Design

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...

As we told you last December, Aston Martin Racing (AMR) recently penned a deal with The Racers Group (TRG) to create a new entity, called TRG-AMR. TRG-AMR will campaign Aston Martin race cars, including the Vantage GTE and Vantage GT3, in American Le Mans Series and Rolex Grand-Am competition...

UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Holden’s new VF Commodore, the Australian sedan that will form the basis of the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet SS, was revealed overnight, though so far we’ve only been treated with the upmarket Calais V model...

Chrysler’s parts and accessories division, Mopar, sells a dizzying array of products for all of the Chysler Group vehicles, and each year the Mopar division works its magic on one limited-production vehicle. At this year’s Chicago Auto Show, the Chrysler Group rolled out the Mopar...

Italian design house Pininfarina will unveil a new concept car honoring the late Sergio Pininfarina at next month’s Geneva Motor Show, with the first teaser image released by the company today. It’s still too early to gauge any details, apart from the concept’s sultry hue, but we...

We’ve seen a lot of crazy automotive creations over the years, some of which worked and some of which didn’t. We’re no fans of the Smart ForTwo, but cram a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle engine in a Smart and we’ll arm-wrestle you for the keys to the SmartBusa. We’ve long...

If you asked us to describe what Local Motors’ Rally Fighter was, we’d have a hard time filling in the blanks after the phrase “a coupe.” While it’s designed primarily for off-road fun, it’s still plenty capable on road, and it can be licensed in all 50 of the...

The current Chrysler 200 sedan and convertible may be the best automotive example of the time-honored cliche, “we did the best we could with what we had to work with.” Though the Chrysler 200’s sheet metal, interior and chassis may be updated, underneath, the car is remarkably...

Rolls-Royce recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of its latest Phantom, an occasion that also signified the start of the automaker’s tenure under BMW. For the start of production of the latest Phantom, Rolls-Royce also constructed a new state-of-the-art facility at its...

Ten years ago, if you'd said Hyundai would hold a nine percent market share in the premium large sedan segments, you'd probably have been laughed out of whatever wigwam you'd been smoking your peyote in. Today, it's reality. At the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, we get a look at the future of the brand's...

Fiat isn’t making a big deal of this week’s 2013 Detroit Auto Show but the Italian brand, now in control of Chrysler, hasn’t forgotten the show altogether. Fiat has unveiled two new design concepts in Detroit based on its sporty 500 Abarth and 500 Turbo models. The automaker says...