Honda closes European Design Studios

Honda has announced the closure of its automotive and motorcycle design departments at the European Research & Development Center based in Offenbach, Germany. The activities will end on 30 November 2009 after 17 years since opening. GA_googleFillSlot("CBD-Article-Top-300x250"); GA_googleCreateDomIframe('google_ads_div_CBD-Article-Top-300x250' ,'

Audi A5 wins Germany's Design Award

The Audi A5 Coupé has won the 2010 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ceremony will take place in Frankfurt on February 2010. We take this occasion to publish a number of exterior and interior design sketches of the model. The German Design Council is to honor the Audi A5 Coupé with a 2010 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. The

Bentley Design charity art auction

Bentley Motors has organized a charity auction of individual art pieces created by the carmaker's Design Team. The collection includes brush paintings,digital artworks, photograps and sculptures, which use both traditional and contemporary styles. Bentley Motors is staging an art auction at Bonhams, London, to raise money for The Christie, a specialist cancer

Team Dynamics Wheels - Big Brake Kit

I found the solution. Team Dynamics Pro Race 1. 15x7 +35et clears 12.2" Wilwood 6-piston Superlite (not the crappy Dynalites) calipers. Throw on a set of 225/50 BFG Comp T/A Drag Radials for 1/4 mile while still retaining your big brakes for your Honda. Wow.(by Chimpy )

Kumho's Scented Tires

I've always been a fairly strict utilitarian when it comes to vehicle features and design. Useless gingerbread and eye-candy don't do much for me. I had a conniption the other day when I got an up-close look at the new Mustang Shelby GT. This car is a veritable poster-child for useless tacked-on styling trinkets. Hood scoop? Non-functional. Side-scoops? Also non-functional. Hood Pins? Well,

2010 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport vs. 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500

Yes, you’ve seen this movie before. And yes, even with 540 horsepower, to some a Mustang is not, strictly speaking, a sports car. A sports car, by the classic British definition, is one that can, in a pinch, be raced. But times change, and even our resident hotspur Brit, Mr. Gillies, thinks this is talk that predates his birth. In its most recent encounter with a Corvette—July 2006—the super pony

2010 Mazda CX-7 2.2 MZR-CD Diesel

Well, it’s a diesel version of the Mazda CX-7, one of the sportier and better-looking crossovers on the market. Of course, this engine isn’t available in the U.S., where the CX-7 is sold with a thirsty 2.3-liter turbo four—it’s returned as low as 14 mpg overall in our hands—or a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four, the latter having been added for 2010. In Europe, the low fuel economy of the gas