Design

Do you like coach-built machines? How about rare bits of automotive history? Have we got the car for you then. It's called the Bentley Continental GTZ, and the Z stands for Zagato. That would be Milanese design house Zagato, which transformed a 2006 Bentley Continental GT into the car you see...

BMW has established a new partnership with legendary Italian design house Pininfarina, the company responsible for some of the greatest performance cars the world has ever known and an expert in elegance and proportion. To mark the start of the partnership, the German automaker commissioned the...

Funky-hot and retro-modern, the Carrozzeria Touring Superlegerra Alfa Romeo 8C Disco Volante channels the best of the classic Italian coachbuilding ethos, but filters it through a modern lens. The result is breathtaking. Fortunately it sounds the part, too. Filmed at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa...

The BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe has made its official debut at the 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este and we now have the first video footage of the striking concept. The video highlights many sumptuous details of the design, such as its complex mesh pattern over the lower intakes...

This weekend is the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Northern Italy and BMW will be out in force with two concepts, the Concept Ninety motorcycle celebrating the 90th anniversary of its Motorrad division and the lavish yet somewhat restrained Gran Lusso Coupe. BMW...

Aston Martin has released full details for its CC100 Speedster based on the V12 Vantage, following the striking concept’s debut at the Nürburgring 24 Hours this weekend where the automaker is competing. The concept was created in celebration of Aston Martin’s centenary this year...

BMW has established a new partnership with legendary Italian design house Pininfarina, the company responsible for some of the greatest performance cars the world has ever known and an expert in elegance and proportion. To mark the new partnership, the German automaker has commissioned a new coupe...

Lamborghini has long been known for its extreme approach to design. Usually those designs are not just striking, but beautiful as well. Usually. Here we have the Egoista, apparently designed to echo the look and feel of an open-cockpit formula car as viewed through a kaleidoscope. Unveiled during...

Infiniti has appointed American designer Alfonso Albaisa as its new global design director, a new position that will see him shape all future Infiniti production models and concepts. Albaisa, who is 48 and of Cuban descent, will be leading a team of designers based at Infiniti’s central...

Earlier this month, Lexus released a mysterious teaser video along with the message that it was “bringing motion to life.” It turns out that simply meant a series of obscure design events as well as a new global advertising campaign starting next month that will center on the theme...

Subaru has been telling us for a while that the next-generation WRX will not be just a hopped up Impreza, and it used the 2013 New York Auto Show to give us our first glimpse of this with the WRX Concept. While we've spied the next-generation Subaru WRX undergoing testing, the WRX Concept gives us...

Whether you’re a fan of the new crossover coupes that have been trickling onto the market since the introduction of the BMW X6 back in 2008, you had better get used to seeing them on the roads as a handful of automakers are working on new versions of their own. In the case of BMW, it’s...

Whether you’re a fan of BMW’s latest designs or not, there’s no denying the look of the automaker’s vehicles are still making a major impact on the industry, even in this post-Bangle era. Only yesterday we were given a preview of an upcoming BMW model, the X4 crossover, or...

Though the Seoul Motor Show may not draw the same attention as the (simultaneous) New York Auto Show, it’s still an important home market event for Korean automaker Kia. On Monday, we brought you a teaser image of the brand’s latest concept, the Kia Cub four-door coupe, set to be...

Coinciding with this week’s festivities in New York is the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in Korea, where the stunning new HND-9 coupe concept from Hyundai made its debut. After a brief preview last week, Hyundai has now revealed the full details for the HND-9, which the automaker has...

After recent turbulence, legendary Italian design house Pininfarina has posted its first profit since 2004. From a loss of 11.5 million euros ($14.8 million) in 2011, the company has posted a profit of 32.9 million euros ($42.3 million) for 2012, thanks mostly to a one-time gain. Over the years...

On May 25, MINI will be supporting the Life Ball AIDS charity event for the 13th consecutive year, with a MINI Paceman created especially for the event by designer Roberto Cavalli. Cavalli joins such past notable designers as Franca Sozzani (2012); DSQUARED² (2011); Diane von Furstenberg...

The car you see above is the Jason Castriota-penned Saab 9-3--or at least what it would have looked like, had it been built. This is the car that--ostensibly--would have saved the marque, had it survived to see it built. Instead, Saab went bankrupt in December 2011, and the company we once knew and...

One of the most anticipated cars of the coming year is the 2015 Ford Mustang, the sixth generation of the iconic muscle car and the first to be sold in global markets. Pictured above is just some of a handful of photos sourced by enthusiast site Mustang 6G that are alleged to depict clay models for...

Italian coachbuilder and design house Icona, a company founded in 2010 but with links to the auto industry that date back much further in time, has revealed the first image of a new V-12 supercar concept it plans to unveil at next month’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The new supercar, which is...