Design

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...

It turns out Bertone’s new concept for next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show isn’t a four-door coupe as earlier predicted, but a stunning shooting brake based on the latest 2014 Aston Martin Rapide. The new concept, dubbed the Jet 2+2, is a follow-up to the Italian design...

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...

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...

Concept cars are meant to be breathtaking examples of what’s possible, not necessarily what’s practical. Sometimes, concepts are designed for a specific reason in mind, like relaunching an iconic model from years past, or re-igniting a market’s passion for a particular automaker...

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...

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...

The design of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is almost universally loved. From its distinct aeronautical lines to its intricate ventilation systems to its sleek, sculpted finish, the new Corvette, the seventh generation of the iconic American sports car, looks good from virtually any...

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...

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...

Since late October Ferrari has been running an exhibition at its official museum in Maranello, Italy dedicated to the late Sergio Pininfarina, a legendary designer responsible for the look of many of the automaker’s most significant cars of the past six decades. Though originally scheduled to...

Porsche’s latest video gives us a rare behind-the-scenes look at the development of one of its concept cars, in this case the Panamera Sport Turismo that turned out to be a surprise star of the 2012 Paris Auto Show. The video details the concept car’s gestation from initial drawings to...

Next month, a brand new generation of the Chevrolet Corvette will be launched, the seventh generation of the iconic sports car, in fact. While we wait for the reveal of this new 2014 Corvette, a 'C7' if you’re a die-hard, let’s step back in time and look at some of the most famous...

Next year will see the launch of the McLaren P1, the spiritual successor to a supercar that turned the performance car world on its head when it was launched more than two decades ago, and which to this day can lay claim to a land speed record. That car is, of course, the legendary McLaren F1...