Ferrari has lost a legal battle to trademark the shape of the iconic 250 GTO, opening the door for replicas and lookalike vehicles to be produced. In June 2019, Ferrari complained to a commercial tribunal in Bologna, alleging that niche coachworks company Ares Design was planning to produce replicas of the 250 GTO. The tribunal […]
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Hyundai’s design boss SangYup Lee continues to review the brand’s concept cars and the latest to get the walkaround video treatment is the 45 EV study. Unveiled last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Hyundai 45 EV has a particular design that’s loosely based on the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe. The Korean automaker says […]
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When Hyundai unveiled the impressive Vision T Concept at the LA Auto Show in November 2019, it caused quite a stir mainly because it serves as inspiration for the next-generation Tucson. Now, the automaker revisits the study in a new walkaround video in which Head of Hyundai Design SangYup Lee shares new insights on the […]
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Polestar has launched a new design competition which asks fans to create something that “stretches the boundaries of imagination” and looks 20 years into the future. The contest is currently underway and it leaves a lot up to artists. However, there are a few basic ground rules as the company says ideas shouldn’t reach into […]
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Nearly six months after Elon Musk suggested Tesla could design a new car in China, the car manufacturer has officially invited car designers to submit designs for a new “China-style” EV. Tesla took to Chinese social media site WeChat to confirm it is accepting design submissions for an all-new vehicle but didn’t specify if designers […]
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Next week, Lordstown Motors will unveil a full-scale prototype of its Endurance electric truck for the first time. For the design and prototyping of the EV, the electric vehicle startup has collaborated with California-based Hydra Design Studio, which has also created the realistic renderings of the Endurance truck we saw a couple of weeks ago. […]
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<!––> <!––> The all-electric Lotus Evija proves that aerodynamic performance doesn’t have to come at the expense of beautiful styling. First presented to the world last year, the Evija will not only be the fastest vehicle ever produced by the British brand but also the world’s most powerful production car thanks to four electric motors […]
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Jeep is known for hiding Easter eggs in their vehicles and now fans will have a chance to hide one in an upcoming model. While full details should be released shortly, FCA accidently jumped the gun and revealed plans for a new design competition. According to a prematurely released announcement, the company will ask the […]
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<!––> <!––> The design of the Ford GT40 is now considered iconic but it could have been very different, as these sketches from 1963 reveal. These sketches were recently discovered by Ford’s archivists and are believed to have been some of the earliest design sketches of the iconic Ford GT40, drawn some 57 years ago. […]
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Whether Apple will ever roll out the much discussed iCar is anyone’s guess given the tech giant’s very secretive approach to its future projects. Things have been really quiet on the Apple iCar front recently and many analysts across the world believe the so-called ‘Project Titan’ is dead and the company has given up on […]
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