrator took over blog operations, along with the SL65 that was in here just before I arrived. Here’s a quick rundown of some of his renderings, not necessarily in chronological order. Let’s start with the X5’s wicked styling upgrade:

Our Audi RS6 intake design (slightly modified from the production version):

The infamous meth-injected E9X velocity stacks:

The E46 M3/Z4M adjustable lower control arms:

And finally, something we haven’t shown you yet. We won’t describe it just yet (that’s for the Monday of SEMA), but you may have an idea as to what it is:

All in all, we’ve had some zany adventures with Aaron as a part of our family. As he moves on to other pastures, we wish him well, and can’t wait to see where his design prowess ends up next!