Stories about: design

The Stupidest Car Accessories Ever: Tuning Fail

9 Apr 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Custom vehicles exist almost from the beginning of the auto industry as some of the first cars ever sold were just rolling chassis you could take to a coach builder and have your unique body panelli...

Lexus Showcasing Amazing Design at Milan This Week [Update]

8 Apr 2014, 12:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Already running for two years, the Lexus Design Award is an international competition that has been targeting future innovators from around the world, offering designers the opportunity to create am...

Jay Leno Giving a Tour of the Toyota FT-1 Concept

7 Apr 2014, 13:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / At the beginning of this year, Toyota unveiled it coolest concept vehicle so far at the Detroit Auto Show - the FT-1 sportscar, standing for Future Toyota Nr. 1. A concept meant to showcase what the...

New Lexus Art Project Comes From Korea

24 Mar 2014, 18:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If for some reason you thought Lexus got over promoting its facelifted CT 200h model, you’re wrong. And you are also wrong about Koreans - some of them can really combine cars with art. We ...

Ford Announces $1 Million Automotive Design Scholarship

19 Mar 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / To honor the late William Clay Ford, who passed away earlier this month at age 88, and his contribution with the company, the Ford Motor Company Fund will award $1 million in automotive design schol...

Lexus Says You Need These Things Along On an RX Trip

16 Mar 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, you know, Lexus recently got through an identity crisis and starting with 2013, the luxury automaker is oriented more towards the young customer segment. This can be seen not only in its vehic...

How The Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 Was Designed

13 Mar 2014, 13:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Compared with each of its predecessors, the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 represents an abrupt departure in terms of both technology on board and exterior/interior design. With obvious styling ...

Here’s The Story Behind the 2014 Toyota Aygo’s Crazy Design

11 Mar 2014, 14:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / This year the PSA-Toyota joint project put out the new range of city cars, with the Citroen C1, Peugeot 108 and Toyota Aygo receiving total a total overhaul. But while the two french cars are someho...

Go Fun Yourself! New Toyota Aygo Gets Fully Revealed

4 Mar 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The big “X factor” packed in a tiny package on four wheels got completely revealed today promising to add a bit of Japanese lifestyle and more fun to your everyday drive. The 2015 Toyota...

Lexus Reaching More People Through Comcast

3 Mar 2014, 18:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Luxury automaker Lexus is among the first in the industry to offer a new interactive channel through Comcast, a initiative that bets on the service’s huge subscribers count aimed at spreading ...

How Lexus Makes You Fall in Love with Hybrids

1 Mar 2014, 18:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When the first hybrid went on sale, the first generation Toyota Prius, there was a bit of a problem regarding its desirability – it was looking like a dishwasher. However, things have moved on...

A Look At Lexus' Clever Commercials and Design Orientation

28 Feb 2014, 19:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Lexus CT 200h is currently the last model in the luxury automaker’s lineup to receive the new-age spindle design front grille. It happened this year and along with the refresh, the CT also...

Hold On, Toyota Will Come With More Crazy Designs

26 Feb 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is on the way to redeem itself from the bland automaker making reliable fridges on wheels and one of its strategies is coming up with striking designs. After all, that’s what most buyer...

Toyota Design Chief Tokuo Fukuichi Named Lexus President

26 Feb 2014, 17:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since we talked about Toyota’s future design today, you should know that the man behind some of the automaker’s best designs is Tokuo Fukuichi, lead designer for Toyota, Lexus and Scion....

A Trip on Acid - Toyota Dream Car Art Contest Wining Entries

26 Feb 2014, 13:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / I was a hardcore vehicle doodler in my childhood, finding the opportunity to draw some screwed-up design anytime I was seeing a piece of paper and a pen laying around. Looking at my little “pi...

Mercedes-Benz Design Creates Surfboards For Garrett McNamara

25 Feb 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Surfboards were probably among the last pieces of tech that anyone would expect to be at some point in the future designed by Mercedes-Benz, but that has just recently happened. In the last few m...

Toyota Yaris Hybrid Goes Flowery for Paris Fashion Week

24 Feb 2014, 17:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, if you thought the new Toyota models are starting to finally look good, girls might have another opinion and the automaker already came with a solution for them. Toyota teamed up with some ...

Suzuki Has a Cute Miniature Toyota FJ Cruiser

24 Feb 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ain’t that cute? But it’s wrong! Come on Suzuki, can’t you come with your own design? You can’t just copy a design style of a competitor’s car just because it’s g...

Lexus To Open New Intersect Store in New York

14 Feb 2014, 17:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Lexus wants to attract more customers to its newly-redesigned brand which now concentrates more on art, feelings and design. And one of this project’s extension is represented by the Intersect...

Lexus LFA Gets Artistic Display

12 Feb 2014, 17:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We all know that Lexus likes to promote the brand’s style in artistic ways, so being part of the Media Ambition Tokyo 2014 event was absolutely a must. The event features 18 artworks by six...