Saab might be skating on thin ice, but it has a solid choreographer. Design director Jason Castriota has been named one of Fast Company magazine's 100 Most Creative People in Business and appears in the third-annual ranking in its June 2011 issue. Castriota attended Boston's Emerson College, then...
The Saab 9-3 is in desperate need of a makeover, with the current model first coming onto the market in its earliest iteration back in 2002. Over the years there have been... March 14, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
At this week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show Saab unveiled its new PhoeniX concept, a preview of the automaker’s future styling direction and technologies. As stunning... March 3, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
A new battle in the car design wars broke out on the floor of the Geneva Motor Show, and CarDesignNews caught it on video. The conflict? Ex-BMW designer and notorious... March 2, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Jason Castriota's influence as the head of design at Saab is now readily apparent: the PhoeniX Concept bears all the markings of his brilliant mind. It also looks decidedly... March 1, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
This is the new 2011 Saab PhoeniX Concept, the first design penned by Saab’s recently appointed design director Jason Castriota. You may recall that Castriota was the... March 1, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has once again put the Volkswagen Group's French marque back at the top of the fastest production car charts with its recent 268-mph record... September 5, 2010 by Nelson Ireson
Who didn’t see this one coming? America’s Shelby Super Cars (SSC) will be attempting to reclaim its title of manufacturer of the world’s fastest production car now that... July 12, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Now that the 2010 Saab 9-5 has finally made production and being delivered to showrooms all across the country, attention turns to Saab’s other models, all of which are... June 22, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Giving brilliant people free rein to build their dreams has led to some of the best designs in automotive history, no small portion of which were penned by people working for... June 21, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Believe it or not but the current holder of the world land speed record for a production car is America’s very own Shelby Supercars (SSC), the manufacturer of the... March 18, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
With a hexagon-centric theme and styling that looks like it was sent back through a space-time rift from 2020, the Bertone Mantide is a new and polarizing figure in the... July 9, 2009 by Jeremy Weber
Jason Castriota and Bertone's Project M has spawned the Corvette ZR1-based Mantide supercar prototype, and love it or hate it, it's certainly an iconic design that bears... June 19, 2009 by Ralph Hanson
With a hexagon-centric theme and styling that looks like it was sent back through a space-time rift from 2020, the Bertone Mantide is a new and polarizing figure in the... May 4, 2009 by Ralph Hanson
Giving brilliant people free rein to build their dreams has led to some of the best designs in automotive history, no small portion of which were penned by people working for... April 20, 2009 by Jeremy Weber
Italy's place in the automotive design business is legendary, inspiring passion for cars in generations of people all around the world via cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini... November 28, 2008 by Ralph Hanson