Design
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Ford design chief J Mays, the man who oversaw the designs of the Aston Martin DB9, Ford GT and the most recent Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, is stepping down from the top role. He also leaves his post as head of design for Lincoln. Mays, 59, is retiring after 33 years in the automotive industry, of which 16 were spent at Ford. He has also enjoyed stints at Audi, BMW and Volkswagen. Succeeding him in the top design role at the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is Moray Callum, brother of Jaguar design chief Ian Callum. Moray Callum was previously design chief for Ford’s American operations. In...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Design In Detail: VideoWatch Mercedes chief exterior designer Robert Lesnik explain all of the details of the new S-Class' design.
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Mitsubishi Previews New Design Language And Tech With Three Tokyo ConceptsMitsubishi at long last looks to be emerging from an era of acceptable yet somewhat dull product design with an exciting trio of concept cars that hint at the automaker’s future design language and technology. The three new concepts will be unveiled at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show on November 20...
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Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class Design In Detail: VideoThe Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class is easily one of the most attractive cars in the compact class, particularly in its CLA45 AMG trim, but getting the car to look as good as it does was no easy feat. The video above features the designer in charge of the CLA’s exterior, Mark Fetherston, and he...
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Reboot Buggy Is A Handbuilt Box Of Awesome: VideoThe Reboot Buggy is about as minimal as a car can get.
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White Is The Most Popular Car Color, AgainWhite is the world's most popular car color for the third year in a row.
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Honda isn’t exactly known for its bold designs but that may soon change as the automaker is introducing a new design language that’s focused on building excitement. The name of the new design language is Exciting H Design!!! (yes, there really are three exclamation points) and according to the automaker it will be applied to all future Honda-badged cars. The three exclamation marks represent three key design factors, namely High Tech, High Tension and High Touch. High Tech is representative of Honda’s claimed innovativeness, High Tension is said to represent the pursuit of...
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Designing The Jaguar Project 7: Ian Callum Explains In New VideoThe Jaguar Project 7 is a more extreme take on the elegant, sporty new F-Type. Drawing on historic Jaguar themes found in the C-Type and D-Type, the Project 7 is a real, driving car--not just a showpiece. But what went into the process, and what does it mean for Jaguar? In this video Jaguar's lead...
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Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo Luxury Yacht RevealedMercedes-Benz has demonstrated the breadth of its design capabilities by revealing a stunning luxury yacht concept at a boating event in Monaco this past weekend. The concept is called the Mercedes-Benz Arrow460 - Granturismo and it is described as the “Silver Arrow of the seas” because...
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Harley Earl Corvette Coming Up For Auction At Mecum ChicagoHarley J. Earl was the vice president of design for General Motors from 1928-1958, and while he had a hand in many great design projects during his tenure, he may be most famous for his role as the "father" of the original Chevrolet Corvette. This is Harley J. Earl's Corvette, and it's for sale...
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Chris Bangle On The Problem With Modern Car DesignsMost auto enthusiasts will be familiar with the name Chris Bangle. Much of BMW's output over the last decade has been blamed on the American automobile designer, even though few of the brand's "flame surfaced" models emerged directly from his pen. Now, Bangle has shared his opinions on the designs...
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Holden Gets New Design Chief As Former Head Moves To CadillacRichard Ferlazzo, the man responsible for 2006’s stunning Efijy concept (pictured above), has been promoted to head of design at General Motors’ Australian outpost Holden. He replaces Andrew Smith, who heads to North America to run the design team at Cadillac as part of a major shakeup...
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The Volvo Concept Coupe is here--online at least, more than a week before the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show opens its doors to the media. Hinted at last week in a video released by Volvo, the new Concept Coupe is billed as the first taste of Volvo's new styling direction--a direction that's taken a while to emerge after Volvo's acquisition by China's Geely in 2009. It's also the first public iteration of Volvo's new Scalable Product Architecture, a component set that should allow Volvo to develop a slew of new models to refill its product pipeline, beginning with the XC90 crossover replacement due...
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Ford Previews New Styling And Technology With S-Max ConceptFord is giving us a glimpse at its future styling and technology with a new MPV concept, which has been revealed today ahead of its official debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month. The vehicle carries the S-Max name and previews the next generation of the popular people mover of the same...
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Volvo To Reveal Future Styling Direction With New Concept: VideoVolvo isn’t exactly known for being a style setter but the automaker hopes to change all that. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show next month, Volvo will present a new concept it bills as the embodiment of an upcoming “transformation.” That transformation has been instigated by the...
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Local Motors Launches Rally Fighter Online Configurator: VideoLocal Motors has taken its open collaboration, local-building approach to making vehicles and made it even more fun to participate--by giving users an online configurator for its Rally Fighter off-road vehicle. The company's approach is a unique one, having designed the Rally Fighter through an...
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Lexus To Open Luxury Stores In NYC, Tokyo, DubaiCars aren't enough for Lexus any more, it seems, as the company now plans to expand into "luxury spaces" to enhance the brand's image. Lexus has announced a new string of 'Intersect By Lexus' luxury spaces where people can experience the brand "without getting behind a steering wheel". The first...
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Chevrolet SS Coupe EnvisagedThe 2014 Chevrolet SS rear-wheel-drive muscle sedan is almost here and we can’t wait to hop behind the wheel. But as most readers will know, the SS is essentially a rebadged Holden Commodore SS V already on sale in Australia, albeit with a few performance tweaks thrown in. In a previous...
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It’s been quite some time since we last heard about the newest car from Gordon Murray, designer of the McLaren F1, but we now have news that the car is slated for a market launch in 2016. Unfortunately, Murray’s latest creation isn’t a world-beating supercar but an innovative city car the South African designer and his eponymous design firm Gordon Murray Design is touting as a solution for congestion and pollution in the world’s major cities. That city car is the T25, or T27 in electric guise. For those unfamiliar with the project, it is basically a design for a new...
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Five Design Goals Of The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: VideoThe design of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is close to being an undisputed knockout, which is very impressive considering the car’s developers started with a blank sheet of paper, both for the car’s exterior as well as the platform underpinning it all. From its distinct...
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Opel Releases New Image Of Its Monza ConceptGeneral Motors’ European division Opel is preparing a new concept car for the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show inspired by its original Monza GT from the 1980s. Today, the German automaker released a new image of the concept, which is also called the Monza. The latest Monza concept is a large coupe...
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Audi Designs Futuristic Car For ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie: VideoAudi has been tasked with creating a futuristic vehicle for the upcoming movie Ender’s Game, which is due in cinemas later this year and is based on the 1985 novel of the same name. The end result is the Audi fleet shuttle quattro, pictured above, which the automaker says was designed so that...
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Mercedes-Benz Teases Its Silver Arrow Of The Seas: VideoMercedes-Benz plans to unveil a new luxury yacht concept at the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show taking place in September. Called the Silver Arrow Of The Seas, a name derived from the automaker’s long history of grand prix race cars, the new luxury yacht was penned by the automaker’s own design...
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2014 MINI Cooper Previewed By New Vision ConceptMINI has provided a not-so-subtle preview of the styling that will define its future range, by unveiling the new MINI Vision concept car, which the brand admits showcases various elements of its future design. The MINI Vision was unveiled overnight at the company’s design studio based in...
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