Pininfarina has been going through an especially difficult period of late, suffering from cash woes and most recently the untimely death of young CEO Andrea Pininfarina in a road accident. The storied design firm still has a future as long as Ferrari (and by extension parent company FIAT) sees value in their work. Recently they [...]
By Noah Mallin Edmund’s Inside line has listed the coolest cars coming onto the block at the upcoming Monterey Auction. The lineup this year is stellar so it’s hard to pick just one of these let alone ten. Up top is a 1957 Chrysler show car the Diablo, built by Italy’s Ghia and designed by [...]
Design Critique by Noah Mallin Pininfarina, Ferrari’s favored design house, has allowed images of the new production California hardtop to trickle out. I’ve withheld judgement for a few weeks but having seen a fair number of images I can officially pronounce it as “so-so.” Of course seeing it in the sheetmetal will be the final [...]
By Noah Mallin So this is what BMW designers come up with when nobody is around. The GINA, just unveiled (if that’s the right term) by the Bavarian company, was actually put together six years ago as an advanced design study by Chris Bangle’s team. Yes that is high tech cloth subbing for stiff body [...]
By Noah MallinI know haters — some of you love the design stuff and some of you loath it. Especially the car designs, but hold your noses because here are the best of 1968. 1) Pontiac GTO Pontiac’s 1968 GTO introduced the soft plastic-sheathed “Endura” front end, allowing for a smooth seemingly bumper-free front. This [...]
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