All articles by Karl Smith – Page 18
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ArticleLA 2016: Ford EcoSport - Kuga's kid brother grows up
Ford's CUV matures, but its interior could do with a refresh
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: L'Oeuf Electrique (1942)
The mother of all bubble cars has something to say to us about the car of the future
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781: Chrysler Imperial (1969)
A Prismacolor rendering of the 1969 Chrysler Imperial by Joe Ellise
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: The Kar-A-Sutra (1972)
In 1972 the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York held an exhibition: Italy: The New Domestic Landscape. A number of avant-garde Italian architects and designers were invited to submit work for what would become one of the seminal exhibitions of the decade, and included Mario Bellini’s Kar-A-Sutra
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Stout Scarab (1936)
William Bushnell Stout took inspiration from aviation to create the world’s first minivan the Stout Scarab. The Scarab recently acted as inspiration for the Hyundai Prophecy concept (2020)
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ArticleBMW introduces Motorrad Vision 100 motorcycle
Fourth centenary concept envisions the Ultimate Riding Machine
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Indigo (1996)
Twenty years ago, Ford predicted an IndyCar in every garage
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ArticleVenice Architecture Biennale 2016: What We Learned About Car Design
The World’s Fair of Architecture reveals some surprising lessons for car designers
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: General Motors Firebird IV/Buick Century Cruiser (1964/1969)
The concept car that believed you only live twice
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ArticleCorvette Rondine (1963)
Ask any Corvette enthusiast the significance of the year 1963 and an excited smile will break across his or her face. That was the year of the introduction of the second generation Corvette, the C2, with its dramatic styling, shape, and controversial split rear window, all courtesy of Larry Shinoda and the GM Design team.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week Geneva special: Corvair Testudo (1963)
The Corvair Testudo is a fabulous mixture of slightly misplaced American ingenuity and bravely outrageous Italian style
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ArticleCollege Exhibition: Art Center Summer 2016
Highlights from our latest trip to see the students in Pasadena
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ArticleFiat Bertone Barchetta (2007)
Bertone’s 95th anniversary car that celebrated one of the Italian greats
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ArticleLincoln Quicksilver (1983)
A forgotten concept from an era of radical aerodynamic experiments
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ArticleNew Car: Citroën CXperience
Return to fastback format that looks both to the past and future
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Colani Ferrari Testa D’oro (1989)
A record-breaking aerodynamic fantasy created by design’s ‘nutty professor’
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Opel Trixx (2004)
A look back at GM’s attempt at a smarter Smart city car