The recession claimed another victim this week as GM announced the shutdown of the storied Pontiac brand. Pontiac represented both the best and the worst of car design at GM over the years, evolving from a staid image in the 1950s to the so-called “excitement” brand by the early 1980s. Along the way it boosted [...]
After all is said and done the New York car show, or at least its preview days, gave a good sense of where the industry and its players are at as well as allowing me a close up look at some of this season’s most interesting designs. The overall mood was glum but tempered by [...]
Wallpaper takes users inside the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany on their website. The coolest feature? The interactive floorplan which takes you to a pic of the place you click. If you think the cars are cool (and they are) check out the building by clicking on the outside of the floorplan.
Here’s the follow-up to the predictably titled Part One of our Geneva Motor show design round-up.
The Geneva Motor show, stuck as it is in the mountainous middle of Europe, seemed like an oasis of exuberance in the midst of the worst year for the auto industry since the great depression.
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