When Audi went back to the future
Twenty years ago Audi unveiled this incredible tribute to the famous ‘Silver Arrows’ of the 1930s at Autostadt in Wolfsburg. Projekt Rosemeyer’s familiar features are clear to see: the massive radiator grille…
Maserati's iconic Boomerang
First seen as a concept car at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, the Maserati Boomerang was a typically adventurous piece of work by Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Boomerang borrowed its mechanical underpinnings…
Virtual Lambo becomes reality
Lamborghini has unveiled its new concept car, the Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo, ahead of the World Finals of the 2019 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships taking place in Monaco. The Lambo V12 Vision GT…
Alfa Romeo's iconic B.A.T.mobiles
Three of Alfa Romeo's iconic 1950s concept cars, B.A.T. 5, 7 and 9, will make a rare public appearance later this month in London. The Franco Scaglione designed concepts for Bertone will form the ‘Trinity: B.A.T. 5-7-9’…
Lambo's one-of-a-kind Super Spyder
First presented as a non-running design study at Geneva in 2005, Lamborghini’s Concept S was conceived of by then head of design Luc Donckerwolke at Centro Stile Lamborghini and introduced as an extreme…
Jaguar's Gran Turismo challenger
Jaguar has unveiled its first all-electric virtual sports car – the Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Coupé. The futuristic EV is set to join the grid as the latest addition to the Vision Gran Turismo line-up for the Gran…
Mercedes homage to its original racer
Mercedes-Benz Design has unveiled its latest concept vehicle, the Vision Mercedes Simplex. Dubbed ‘a sculpture’ it embodies both the heritage and future of the luxury car brand and symbolises the transition…
Mercedes experimental C 111
50 years ago the Mercedes-Benz C 111, a visionary design in form, drive system and materials, thrilled both the motoring world and the public when it was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The rotary-engined…
Wedged Wonders by Docubyte
Wedged Wonders: Italian Concept Cars, 1968-79, is the latest work from James Ball, a design and tech obsessive working under the pseudonym of Docubyte. The photographer, retoucher and art director…
Lincoln's hottest 'Hot Rod'
In 1955 Gian Carlo Boano was in his early twenties, but he had already been designing cars alongside his father, Felice Mario Boano, for several years, first at Ghia and then later at their own Carrozzeria Boano…
BMW's M-car of the Future
In future, drivers will be able to choose whether they wish to be driven or do the driving themselves. With the BMW Vision M NEXT, the BMW Group is revealing its take on how driving pleasure might look in future…
BMW pays homage to Marcello Gandini
The BMW Group took the occasion of this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este to unveil the recreation of the BMW Garmisch, a classic concept car that was designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone and then…
The perfect tribute to an endurance legend
The Porsche Museum is set to display this stunning 917 concept study to the public for the first time as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations of the 917 model. The special exhibition entitled ‘Colours of Speed…
Aston Martin gets hyper
Continuing its march into the manufacture of mid-engined hypercars, Aston Martin unveiled not one, but two further models at the Geneva Motor Show last week. Aston started by confirming that the AM-RB 003…
The ‘Rapid Transit System’ Road Runner
This rather special Plymouth Road Runner Rapid Transit was the Plymouth brand’s star for their release of the 1971 factory models. The new G-series designs rewrote the book on Mopar’s B-body lines and sent…
VW reinvents the Beach Buggy
Volkswagen revealed the ID. BUGGY at the Geneva International Motor Show this week. The ID. BUGGY is a zero-emissions high-tech vehicle for the summer, on the beach or in the city, based on the modular…
Prototypes from Porsche
At Porsche, there are some prototypes and studies that have rarely or never been publicly seen before. Captured here in these striking shots are five of those very vehicles…
Reinventing the Pantera
Conceived and designed as the first example of ARES Design’s ‘Bespoke Creations’ service, its Project ‘Panther’ is a comprehensive modern reimagining of the iconic 1970s Pantera…