10
Jun
Click above for a gallery of screen shots.
BMW is gearing up for the online unveiling of its latest design study, the GINA Light Visionary Model. Unlike the BMW M1 Homage concept, that one’s actually a runner, as evidenced by the video posted below the fold, showing the concept being driven…
6
Jan
For more than a decade the Ford Explorer was the top-selling SUV in the US with annual sales topping 400,000 units for many years. The best days of the body-on-frame SUV are clearly behind it, though, as the market has shifted toward crossovers like the smaller Escape and Honda CR-V, as well as …
16
Dec
One of the stylistic highlights of the 2007 Shanghai Motor Show was the Buick Riviera concept. The gullwing coupe was developed by GM’s Chinese design team, who did a bang-up job. The Riviera reportedly gives a pretty good preview of the design direction for future Buicks, especially ones sold i…
4
Nov
The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we’re cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows.
click above image for more live pics of the Daihatsu HSC Concept
We missed the Daihatsu HSC at Frankfurt somehow, but stumbled across t…
29
Oct
(from Ferrari Press Release) FXX programme extended for further two years thanks to new evolution kit developed with assistance of Client Test-Drivers
The innovative FXX programme, based on the eponymous prototype car and launched by Ferrari in June 2005, is being extended to 2008/2009. The FXX, …
29
Oct
LAS VEGAS — General Motors used the 2007 SEMA Show to reveal the details about the upcoming 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, which promises to have more kick than the preceding Cobalt SS Supercharged.
GM says the ‘08 Cobalt SS will churn out 55 more horses than the Cobalt SS Supercharged. The new mode…
29
Oct
(from Ford Press Release) FORD ADDS ‘ADRENALIN’ TO SPORT TRAC FOR 2008
The 2008 Sport Trac Adrenalin is a sport utility truck that combines the utility and functionality of a pickup with a bold new attitude and genuine sense of street style.
“The new Sport Trac Adrenalin is designed to a…
29
Oct
LAS VEGAS — The Hummer H3R Off-Road Concept unites the H3 SUV and the 7.0-liter V8 from a Chevrolet Corvette Z06, with some intriguing results, at the 2007 SEMA Show. But don’t get too excited. Hummer hustles to say, “No, a production H3 equipped with an LS7 engine isn’t in the cards.”
“The H3R…
29
Oct
LAS VEGAS — The Saturn Astra makes its maiden appearance at the 2007 SEMA Show in the anatomy of the Astra Tuner Concept, sporting a lowered ride height, high-performance Recaro seats and 20 more horsepower than the production car.
The Saturn Astra Tuner Concept is based on a production Astra X…
29
Oct
At the Tokyo Motor Show, as it’s easy to imagine the imaginative Japanese engineers, we can meet mobility proposals that go beyond the traditional concept car. From many years now come from Japan and concept vehicles at the limit is feasible or dell’utilizzabile. An example comes from this year Toyo…
29
Oct
Toyota design team in Los Angeles showed its own concept of who receives the name Biomobile Mecha. The authors develop steel designers Edward Lee (Edward Lee), Erwin Lyuy (Erwin Lui), Io Hiruta (Yo Hiruta), and Kevin Hunter (Kevin Hunter).
Before the developer has been given the task to create a …
28
Oct
What We Know
The 2008 Maserati GranTurismo, a two-door coupe to complement the Quattroporte sedan, is yet another Italian beauty, that one penned by Pininfarina’s Jason Castriota.
Successor to Maserati’s Guigiaro-designed coupe and spyder, the upcoming GT is built on a shortened version of t…
28
Oct
It looks the the Jeep Wrangler Ultimate won’t be the only Pentastar vehicle powered by a Chrysler 392 HEMI crate engine at SEMA this year. Although Chrysler had a preview early last week of most of the vehicles they will be displaying at SEMA, they apparently decided to hold something in reserve…
28
Oct
UPDATE: It turns out there were actually some running and driving versions of this car, link in text below.
The fact that AMC never produced this car is probably part of the reason why they were able to hang on as the last independent automaker until the twilight of the 1980s. Looking at it n…
