Despite my image of a no-life car fan, I'm very important for the entire automotive industry and I finally have proof of that. The minute I saw the Volvo Universe Concept and the announcement according to which they were considering making it their flagship sedan I said it was wrong. The proof I was talking about is pretty obvious as...
The Japanese at Nissan aren't happy with the little American attention they got from the Detroit Motor Show so far. Why would that be surprising since the only thing Nissan had to say in regards to the North American International Auto Show is how they're going to have a proper presence next year. Just like before, the new announcement was...
...starting next year at least. With all the excitement of today being the opening day of the North American International Auto Show, or the Detroit Motor Show, Nissan could miss out. This is why their American Chairman, Carlos Tavares said that the automaker will return to Detroit for the 2012 edition pending 3 years of skipping class. As to be...
A couple of years ago, Audi's Design team, probably bored with their office, came up with a very cool, stylish and futuristic looking soccer table. Back then, it was just an after hours project, most likely done for the fun of it (classical success story in design) but now it's ready and available in the "flesh". Albeit in limited hand-made...
McLaren's F1 is approaching the venerable age (in the industry) of 20 this year or 18 if you consider its 1992 debut date, like most anoraks do and to celebrate, McLaren held a special celebratory dinner in Woking at its Technology Center. McLaren chairman, Ron Dennis reminded everybody there why the F1 was such an important technological tour-de-force and a...
You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company. Volkswagen Group have will be...
