1954 Mercury XM 800 Concept is retro-cool in execution, detail and design

Filed under: Chicago Auto Show, Concept Cars, Classics, Sedan

The true jewels of most auto shows are often hidden, requiring a bit more legwork to find. During our third pass of the Chicago Auto Show, we stumbled upon a display from the Classic Car Club of America. Tucked away in a corner behind low aluminum railing, [...]

Bentley hires David Hilton as new Head of Exterior Design

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Bentley, UK, Design/Style, Luxury

Bentley has named designer David Hilton as the company’s head of exterior design. Hilton ran his own successful design firm for 12 years before accepting the position with the ultra-luxury automaker. He will now report to Dirk van Braeckel, director of design and styling. Hilton is stepping into the [...]

Porsche Design opens new flagship store in SoHo

Filed under: Porsche, Design/Style

Take a flight overseas and you may happen upon a Porsche Design store in an airport somewhere. That’s because, while the automaker’s product-design division has dozens of locations around the world, few of them are in the United States for a brand that is typically European in its focus. But all that’s [...]

Ex-BMW design boss Bangle writes book, launches contest

Filed under: Etc., Design/Style
Chris Bangle’s latest novel idea is, in fact, an actual novel. The designer has penned fiction tome called Peter Teufel, A Tale of Car Design in 3 Parts.
There’s more to the work than Bangle laying out a potential future of transportation via the Teufel character’s story. The prologue contains descriptions of six [...]

Ford Fusion, Lexus LF-LC win Eyes on Design awards

Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Ford, Lexus, Design/Style

Every year at the Detroit Auto Show, the Eyes on Design awards honors the best designs among production vehicles and concepts debuting that year. Unlike, say, the North American International Car and Truck of the Year awards, the only vehicles eligible for an Eyes on Design [...]

Audi accidentally(?) previews 2013 A3 design at CES

Filed under: Europe, Hatchback, Audi, Design/Style
.

Audi looks like it’s accidentally let slip the exterior design of its upcoming 2013 A3.The German automaker set about showing off the hatchback’s cabin with a static display at Las Vegas’ CES ahead of the vehicle’s expected unveiling at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The display gives the world a [...]

DC Design Avanti rolls up in New Delhi

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, India, Design/Style, MISC

DC Design, an Indian firm better known for creating one-off customized vehicles based on anything from the Tata Nano to Rolls-Royce coupes, has officially pulled the covers off its first production supercar at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Called the Avanti, we can’t help but wonder [...]

DC Design Avanti rolls up in New Delhi

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, India, Design/Style, MISC

DC Design, an Indian firm better known for creating one-off customized vehicles based on anything from the Tata Nano to Rolls-Royce coupes, has officially pulled the covers off its first production supercar at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Called the Avanti, we can’t help but wonder [...]

DC Design Avanti rolls up in New Delhi

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, India, Design/Style, MISC

DC Design, an Indian firm better known for creating one-off customized vehicles based on anything from the Tata Nano to Rolls-Royce coupes, has officially pulled the covers off its first production supercar at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Called the Avanti, we can’t help but wonder [...]

DC Design previews India’s first supercar

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, India

Think “supercar” and only a handful of countries are likely to come to mind. And most of them are in Europe: Italy, Great Britain, Germany… even Sweden and France have pitched in here and there with such notables as Koenigsegg and Bugatti. Consider examples like the [...]

Next Page »