Design

Movie producer James Glickenhaus has a thing for Ferraris, but doesn’t necessarily want an off-the-rack product. In 2006, Glickenhaus unveiled the Ferrari P4/5, a one-off supercar that used Ferrari Enzo mechanicals in a body penned by Pininfarina. The P4/5 was meant as a homage to racing...

If you’ve ever had the luxury of ordering a new Porsche model from the factory, you understand what a daunting task this can be. Like many other high-end sports and luxury cars, most Porsche models come with the potential for a dizzying array of configurations and options. Some buyers still...

One of the standouts of the recent 2013 Geneva Motor Show was the Pininfarina Sergio speedster based on the running gear of a Ferrari 458 Spider. Unfortunately, the Sergio was built purely as a one-off showpiece honoring the late patriarch of the Italian design firm that shares his name. That may...

Volvo has pulled off a major coup by hiring the man responsible for designing the interiors of cars like the Bentley Continental and Mulsanne. Bentley’s head of interior design, Robin Page, has confirmed he’s joining Volvo to head up the interior design department at the Swedish...

The man responsible for the design of stunning cars like the new Jaguar F-Type and the original Aston Martin Vanquish, Ian Callum, like many in the industry, has an appreciation for the cars of yesteryear. Many classic cars have a purity that’s often hard to find in modern cars, and for a...

The LaFerrari supercar that debuted this week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show is the first Ferrari road car to be styled exclusively by the automaker’s own designers. This ends the tradition of Pininfarina designing Ferrari’s models, which dates back to 1951. Only a handful of...

One of the highlights of this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show turned out to be Pininfarina’s new Sergio concept car, which was built not only to showcase the latest trends and talents of the Italian design house but to also honor its late patriarch Sergio Pininfarina. The Sergio concept...

Italian design firm Italdesign Giugiaro is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion has unveiled the striking Parcour concept car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show this week. Parcour, of course, more commonly referred to as Parkour, is the French sport of traversing ground...

A stunning barchetta has been revealed by Italian design house Pininfarina on the eve of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The car is a one-off concept created to honor the late Sergio Pininfarina and is believed to be based on a current Ferrari, most likely the 458 Italia. It is named after him and is...

At next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Bertone will show off its striking Jet 2+2 concept car, which was commissioned by a car collector in the UK and marks 60 years of collaboration between the Italian design house and British automaker Aston Martin. The new Jet 2+2 concept is essentially a...

What do you get when you cross the engine and mechanicals of a Dodge Viper with a hand-built carbon fiber body designed by Zagato? The answer, oddly enough, is a car with an Alfa Romeo badge on its stunning hood: the Alfa Romeo Zagato Stradale TZ3. Originally shown as a concept honoring 100 years...

Few people will have heard of Swiss sports car manufacturer Sbarro, and we bet even fewer will have heard of the company’s industrial design school, Espera Sbarro. Each year at the Geneva Motor Show, Espera Sbarro students typically unveil new concepts showcasing their talents. One of the...

After designing Porsches in Germany for the past 15 years, 47-year-old Hakan Saracoglu will head to Shanghai, China to lead a new design studio for state-owned automaker Chery. Saracoglu, who during his tenure at Porsche helped style models like the upcoming 918 Spyder as well as the latest Cayman...

Fiat, like MINI, knows that that buyers of its 500 Abarth models want to personalize their rides. Unlike MINI, which specializes in primarily cosmetic changes, Abarth has launched a program that gives customers an even broader-scope upgrade and customization path. Introduced at last...

The upcoming Cadillac ELR extended-range electric coupe will be a halo car in more ways than one for GM’s premium brand. Its primary mission is to carry the Voltec powertrain torch into an entirely new segment than the existing Chevrolet Volt, but doing so requires a new level of interior...

At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, design house Bertone stunned the crowds with its futuristic Nuccio concept, named for legendary automotive designer Guiseppe “Nuccio” Bertone. Billed as an “extreme” mid-engined berlinetta sports car, its radical lines and...

A few weeks ago we brought you some blurry renderings of a car that was destined to be Saab’s next-generation 9-3, had the Swedish automaker not gone bankrupt and its remnants sold off to the highest bidder. Now photos of the actual car, well, a pre-production prototype, have hit the Web. You...

The 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is set to take place on Sunday, March 10, and we’ve seen enough of the featured cars to know that founder Bill Warner will be producing another exceptional event. One of the more influential cars to be displayed this year is Edsel...

One of the most intriguing cars at last year’s Geneva Motor Show was a modern interpretation of the 1952 Alfa Romeo C52 Disco Volante, originally crafted by a firm called Carrozzeria Touring, which has evolved into a company called Touring Superleggera. Touring Superleggera’s modern...

From the original ‘The Ultimate Driving Machine’ and more recent ‘Sheer Driving Pleasure’ and ‘JOY’ advertising campaigns, the slogans and taglines BMW has come up with have been some of the most memorable in the industry. In order to keep its advertising fresh...