Cars
Honda Accord Tourer wins the “Red Dot” prize
The new Honda Accord Tourer wins the 51st edition of the “Red Dot” prize, offered for the best car design. As time passed by, Honda won the prestigious prize twice, in 2001 due to Honda S2000 and in 2005 due to the well known Civic. “Red Dot” is the biggest annual design competition which reunites [. [...]
Ferrari 612 Scaglieti “One-to-One Program”
Ferrari launched in 2008, at Geneva car-show, a new personalization program for its clients: One-to-One Program. This is an example, based on a Ferrari 612 Scaglieti. Here are some details about the new Scaglieti: new electrochromic panoramic roof which covers the whole roof. Glass roofs are becoming increasingly popular wi [...]
a. d. Tramontana – A Spanish beauty
The small Spanish brand, a. d. Tramontana, comes with a different suggestion for the millionaires who want exotic cars. After they presented the concept at many car-shows, the Spanish from Tramontana will respond to all the requests form the amateurs who want this exclusive exemplar: the car costs 600.000 euro and it’ [...]
VW Golf R32 by ABT
We are not talking about a series Volkswagen Golf, but a tuned one. ABT gave a plus of performance to the top Golf, the R32. If the ABT logo wouldn’t be on the front grill, we could easily say that that’s a “simple” R32 or even an “ordinary” GTI. But for the experts this German [...]
Bentley S3 E Design Concept by Bentley Boys USA
In America there is a group of Bentley enthusiasts: Bentley Boys. In 2009 they want to build an exclusive car based on an oldtimer, Bentley S3 Mulliner. The car’s color will be dark green, the specific color of the past-century Bentleys. There will be no link to the actual Bentley owner, Volkswagen, because the 4.4 [. [...]
Opel Astra 2009
The new generation of the compact Opel Astra will be launched next year. Using the new German design, the same design as the Insignia, which will replace the actual Vectra, Astra will compete with rivals such as Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus, Renault Megane and Peugeot 308. Astra will use a General Motors platform, the [.. [...]
BMW M6 Cabrio-burned
Guess what that is.. You must admit that from the first look this car is unrecognizable. The wreckage of this BMW M6 Cabriolet was found in Sweden and it looks more like an act of vandalism than an accident. We are wondering if there’s something that can be recycled…
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider
It’s been announced like one of the main candidates at the beauty contests worldwide: Alfa Romeo 8C Spider, the coupe 8C Competizione convertible version. Since early 2007, the Italian press was anticipating the production of Alfa Romeo 8C Spider starting with 2008. Alfa Romeo will present the convertible version of t [...]
Saleen S5S Raptor
Even if Saleen is a less known name for the Europeans and insignificant in comparison with names such as Ferrari or Lamborghini, the little American producer comes with a war machine: Saleen S5S Raptor. The concept, presented for the first time at New York in 2008 comes with many surprises: the car body is entirely [...]