Design
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Joey Ruiter's A/T Untamed concept puts a new spin on the Dodge Challenger.
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Ian Callum's Jaguar Mark 2 Finally Revealed: Video
Ian Callum has been responsible for some of the most beautiful cars on the roads over the last few decades, but the Jaguar and former Aston Martin designer has a healthy appreciation for the brand's back-catalogs, too. For Callum, as with many Jaguar fans, the Mark 2 of 1959 to 1967 is a particular...
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More Aggressive Look For Nissan’s IDx-Based Sports Car
Shortly after the unveiling of the IDx Freeflow and IDx NISMO concept cars at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer said the concepts turned out to be such a hit that senior execs were already mulling which version to put into production, and that Nissan...
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Students Show Off BMW Deep Orange Pickup Concept
BMW has never built a production pickup truck, even if it's pulled the occasional April Fools prank with a pickup-bodied M3. But students from its U.S. design department and Clemson University in South Carolina have gotten close with their latest concept, BMW Deep Orange 4. DON'T MISS: 2015 Dodge...
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Are Changeable Interior Colors The Future Of Car Personalization?
Johnson Controls is experimenting with color-changing plastics for future car interiors.
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Get Your Kicks With The Fiat 500L Vans Concept
Fiat unveils a 500L concept designed for surfers.
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Golf balls and cars don’t often have more in common than whether there’s room for a couple of bags in the trunk. But that may soon change. A new technology from a research lab at MIT—called Smorphs—could put a set of dynamic dimples on the exterior of a car to improve its surface aerodynamics, making it slipperier, and therefore faster. ALSO SEE: 2016 Acura NSX Burns To The Ground During 'Ring Testing Spearheaded by Pedro Reis, a mechanical engineer and researcher at MIT, the Smorphs (short for “smart, morphable surface”) are the demonstration of the...
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Stile Bertone Declared Bankrupt, Assets Go Up For Sale
Italy's Bertone, established in 1912 as a coachbuilder, has been hit hard by financial strife in the past decade, with the company forced to end its vehicle manufacturing operations following the financial crisis of 2008 and split off its Stile Bertone design house. Unfortunately, Stile Bertone has...
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Aston Martin's Vision Gran Turismo Concept Is The DP-100: Video
The latest automaker to reveal a striking concept for the Gran Turismo video game series' 15th anniversary celebration is none other than Aston Martin, which itself celebrated a major anniversary only last year: its centenary. Aston Martin’s new concept is the Design Prototype 100 (DP-100)...
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"Dream Cars" Exhibit Brings Classic Design To Atlanta
Forward-looking automotive designs populate a new exhibit at Atlanta's High Museum of Art.
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Are Car Tattoos The Next Big Trend?
For some people, there's nothing better than seeing an inked guy or gal walking down the street. To them, the body is a canvas, ready to accept the work of a needle-wielding artisan in exchange for a fistful of cash and a few hours of pain. But how about a tattooed car? MUST SEE: Dubai Police Cars...
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Toyota Thinks Hover Cars Might Be A Thing
If you asked a guy in the 1960s what he thought we'd be driving today, he'd probably think about what he'd seen in a popular TV science-fiction show of the time and say "a hover car". But 1960s guy would probably be a little disappointed that what people are actually driving are cars that look a...
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Local Motors will print a car based on the winning design at the International Manufacturing Technology Show this fall.
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Designing The Lincoln MKX Concept: Video
Lincoln’s lineup of late hasn’t really set hearts racing, especially when it comes to the design of the cars, but that’s starting to change with the introduction of some very stylish products such as the latest MKZ sedan and new MKC crossover. In the video above, Lincoln designers...
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Lexus Aimed For Best-In-Class Dynamics When Designing The 2015 NX: Video
It's quite common for automakers to buy examples of competitors' vehicles for benchmarking when they're developing new cars. Only a foolish company would ignore when others are onto a good thing—such as the luxury compact crossover market, populated by BMWs, Audis and Mercedes-Benzes. Lexus...
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Bentley Designers Discuss 'Intelligent' Details: Video
Bentley's head designers look at the details of the Mulsanne sedan in New York City.
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Volkswagen Invites Design Students To Pen New Concept Car
It’s not uncommon to find stunning car designs on the internet that have been penned by students knowledgeable in the use of popular CAD software. Unfortunately, most of these designs will never be adopted by a major automaker but that may soon change thanks to Volkswagen. Between now and...
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2015 Corvette Stingray Gets New Atlantic & Pacific Design Packages
The Chevy Corvette Stingray has moved from its debut to the new 2015 Z06, including the first Z06 convertible, riding a wave of enthusiasm and excitement. Now, those who want their Corvette to look as good as it runs will have a new pair of design packages to choose from: Atlantic and Pacific. So...
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The Equus Bass 770 stunned us with its chimeric look, monster performance, and $250,000 price tag when it was unveiled last year. There's more technology and design than meets the eye with the Bass 770. ALSO SEE: Hear The $3.4 Million Lykan Hypersport Start & Drive: Video Among the many processes used to develop and build the parts of the Bass 770, including carbon fiber work for the body, Equus contracted its 3D printing work to Solid Concepts. Far from a simple shift knob or some buttons, the Bass 770's entire dash and many other components were first developed by 3D printing. Once a...
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Jeep Unveils Four New Design Concepts At 2014 Beijing Auto Show
The Jeep brand has been on a roll of late, pushing out new models at a rapid pace, though the controversial design of vehicles like the Cherokee and Renegade has some questioning the brand's direction. Jeep is committed to its path, however, and at this year's Beijing Auto Show, it's parading four...
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Next-Gen Mazda MX-5 To Sport Radical New Look: Report
This year marks the 25th year of Mazda's evergreen MX-5 sports car. It's been a huge success story for the Japanese automaker--over 900,000 units have been produced over the past 25 years, across three generations of car--a much longer shelf life than most vehicles in the industry. The car's 26th...
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Ford Quietly Appoints New Design Chief For Lincoln
Australian designer Max Wolff has been dropped from the lead design role at Lincoln, with British designer David Woodhouse serving as his successor. Wolff, who left Cadillac four years ago to join Lincoln and is credited with the designs of the MKZ and MKC, will serve as chief of exterior design at...
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Audi TT Exhibition: The History Of Audi's Iconic Coupe
These days, launching a production car that looks just like the concept that spawned it isn't anything special. Car designs are finalized so far in advance that usually, concept cars are just tweaked versions of actual production vehicles hitting the streets further down the line. MUST WATCH...
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Ugur Sahin Reveals Ferrari 458-Based Project F Design Study
Legendary Italian design house Pininfarina stunned the world back in 2006 when it revealed the P4/5 supercar commissioned by James Glickenhaus. In coachbuilding tradition, a bespoke body was designed to fit an existing chassis for the P4/5, in this case one from a Ferrari Enzo, with the end result...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran