Peter Lachance
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Design Review: Nissan Ellure concept
As is the case with many concepts, the Ellure does not sport typical door hinges. Instead, it opts for rear-seat accessible suicide hinges, much like those of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Unlike the Rolls however, the Ellure does not exert engineering effort to disguise the substantial hinges that are necessary on ...
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Design Review: Nissan Ellure concept
Nissan's LA Auto show headliner was the Ellure, a design concept aimed at giving a common language to the brand's sedan range. The Ellure is explicitly a hybrid, from the prominent moniker on the door panels to the styling unmistakably crafted around directing airflow. As a design concept it demonstrates ...
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Toyota's Tetsuya Kaida presents 'Space and Wind'
The future of car design lies in redefining the man/car relationship. The existing system utilizes and consumes, but the focus is soon to be changed to the interaction of a buyer and their auto. The relationship could then become one of improvement and communication. At this point in the presentation ...
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Toyota's Tetsuya Kaida presents 'Space and Wind'
In a very stylish theater in San Francisco's Japantown, Tetsuya Kaida, manager of Toyota's Business Revolution Corporate Value Project, recently gave a presentation titled ‘Space and Wind'. Describing the pursuit of a brand direction within Toyota that is driven not from cars, but from the consideration of the vehicle ...
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Local Motors XC2V Competition
Local Motors, producer of the Rally Fighter, has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to host a design contest. The partnership, which was made possible within the Adaptive Vehicle Makes initiative, aims to create an Experimental Crowd-derived Combat-support Vehicle (XC2V), exploring the potential of a ...
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Art Center Winter Degree Show 2010
Opencab Land Rover Michael ChurchillCapable, premium and ambitious are the design words behind Michael Churchill's plucky looking Opencab Land Rover truck concept. Targeted towards affluent young urban dwellers the concept is an attempt to fill a gap in Land Rover's tough vehicle image. In the United States especially, rugged badges ...
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Art Center Winter Degree Show 2010
The 2010 Art Center Winter Show that took place late last month was the stage for many talented graduates. Sixteen students presented their work at the show, each with quality and finish that was extremely impressive. So too was each student's commitment to the design process and their own inspiration. ...
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Help Carr Magazine produce its next issue with Kickstarter
Carr Magazine, the insider publication for the car design community, is reaching out via its Kickstarter campaign to fund its fifth issue. Carr has always prided itself on ad-free pages and continual focus on the future of car design but to do this needs some help from its readers as ...
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Ford Flex gets an update for 2012
The 2012 model year sees a new fascia update for the wildly mediocre Ford Flex
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Mexican Lotus fails to impress
The Mastretta MXT is no doubt the result of countless hours spent by very clever people doing very clever things to arrive at a marketable, small volume super car
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Hyundai Azera takes ‘fluidic sculpture’ to the max
Hyundai’s recent dive into the waters of fluid-volume surfacing continues with the 2012 Azera sedan
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Passat CC receives facelift for 2012
The 2012 Volkswagen Passat CC update is the perfect example of small changes making a big difference
