The AMC brand has been associated with some truly unique cars over the years. While the AMX/3 may not be the most unique AMC ever, you can make a strong argument for it being the most beautiful.
Cool Cars You’ve Never Heard Of – AMC AMX/3
On July - 28 - 2010
Cool Cars You’ve Never Heard Of – 1973 Exide Sundancer
On July - 24 - 2010
You may recognize the Exide name from their line of batteries. In this priceless National Archive photo, dated October 1973, Exide shows off its latest creation: The Sundancer experimental vehicle.
Mini Canyon?
On July - 23 - 2010
You have to love Photo Chops and all the questions they can conjure up. The team over at Auto Express have illustrated a possible Mini Canyon Concept to compete against the newly unveiled Range Rover Evoque. This doesn’t seem too far off. Mini is expanding its lineup and they need to pay off the new Countryman. Mini is also looking to get back into the World Rally Cup. This vehicle would fit perfect.
It will be fun to watch who else gets inspired from the new Evoque. It has been quite awhile since there was a sporty 2 door SUV.Could this be the return of the Chevy Blazer Extreme? What other cool 2 door SUV’s would you want back?
Ford Start Concept
On June - 9 - 2010
At this years Ward’s Auto Interior Conference held in Dearborn the other day J Mays was the key note speaker and brought a little something special to our shores. The Ford Start Concept was on hand for the first time in the states after its debut at the Beijing Auto Show a few weeks ago. This concept would definitely give Mini and the Fiat 500 a run for their money. Look past the fuzzy cell phone pics and hit the jump for some fetish thoughts.
CCS Lecture Series: Scott Robertson’s Magical Worlds
On May - 5 - 2010
Scott Robertson leads a fantastic life. Spaceships, aliens, race cars, and video games make up his not-so-average day. It’s the kind of day that many — or day we say, all? — Designers would want to have just once a month. With the freedom to draw just about anything he wants, Scott Robertson is an Industrial Designer living the dream.
So, you can imagine our excitement when we found out that he would be hosting a live lecture as a part of CCS’ monthly lecture series in Detroit. We grabbed every recording gadget that we could find, headed to the art & design school, and prepared ourselves to be blown away.
Ground “Bimmer” 0
On March - 16 - 2010
Global cars and parts sharing are the way of the future. It could go great (Ford is showing a good example of this in design) and it could go wrong (Toyota failures across multiple vehicles), but one thing is for sure. It is the future and the only way to be competitive. Another area needed to be competitive is the new premium small car bubble which is blowing up. Mini has developed and owned this spot but now Audi is getting into the mix. So who would be next to enter into this class? BMW of course, oh and by the way they own Mini. Do you see where I am going with this?
The next Mini platform will be designed so it could be shared with BMW producing a vehicle below the 1 Series. This sketch from MotoringFile shows a nice interpretation of the new design language led by the new 7 Series. So as Mini gets bigger, BMW is getting smaller. There will be no rear wheel drive and mostly likely will not make the swim over here. So look for it in pictures come 2013.
[source & pic MotoringFile]
Design Analysis: Alfa Romeo Pandion
On March - 13 - 2010
This concept makes a big impression with its paper-cutter doors, but it also gives me a bit of deja vu.
Design Analysis: Peugeot SR1
On March - 12 - 2010
“Peugeot”. I love saying that word. It’s sexy in that “I have a sexy French accent” kind of way. Birthing forth from Peugeot is the SR1, a turbo-diesel hybrid that anyone living in Twin Peaks would love.
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Design Analysis: Porsche 918 Spyder
On March - 12 - 2010
The facts: the 918 Spyder is a hybrid electric engine capable of achieving 500HP, 0-60 in 3.2 seconds, and 78 MPG. The downer: it’s just a concept (for now) but Porsche admitted that they, too, are in love enough to potentially pursue the vehicle on the open road.
Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style
On March - 11 - 2010
The Mercedes-Benz F 800 has style written over it, no really they even included it in the name. So it must be stylish, right? You should be able to come up with an attractive vehicle when you combine Audi, BMW and the new swoops of Hyundai. Yes I just threw in Hyundai when talking about a Benz. It is exciting though to see a relatively stodgy brand create a vehicle with such emotional surfacing. The future is looking bright and curvaceous for the brand with the biggest front emblem.
The basic theme lines of the car are nothing really new but are executed in a precise manner. The complex surfacing looks like Bangle stopped by to touch one more car. If everything in between these lines was simplified the vehicle would result in a much classier execution.
