2016 miata m5.
Mazda has unveiled its fourth generation of the Miata MX5 sports car, beloved by many as affordable, basic and fun. Showroom date set for mid-2015. [ 25-yr design history ]
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tesla selects nevada to host electric vehicle gigafactory.
tesla selects Nevada to host electric vehicle gigafactory. fundamental change in large scale battery production would be running by 2017. via abc news [RK]
ian callum’s new old jaguar.
Ian Callum, head of Jaguar design, has a new used car. A personalized, redesigned and reengineered early Sixties Jaguar Mark 2. Built at Classic Motor Cars Limited in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, in England. The car has modernized engine, transmission, brakes and so on. It has a cleaner, leaner body. In a statement released for the unveiling, Mr. Callum said that he had “a long held notion that, although the Mark 2 has always been a beautiful car, it could be even more exciting in shape and performance.” He said he had de-chromed the car. “Simplification and clarity was my objective.”
California may give tesla environmental pass to build green factory.
california may give tesla an environmental pass to build new green factory. state would exempt automaker as an incentive package as other states start making pitches. via los angeles times [RK]
2015 BMW concept car sneak peek photos.
BMWs vision future luxury concept vehicle will be unveiled next week at the annual Pebble Beach gatherings. Here are two sneak peek photos.
2015 jeep renegade final design.
Jeep showed off the final design of its Renegade model small SUV. Mark Allen, head of Jeep design. said the vehicle was designed in Detroit and rides the same underpinnings as the Fiat 500L, the long Fiat. It will be built in Italy.
All admitted that the face of the vehicle was “a little bit cute” but cute, he said, like a puppy dog beside the mature dog. There are lots of numerous playful details as well, such as the X-shaped taillights that echo a jerry can for holding gasoline.
Aston martin dp-100 vision gran turismo. Playstation3.
Design Prototype 100 joins stable of Vision Gran Turismo racers in popular racing game for PlayStation®3. Designed and engineered over six months by Aston Martin Design team. Downloadable for in-game play in July 2014.
Sure it’s just a car for a video game but the Aston Martin DP100 is a sharp and real vision of future design. Released at the Goodwood festival of speed the new car will run in Gran Turismo 6.
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Aston Martin is unveiling an exceptional new addition to the hugely popular PlayStation®3 exclusive racing game Gran Turismo®6 (GT6™) in the shape of the stunning Design Prototype 100 – DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo.
Developed in-house by the Design team at Aston Martin, led by Design Director Marek Reichman, DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo is a new, virtual-only GT racer that will be available for Gran Turismo®6 (GT6™) owners to download in July 2014, following the global launch at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Starting with nothing but the traditional ‘blank sheet of paper’ the design team and design engineers worked for six months to create the new addition to the Vision Gran Turismo stable of race cars. Clearly pushing the boundaries of what an Aston Martin could be, DP-100 not only looks beautiful but also boasts a high degree of engineering integrity.
The twin-turbo V12 mid-engined racer offers up to 800bhp, endowing it with blistering performance fully in keeping with the high octane nature of the game.
Created utilizing many of the same techniques as applied in the development of Aston Martin production sports cars – hand sketches and 3D modeling, followed by full realization in the virtual world – DP-100 provides an exceptional level of detail with a fully functioning suspension system and state-of-the-art electronics.
Design Director Marek Reichman said: “DP-100 has been an exciting and intensive project for the team here at Gaydon. “Features such as the car’s revolutionary ‘active aerodynamics’ are there not just as a way of enhancing form, but also to support the car’s function in-game.
“As with the CC100 Speedster Concept, many of the design cues visible in DP-100, such as the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we’ll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated.”
Aston Martin has supported previous editions of the long-running and hugely successful Gran Turismo® series, debuting in the very first game with the Aston Martin DB7 Coupé and Volante. The stunning 2011 Aston Martin One-77 is already a popular car in the Gran Turismo® 6 stable.
Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of Gran Turismo and President of Polyphony Digital Inc, enthused: “When I first came face to face with this car at the Aston Martin Headquarters in Gaydon, UK, I was at a loss for words seeing the level of perfection in its design. I was surprised by the bold proposal of the car being the first midship layout model in Aston Martin history. And while it is clean and classy in design, it is also very emotional. Not only that, there was this future Aston Martin in front of me, that was so detailed it could be released on the market pretty much as is.”
tesla’s patents now belong to us.
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Yesterday Tesla released their patents. From Elon Musk: “Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” [ tesla news ]
Hyundai-kia is greenest automaker in u.s.
hyundai-kia is greenest automaker in u.s. detroit big three continue to excel in least-fuel- effiecient. via china.org.cn [RK]
google’s self-driving car.
Google is exploring what fully self-driving vehicles would look like by building prototypes. This new driverless car is built from scratch. The prototype, described as ‘fully self-driving’, is designed without steering wheel or pedals, as it should be able to operate safely without human intervention says Google.
The car is capped at a speed of 25mph and its sensors can detect objects from up to ‘two football fields’ away. I’m not sure how I feel about no steering wheel or brake. [ more ]