French auto parts supplier Faurecia shamed the rest of a pretty blah field at this year’s Los Angeles car show with their re-imagining of a classic Czech car design – the Tatra 602 of the 1960′s and 70′s. The Tatra was an iron curtain gem — the Czechs had the most advanced design and production [...]
“Race ya whore-san…”Toyota unveiled their Professor X -esque i-Real concept at the show that keeps on giving, The Tokyo Motor Show, yesterday. This motorized contrivance/deathtrap can apparently reach speeds of 30 MPH + all while making you look like an invalid supervillian. What they should really do is widen that sucker out for the American [...]
I know some readers have been impatient with my exploration of the outer reaches of automotive design but seriously, step off. The confluence of art and engineering that goes into planning something that is both useful and inspirational makes automotive design on par with architecture as one of the great pursuits of our age. So [...]
Honda unveiled it’s PUYO concept today and they are ready to take on all comers in the Tokyo Motor show weirdstakes. See, Puyo is clothed in a gel-based soft skin. Oh yeah, and it glows in the dark. Honda says that “‘PUYO‘ is a Japanese onomatopoeia that expresses the sensation of touching the vehicle’s soft [...]
Nissan previews their PIVA 2 concept today and they did not disappoint in the weirdness or WTF??? categories. This is a car whose body can rotate 360 degrees and features a talking robot monkey head in the dashboard. No word yet on whether it has a five-wish monkey’s paw transmission. Nissan calls this freaky bionic [...]
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