The car industry is back! Yay America! Yes it’s all good news and yet the premier American auto show, Detroit, felt distinctly anti-climatic. Where were the exuberant show cars of yesteryear? Um, Porsche had one. The exciting production cars? Chevy‘s new Sonic and Chrysler’s 300 were already well-previewed in advance while Hyundai’s nifty Veloster was [...]
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 [...]
By Noah Mallin Former Head BMW designer and VW/Audi designer Claus Luthe has died at age 75. His single most classic design is the NSU Ro80 from 1967, a radical rotary-engined aerodynamic sedan that became a touchstone for many automotive designs of the 1980s and 90s including much of the Ford lineup and Audi’s 100/5000.The [...]
Here are a few more of the notable designs that were on display at this year’s Geneva auto show. Nissan’s Infiniti division showed off their new FX crossover, part of a big push for the brand in Europe. The original FX was one of the original crossover vehicles, combining attributes of an SUV and a [...]
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