Category: Car Design
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Interview: Derek Jenkins, VP and Head of Design at Lucid
[ad_1] The designer speaks to us about the Gravity SUV, design challenges and where we’re all headed Courtesy of Lucid No car at the LA Auto Show garnered more attention than the Lucid Gravity SUV, a recenly revealed follow-up to Lucid’s highly-acclaimed, multi-award-winning Air electric sedan. It’s not by accident. While Air was a six-figure…
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Infiniti Vision Qe Concept – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Three questions about the brand’s stunning new electric car future with Head of Design, Alfonso Albaisa by Michael Frank What you cannot fully appreciate from photos of Infiniti’s gorgeous new Vision Qe concept sedan is that it’s larger than you’d guess—roughly the size of an E-Class Mercedes at the very least. And when the…
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Test Drive: 2024 Honda Civic Type R
[ad_1] The Type R remains the benchmark against which all competitors are judged Courtesy of Honda To a select few, Honda’s Type R badge means everything. First introduced in the 1990s, it served as more than a shorthand for speed; it was an affirmation that Japan can engineer something that was not only class-leading, but…
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The Atlas of Car Design: The World’s Most Iconic Cars
[ad_1] 650 of the world’s most iconic cars—from 30 countries and 190 manufacturers—are presented in this comprehensive design-focused survey. Written by Jason Barlow with Guy Bird and an introduction by Brett Berk, it’s as much an authoritative reference book as it is design inspiration for novices or simply a nice addition to a coffee table.…
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Audi R8’s Last Laps – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] As the icon makes an outro during Monterey Car Week we talk to its exterior designer, Frank Lamberty Frank Lamberty, courtesy of Audi What do a vintage Porsche race car, a late ’90s Ducati sport bike, an eagle and a tennis ball have in common? They all served as inspiration for the exterior design…
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Inside Q, Aston Martin’s NYC Customization Salon
[ad_1] Made-to-measure car making arrives in Manhattan Michael Frank 7 July 2023 Aston Martin is an entirely revived ultra-luxury carmaker. That sentence may have sounded like spin had it been written in the days under Ford ownership in the 1990s and early 2000s—or under any of the other managers and investment groups not truly devoted…
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Design Tangents Episode Six – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] First Luc Donckerwolke, Chief Creative Officer of Genesis and Hyundai, and then SangYup Lee, Global Design Head at Genesis, were awarded World Car Person of the Year the last two years—an incredible achievement for the award to go to designers, and the same parent company, two years in a row. This wasn’t a surprise…
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Jaguar’s Final F-Type Before a New Future of Electrification – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] After 75 years of producing and defining combustion-powered sports cars, Jaguar is bidding farewell to its iconic F-Type model with one last iteration before it ushers in a new era of full electrification for 2025. Celebrating the automaker’s long lineage, the final model, called the 75 Edition, is the epitome of the F-Type line-up:…
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Most Popular – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Every day, we publish articles that cover a breadth of topics all linked by the intention to satisfy, inform and inspire. From artistic festivals to community-minded endeavors, travel guides and more, much of our site’s subject matter mirrors many of our own interests and never-ending curiosity. The following articles are the most visited of this…
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The “Black Panther”-Inspired Lexus RX 500h “Vibe-Branium,” Designed by adidas SEED Students – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] To celebrate the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lexus partnered with adidas, Calty Design Research and 3D-printing company Carbon on the Lexus RX 500h “Vibe-Branium,” a custom RX F Sport designed by women students from adidas’ School of Experiential Education in Design (SEED). Over the course of four to five weeks, the students—who have…
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McLaren Artura – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Like many automakers, McLaren‘s challenge is to create something new—not a facelift, but a market-defining, tech-forward, future-facing vehicle to include in the race to shed combustion engines, generating a storm of curiosity. Although first introduced in mid-2021, Artura—McLaren’s first series-production hybrid—officially made its world debut at this year’s Monaco Grand Prix, when HSH Prince…
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Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] While it’s not the first Mercedes EV (the brand introduced battery-electric vehicles back in 1906), the new Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4MATIC is the first fully electric automobile to define itself as the future of the brand. As part of the carmaker’s Ambition 2039 initiative, Mercedes-Benz is aiming for its entire fleet of new cars to…
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Kindred Motorworks’ Fully Electric Chevy 3100 – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Billed as “the electric pickup you never knew you needed,” Bay-Area startup Kindred Motorworks‘ latest creation, the fully electric Chevy 3100 pickup, is indeed a highly desirable piece of machinery. As they did with their initial classic to full EV conversion, the Kindred VW Bus, the Chevy 3100 pickup gets a tasteful custom treatment…
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Rolls-Royce Debuts Spectre, Their First Fully Electric Vehicle – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Spectre, the first fully electric production vehicle by Rolls-Royce, is a massive two door, four seat “super coupé” that’s longer than most SUVs. Commanding attention though refraining from electrification over-design, its length, the marque’s widest-ever grille, split headlamps, lower stance and evolutionary style convey the car’s presence without shouting. There aren’t many surprises with…
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Unveiling The Polestar 3 Electric SUV – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] “The Polestar 3 is the anchor, the car that is the core of our brand,” says Thomas Ingenlath, the company’s CEO, in Copenhagen this week at the vehicle’s world premier. While Polestar is now five years old and this is their third production model, it’s really the first to be designed and built entirely…