Filed under: Hirings/Firings, FIAT
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has engineered a restructuring of the group’s styling divisions under one roof, and has recruited a top talent to head it up. Nearly two years after retiring from his post as design chief for iconic styling house Pininfarina, Lorenzo Ramaciotti will become Fiat Group’s new head of design, […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Euro, FIAT
For European customers who just can’t wait for the sportier Abarth version of Fiat’s hot-selling new 500 super-duper-mini, aftermarket supplier MS Design has got a package that could help bridge the divide. Unfortunately it’s just an appearance/aero package, but it certainly looks ready to take to the Monte Carlo rally.
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Filed under: Hyundai
Hyundai has proven to the world it can build high-quality and reliable cars that rival mainstream brands like Toyota and Chevy. Now it wants to prove it can build an iconic sports car to boost its image and say to the world that Hyundai is exciting and dynamic. Speaking at last week’s Sydney […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, SEMA, Contests, Nissan
Nissan’s got the right idea when it comes to sussing out what young urban car buyers want: ask them. It’s more than just a focus group, though. Nissan actually worked with 18 New York teenagers to educate them about the car design process and how to spot trends. The […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Spyker
Spyker was looking like a bright young protégé for a while. It had some great ideas, a beautiful vision for the future and unstoppable ambition. Then it finished school and stepped out in the real world, ran out of money, had to cancel some of its more expensive plans, take some […]
Filed under: Trends, Etc., Ford
Rather than have disparate design wings flung across the globe, all speaking in a different tongue, Ford’s tasking J Mays with teaching everyone the design equivalent of Esperanto. The new, unified, global design language will replace the “Kinetic Design” that Ford of Europe employs, as well as superseding the “Bold American” […]
Filed under: Gadgets, Etc., Toys
From time to time we’ve all been tempted to purchase that fake diploma from the endlessly circulating email, right? The last time I checked, though, they weren’t offering fake certificates from the Art Center College of Design, or the Academy of Art University. If you still held onto the dream of […]
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Euro, Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, Aston Martin
Aston Martins rank highly among the most beautiful cars on the road. Granted, they all look pretty much the same - evolutions on a common theme that has ranged from the DB7 through to the upcoming production Rapide four-door - but each one is a study in elegance […]
Filed under: Gadgets, Etc., Euro, Porsche
If you live in a snowy, wintry climate, Porsche has no shortage of options available to you. Between the 911 Carrera 4 and the Cayenne sport-utility, there’s no reason you should get stuck in the snow. But if your choice ride from Stuttgart is, say, a Boxster, or you just […]
