Kiazera: Kia VG concept leaked

Filed under: Concept Cars , Sedans/Saloons , Kia , Misc.

Audi centennial timepiece celebrates 100 years on four wheels with four hands

Filed under: Gadgets , Audi , Lifestyle Audi teamed up with Munich-based watchmaker Chronoswiss to create the Tachoscope, celebrating 100 years of Audi. The mechanical timepiece has a chronograph and tachometer function (to measure velocity) inspired by the Auto Unions that helped define the Audi adventure: the second hand’s numerals are derived from the tach in the Auto Union Type C Grand Prix racer. Also novel is the fact that the hour hand resides in the upper inset dial — the large hands are the second hand and chronograph

Spy Shots: Revamped Audi Q7 snapped in Atlanta

Filed under: Spy Photos , SUVs , Crossovers/CUVs , Audi 2011 Audi Q7 spy shots – Click above for a gallery Cellphone cameras and the internet give pretty much anyone with a sharp eye the potential to be an automotive spy photographer. Fourtitude/Car Lounge member AutoUnion32 has snagged what looks to be Audi’s refreshed Q7 wearing S-Line trim while cruising along in Atlanta traffic. The subtly-updated Q is expected in showrooms as a 2011 model

Coco’s Ride: What if Chanel designed automobiles?

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupes , Sports/GTs , Etc. , Lifestyle Click above for a high-res gallery of the Chanel Fiole concept car Jinyoung Jo is a car designer at Hong-ik University in South Korea, and this is her creation: the Chanel Fiole concept. As with classic Coco Chanel work, the design of the car was centered on simplicity of lines and “the best of black and white.” As with most concepts, there was also an emphasis on airflow

RX for Success… or lawsuit? China’s BYD gets its Lexus tribute on

Filed under: SUVs , China , Crossovers/CUVs , Lexus BYD S6 – Click above for high-res image gallery Designing a car is such work…

Ural to auction custom-painted Gzhel sidecar motorcycle

Filed under: Auction Action , Motorcycles Ural Gzhel sidecar motorcycle – Click above for image gallery On the surface, it would seem that Ural’s brand of rugged sidecar motorcycles has absolutely nothing at all to do with delicate Gzhel-style ceramics . Regardless, the American branch of the classic Russian motorcycle maker has commissioned a unique take on their bread-and-butter Tourist model that’s painted up in a white and blue motif inspired by Gzhel pottery. The artist responsible for the Ural Gzhel is Svetlana Zyryanova, a Ural employee that spends the majority of her working career painting the company’s two-wheel drive Desert-style camo Gear-Up models

Spy Shots: Next Ford Focus mules caught testing

Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedans/Saloons , Wagons/Estates , Geneva Motor Show , Crossovers/CUVs , Ford The next Ford Focus is being prepared in sedan and wagon formats, and the first mules have been caught. Judging from what we see here and what we’ve already heard, the coming Focus will take its design cues from the Iosis-Max concept shown at Geneva last month.

Mercedes-Benz unveils retrofuturistic F-Cell Roadster built by trainees

Filed under: Concept Cars , Convertibles , Economy , Etc. , Green , Tech , Daimler , Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Roadster – Click above for high-res image gallery Times may be tough, but that isn’t stopping Daimler from having a bit of expensive-looking fun with its trainees… so long as there’s an educational bent to it.

Spy Shots: If this is it, the Mazda1 looks nothing like Kiyora concept

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Auto Show , Spy Photos , Economy , Euro , Green , Paris Motor Show , Hatchbacks , Mazda When we were told that the Mazda Kiyora concept unveiled at last year’s Paris Motor Show would influence Mazda’s coming city car, it looks like we overestimated the word “influence.” At least, that’s the case if the little Mazda caught in Evo ‘s spy shots is actually the Mazda1. Evo makes a compelling case for the car actually being the Mazda1 – not merely a revised Mazda2.

Whither Suburbia? Virginia all but outlaws cul-de-sac construction in face of traffic costs

Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Earnings/Financials , Lifestyle Virginia lawmakers are taking a metaphorical battering ram to suburban culs-de-sac, those little dead-end roundabouts that are almost all adorned with a yellow sign saying “No Outlet.” Caught out by spiraling maintenance and development costs, the Washington Post reports that legislators are now mandating that the state will only maintain new subdivision roadways that meet its revised requirements for narrower dimensions and increased connectivity

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