Supra... I see a mashup of 2 generations of Alpine with some hallucinigens thrown in.
I wish whoever at Lexus/Toyota that is promoting the running mascara dripping tail lights would knock it off! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I liked the concept car much better- much cleaner. This looks like a Toyota 86 that someone with too much time on their hands warmed over. Of course, the mechanicals under the Supra are state of the art, but one wouldn't know it by looks alone.
And as illustrated several pages earlier in this thread, they have been very creative with the lights, too.
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Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Today at the Detroit Auto Show we introduced the project i’m associated with. China only, delivery vehicles, mail vehicles. The CEO is a former student of mine who did all the design work. The future has arrived. www.4-bot.com
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the design winners: EyesOn Design Winners Announced (In the email sent at 9pm, the judge's comments regarding the Lexus LC Convertible Concept were incorrect. This email corrects that error.) The EyesOn Design Awards at the North American International Auto Show, the officially-sanctioned design awards of NAIAS, were presented on Tuesday, Jan. 15, to the following: Image Unavailable, Please Login Photo: Mike Rott, Dynasty Media Network Best Concept Vehicle - Infiniti QX 3 Inspiration Concept - Presented by Dassault Systèmes The judges say: "A new and fresh look that shows extraordinary sophistication and simplicity." Best Designed Interior - Infiniti QX 3 Inspiration Concept - Presented by ABC Technologies The judges say: "True inspiration and functionality." Innovative Use of Color, Graphics or Materials - Infiniti QX 3 Inspiration Concept - Presented by Axalta The judges say: "Embodies a modern take on materials while retaining a clean Japanese sensibility." Image Unavailable, Please Login Photo: DW3 Photography Best Production Vehicle - Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 - Presented by Covestro LLC The judges say: "The next best tribute to the Mustang ... what the car really represents." Image Unavailable, Please Login Photo: Mike Rott, Dynasty Media Network Best Designed Exterior Lighting - Lexus LC Convertible Concept - Presented by Varroc Lighting Systems The judges say: "So beautifully done. A concept car that looks like it's ready for production." Thank you to the entire judging panel, including this year's Chief Judges: Joel Piaskowski Global Director Design, Cars and Crossovers, Ford Motor Co. Stewart Reed Transportation Design Chair, ArtCenter College of Design Paul Snyder Helen Farago Chair of Transportation Design, College for Creative Studies Dave Marek Acura Global Creative Director, Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Click to see the full listing of this year's judges and docents . The winning vehicles will be invited to display at the 32nd annual EyesOn Design Automotive Design Exhibition, which takes place each Father's Day Sunday at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.
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https://cardesignnews.com/articles/cdn-live/detroit/2019/01/detroit-2019-lexus-lc-chief-designer-on-the-lc-convertible-concept
^^^ IMHO, just chopping off the top off a coupe doesn't necessarily make for a better looking car: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The selected "winners" show me that the candidates to select from had to be very thin. As for that Lexus being a concept car "looking to be ready for production". Well, apparently has that look because it is ready for production. John: congratulations on your project. Is the client happy and the checks cleared? The tires on the display vehicle don't look lie they are pot hole ready for doing mail deliveries.
Jeff, the candidates were indeed very sparse this year. We were lamenting that in years past there were many candidates for appraising. The fact that the Mustang 500GT won best production design had me scratching my head. Re: the Lexus roadster, it was a thinly disguised production car, but that's what we did with the CTS Coupe in 2008! We won Best Concept Car that year. The Quadrobot is going to be a very interesting project. We are going to deliver the first 50 vehicles to the Chinese government for mail delivery. After that, we are going to deliver an additional 1000. If those go as planned, we are going to design different application/top hats to go on the skateboard lower, i.e. food trucks, fire vehicles, package delivery, etc. All electric with a driver initially, then to autonomous. If someone would have told me several years ago that I'd be involved with this type of project, I wouldn't have believed them! The reaction down at the show during this Press Week has been very positive. Yes the tires are small at this point. We're working on different solutions. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Magazine | Cars This exhibition in Turin celebrates the design master Marcello Gandini 14 January 2019 He’s one of Italy’s most influential automotive designers with legendary sports cars such as the Lamborghini Countach and the Lancia Stratos on his résumé. Now, the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile in Turin is dedicating an exhibition to the ingenious designer… How might Italian automotive history have looked without Marcello Gandini? The master of geometric car design, considered alongside Giorgetto Giugiaro and Leonardo Fioravanti as the most important Italian designers of the 20th Century, counted the breathtaking Lamborghini Miura among his first works. And his subsequent Lamborghini Countach was only outshone by the outlandish wedge-shaped concept cars such as the Lancia Stratos Zero and the Alfa Romeo Carabo. Even more pedestrian cars including the original BMW 5 Series and the Innocenti Mini were designed by Gandini. On 24 January, a new exhibition will open at the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile in Turin providing a comprehensive overview of Gandini’s work. Curated by the Italian journalist and design expert Giosuè Boetto Cohen, the show traces Gandini’s history from when he was a junior designer at Bertone to when he worked independently designing, among other things, motorcycles, helicopters, and factories. Of course, the onus is very much on the cars and the stars of the show will include the Lancia Stratos Zero, flown in especially by the American collector Phillip Sarofim, and the Lamborghini Marzal owned by the Swiss collector Albert Spiess. The Alfa Romeo museum has contributed the Carabo and a study of the Montreal, while Bertone sports cars such as the Maserati Khamsin and Lancia Stratos HF will also make an appearance. If you want to delve deeper into the history of Marcello Gandini, you can also trace his journey through numerous rarely seen documents, objects, and films. Mike Robinson, who headed Bertone in 2009 and is a profound connoisseur of Gandini’s work, has also contributed to the exhibition with concepts and illustrations. Photo: Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
