Posted in car design on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ahead of Geneva, pics of VW’s new Scirocco have been circulating on the net. It’s a bold new direction for VW.
So, somewhat disappointingly different from the concept, but still recognisably the same car.
Of note:
Totally new grille design for a VW - the straight horizontal from grille to bonnet/hood gives a slightly ‘flat’ feel to [...]
Posted in car design on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The new GM/Vauxhall/Opel Meriva is due to be launched in Geneva in a week or two.
Initially a sketch was leaked out as a tease:
Now a whole series of (small) pics are floating around the net. Apparently, rear suicide doors will make it into production (off the top of my head only the Rolls-Royce Phantom and [...]
Posted in auto, car, car design, design, design process on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
SUB G1
An ultra dynamic motorcycle
concept, combining motorcycle
engine technology, in a single
seat driving experience.
“A truly visceral thrill “
I saw the development story of this in Autocar magazine feature a couple of years ago, lusted after it, thought it would never see the light of day and forgot about it.
But now it looks like this [...]
Posted in auto, car, car design, design, design process on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m not talking about Michelle Pfieffer, I’m talking about older cars that are a little bit retro, intrinsically not particularly cool, yet having the potential to become design classics.
Ultimately this is an indulgently subjective list, so feel free to disagree and berate my taste.
Lancia Trevi. The exterior was penned on an off-day by Pininfarina, but [...]
Posted in car design on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Something about the fact that Kitt is a Mustang seems like a missed trick to me. Back in the 80’s when the original show aired, Kitt was a futuristic, menacing, and cool piece of kit..can’t believe i’m describing a Pontiac Trans-Am as futuristic, but hey, when your parents tooled around in a boxy Peugeot 305..it [...]
