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2011 Cadillac Ciel Concept

GM’s ‘Secret’ Design Center Showcased On Jay Leno’s Garage: Video

General Motors’s Advanced Design Studio is located at a secret location somewhere in southern California, and over the past decade or so the studio has been responsible for the look of many of GM’s cars you see on the roads today--in the U.S. and overseas. The studio’s most recent...

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2012 BMW 3-Series Sedan Sport Line

Most Beautiful Cars Of The Year? We Hope It's Inner Beauty

There can be few things more subjective than automotive beauty. As the saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison. That being the case, we think we might just have... November 23, 2011 by 


 
2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class technology preview

More Details On 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL’s New Technology

UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. We recently gave you a taste of some of the technical highlights of the... November 23, 2011 by 


 
Smart 341 Parkour concept

Smart 341 Parkour Concept Wins 2011 L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge

Annie and her Smart 341 Parkour Concept have taken top honors at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, which this year focused on the theme of... November 23, 2011 by 


 
Smart 341 Parkour concept

Smart 341 Parkour Wins Los Angeles Design Challenge 2011

Whatever you think of the Smart brand and its diminutive two-seater city cars you have to commend its bold, fresh take on modern motoring. It's easy to get the impression... November 22, 2011 by 


 
2013 Lincoln MKS

Lincoln Tells The Tale of the New Era Of Car Design: Video

The transformation of the car design industry--from the times that icons were born from doodles to the computer-centric times of today--is too extensive a topic to cover in a... November 22, 2011 by 


 
2010 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

Legendary Ferrari Designer Sergio Scaglietti Dies Aged 91

Legendary Ferrari designer and coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti passed away at the age of 91 late yesterday at his home in Modena, Italy. While in the modern era his name was... November 21, 2011 by 


 
Porsche Design Tower rendering

Porsche Design Collaborates On Luxury Miami Car-Elevator Condo

Imagine: a sleek, elegant condominium building on the Miami oceanfront, equipped with all the conveniences modern life can afford, plus a glass elevator--where your car... November 18, 2011 by 


 
BMW i8 Concept

Luxury Gets Light: BMW Takes Stake In Carbon Fiber Maker SGL

BMW today announced it has taken a 15.16 percent stake in SGL Carbon SE, a leading manufacturer of carbon fiber and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). This move should... November 18, 2011 by 


 
Volvo's design sketches for the 2014 Volvo XC90

Volvo Ponders The Design Of The Next XC90

In dog years, the current Volvo XC90 is approaching retirement age, which makes it positively ancient in the automotive world. Launched in 2002 as a 2003 model, Volvo’s... November 17, 2011 by 


 
Chris Bangle

Polarizing Designer Chris Bangle To Get Lifetime Achievement Award

Whether you love the work of Chris Bangle or hate it, this much is clear: after a career in the automotive industry spanning 28 years, it’s awfully hard to ignore the... November 15, 2011 by 


 
Custom Concepts retro 911 kit, designed by Bo Zoland. Image: Zoland Design

Bo Zoland Imagines A Retro Porsche 911

Bo Zoland is best known for his designs at Vizualtech, which include the lust-worthy Growler E concept and the modernized 1968 Saab 96. Zoland is at it again, this time... November 10, 2011 by 


 
Liviu Tudoran's "Apple iMove" design study

The iMove: If Apple Designed Cars... (Video)

We've speculated before that if technology giant Apple were to build a car, then licencing Gordon Murray's aptly-named iStream process would be a good place to start, with no... November 7, 2011 by 


 
Subaru Horizon Concept - 2011 LA Auto Show Design Challenge

2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge Preview

The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show is nearly upon, it’s just two weeks away to be exact, and in the lead up to the annual event entries for the show’s accompanying... November 1, 2011 by 


 
Porsche Design P-9981 BlackBerry smartphone

Porsche Design Unveils The Ultimate BlackBerry Smartphone

For the sophisticated executive who has everything, or the geekiest of Porsche fans, industrial design group Porsche Design together with Research In Motion (RIM), the maker... October 28, 2011 by 


 
2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG rendering

Watch An AMG Designer Pen A New Model In Time-Lapse Video

Ever wondered how automakers create those future-looking renderings of their upcoming models? As you may have guessed it’s painstaking work but this latest video from... October 26, 2011 by 


 
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