There are only a handful of people that have personally designed their own modern looking car. NSX designer Ken Okuyama made a few (that actually drive), mazda furai designer Carlos Salaff and his Caden model, Jason Castriota (not sure about his custom cars while working at Bertone, also the SSC Tuatara, p4/5, Saab Phoenix) and his incomplete SS Speciale model. All custom car designs made are pretty much a team effort and never one mans design vision.
Lotus Theory 1 - Don't know what to make of it. I rather like the more conventional Emira but in a strange way this reminds me of the Abarth 2000 Pininfarina concept from the late 60's, which I was mad for. Time appears to be travelling in reverse... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Truth be known, I was confused with the car as well. To my eye it bears zero resemblance o any Lotus (Loti) i'm aware of. Charting a new course is fine, but this one has me baffled. But then again,I'm old.
Yes but it violated one of my 2 rules: 1. Is it new? 2. Does it look like the brand it's portraying ? And yet, my edict was always: There's only one rule in design. There aren't any! Go figure.
If I had to stretch id say its inspired by the original wedge shape of the Esprit. I can see it in there. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The latest issue of The Road Rat has an article on Ferrari Design and Pininfarina Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Just when you thought you were getting used to the Tesla CyberTruck out in the wild, Tesla comes out with 3 new packages to further tempt you (NOT!). Here are two of them. Don't know why they are holding back on revealing the third variant at the present time. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
