Lincoln gets its own design team and studio within Ford

Filed under: Ford, Lincoln, Design/Style

Ford has big plans for Lincoln. The luxury brand from Dearborn has been producing solid machinery as of late, but its vehicles often seem to get lost in the shuffle. The cars look too much like their Ford-branded siblings, and that means a major injection of new style is in order, [...]

BMW DesignworksUSA to open new studio in Shanghai

Filed under: China, BMW, Design/Style
BMW is the latest manufacturer to acknowledge the growing influence of the Chinese automotive market on the industry as a whole. The company’s California-based DesignworksUSA has announced that it will open a new studio in Shanghai in the second half of this year. According to the automaker, the new facility will [...]

Moto Guzzi V12 Concepts shot in the studio

Filed under: Performance, Motorcycle, Design/Style

Moto Guzzi V12 X Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Late last year, Moto Guzzi showed off a trio of concept bikes to point the way forward for the famed Italian marque as it struggles to shed its somewhat stodgy image and attract new buyers. Judging from the effort, which [...]

GM design studio opens in South Korea, draws first spaceship picture

Filed under: Concept Cars, GM, Design/Style, South Korea

Seoul Advanced Design Studio concept – Click above for high-res image

The General Motors Seoul Advanced Design Studio has been putting out images for at least a year, but GM is only now making the announcement that it’s officially open. Our initial joy was tempered by the fact that [...]