Automobile
Fiat Design, Thanks to Pulse...
While I have many CAD/BIM/Design RSS feeds in my reader it’s always good to find new ones. In this case I found Car Body Design.com via Franco’s “ Novedge Pulse ” aggregator. It has some brilliant...
Design
The demise of Bertone
In January it appeared Bertone might survive . Cardesignnews have an update and the news isn’t good: Trouble at Bertone - cardesignnews.com It has now emerged that Bertone will not be making an a...
Design
FutureCar shows great talent & technology, so what's wrong at General Motors?
I’ve just watched FutureCar which features many designers, and car companies, but is largely focused on General Motors. They showed some of the awesome technology used at GM to design, validate and vi...
Tata Nano, it doesn't need power steering or electric windows!
Tata seemed to pulled off a remarkable feat creating a small, efficient, relatively safe (certainly compared to a moped) and cheap ($2500) car - the Tata Nano . So why did New Zealand TV news seem...
Bertone Sold, Bertone Saved?
I’ve long had a fondness for Bertone : the Italian Design Studio Coachbuilder. I’m not sure when I discovered who designed those brilliant cars from the 70’s like the Lamborghini Urraco , Lancia Strat...
Ferrari fans Luigi and Guido...
Pixar Mattel have released my favourite CARS characters, Luigi and Guido, decked out in their Ferrari racing fan gear… eModelli - ModBlog: Pixar and Mattel Do It Again Just when you thought that...
Bravo Designs
This Bravo blog has some nice coverage of the design concepts Quelli che Bravo - www.quellichebravo.it (Italian) quellichebravo's photos - Flikr
Design
The Mercedes with Ford style?
Seeing this photo on Autoblog reminded me… When I first saw the Mercedes CLS at the San Francisco Motorshow I couldn’t believe someone would copy the rear end of a Ford Falcon AU. That was one of t...
Design
The Classic Fiat X1/9
This article is about one of my favourite cars. The tiny X1/9 was Bertone design at it’s best (seen here) before later versions were ruined by US spec bumpers. The X1/9 was often termed the baby Fe...
Morris Marina collectible, I'm driving a "rarity" - Who'd believe that?
I never thought I’d read the words “Morris Marina” and “collectible rarity” in the same sentence! The Morris Marina is on my “Cars I’ve Owned, Driven” list with the comment: “This is very possibly the worst car I've ever driven. The sort of product that made
Automobile
Porsche Cayenne facelift still ugly as hell
Unfortunately my daily commute takes me through Cayenne country so I get to see quite a few of these on the road, doing the school run…. It’s not a pretty sight, not even “quirky ugly with a purpose” like a Fiat Multipla, and it seems the facelift is not
Keep a BandAid on all day
Ingenious modification of a standard bandaid to make it stick on your finger all day! swissmiss: keep your childs BandAid on all day swissmiss: keep your childs BandAid on all day