One of the more eye-rolling things we encounter as car enthusiats is the often ridiculous messaging from the automakers’ marketing and design groups. Whether they’re attempting to justify their positions or make it appear like they’re operating on a higher plane than the rest of us, they often spount ornate […]
Concept Cars
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See that car above that looks like the Ferrari 488 GTB’s fancy cousin? That’s called the Pininfarina Battista. It’s electric…and has 1900hp. That the Battista generates more power than a small industrialized nation should be shocking, but somehow it just isn’t these days. At the same Geneva Motor Show, Koenigsegg […]
Honda Motor Company, purveyors of cars that look more like alien spacecraft than something designed for human use, has been teasing us with their Honda E Prototype for a few years now….and boy is it a departure from their normal design language. And thank Sweet Baby Jesus for that… You […]
Today was the day when Toyota was supposed to reveal its hotly anticipated Supra sports car to the world. It was to happen at Goodwood. It happened….but not really. Also, what the hell Toyota!? The new Supra was indeed at the event but was entirely cloaked in development camouflage, the […]
News coming out of the Beijing Motor Show is that Volvo’s Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid is going to land on US shores with a $155k starting price. Let that sink in for a moment…$155k…for a Volvo. If you’ve forgotten, Polestar is going to be Volvo’s high-end, go-fast, skunkworks brand akin […]
Continuing their steadfast march back into relevance, Lincoln is unveiling their Aviator Concept at the New York Auto Show this week. And Sweet Jesus is it a good-looking beast! I’ve been a fan of Lincoln’s new design language that we first saw on the Continental and then the Navigator, but […]
The Dodge Magnum….Ahhh the Dodge Magnum. The Dodge Magnum never really made the waves I thought it would. When it was released in 2004 (as a 2005 model) 33-year-old me thought “For sure a badass wagon built by Americans for Americans will give those damn Germans a run for their […]
Subaru, the auto industry’s version of nice hiking boots, has a knack for releasing slick concept cars only to neuter them on the way to manufacturing. I’m not sure why they do this, but they do it on a fairly regular basis. This year’s example; the sleek Subaru Viziv Tourer […]
Cool, measured guy that appreciates design and the path less taken, meet your new sports car: the Volvo Polestar 1 Volvo’s go-fast division, Polestar, (think Mercedes’ AMG and BMW’s M) has unveiled its first all-in creation at the Geneva Motor Show today, and Sweet Fancy Moses is it a beauty. […]