Last week we reported on replica G80 grilles being sold online and now we have yet another example of a front end swap. The “double-coffin” grille has been spotted on an F30 3-Series in a parking garage and sent to us by a reader. It perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise that this fascia works […]
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The vice president of design at Lucid Motors, Derek Jenkins, has identified three key things that the forthcoming Gravity SUV must have to prove successful. During a recent interview with Auto News, Jenkins was asked what consumers want from a luxury electric SUV. He said that range for a vehicle like the Gravity is the […]
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There’s little words can do describe the Cronenbergian body horror of this BMW E60 5-Series with a replica of the new M3/M4’s big-kidney grille. The G80 M3’s grille is challenging at the best of times, but I think even its designer would be horrified at this swap. For sale on Taobao, a Chinese online marketplace, […]
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There was a time when we used to rely on Adobe for every design-related requirement. The company took advantage of the monopoly and continued to raise prices for the Creative Cloud subscription. Now, we have capable alternatives from Affinity, InVision, Canva, Vectornator, etc. to replace Adobe apps. Among them, Vectornator is probably your best bet […]
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Mazda North American Operations has announced that Yasutake Tsuchida will be its Senior Director of Design, effective immediately. The designer has been with Mazda for 22 years and moves up into the role from a position at the Mazda head office in Hiroshima, Japan. While there, Tsuchida was behind the Mazda3, the Kai Concept, the […]
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Frank Stephenson was there when McLaren Automotive first kicked off with the original MP4-12C. Even though he’s moved on now, he’s taking a look at the firm’s latest supercar, the plug-in hybrid Artura, and he likes it. Calling it a design follow-up to the 570S, he says that the car simplifies the design, and makes […]
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The exciting Porsche Vision Renndienst unveiled by the German car manufacturer last year will not reach the production line. Presented alongside a plethora of other Porsche design studies in November 2020, the Renndienst was created in 2018 and takes inspiration from the VW Bus-based vans Porsche used as race service vehicles in the 1950s. While […]
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Peugeot, Nissan, and Volkswagen have all updated their logos recently and Renault didn’t want to get left behind. So the French brand has announced that it will update its logo, too. First shown on the Renault 5 Prototype but only now made brand-wide, the new logo sticks with the diamond-shaped imagery that has been with it […]
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FCA might be history, but their Drive for Design contest is continuing in the Stellantis era. This year’s contest kicked off earlier today and it asks 10-12 grade U.S. high school students to imagine the electrified Jeep of the future. Teens are free to let their imaginations run wild as the sketches can include everything […]
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Throughout the years, Porsche has enjoyed huge success in racing, and more than a few remarkable liveries have graced its cars. And now the Macan is celebrating that. The company recently released four Macans with motorsport-inspired liveries for the Spanish market, and they’re playing the hits. The coolest, in my extremely subjective opinion, is the 917 […]
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