Chris Harris drives the new $1.2 million McLaren P1 at the Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit in Abu Dhabi UAE. Before taking to the track at night, Chris Harris chats with Chris Goodwin, the Chief Test Driver for McLaren Automotive to discuss the technology of McLaren’s latest offering, perhaps the definition of the modern day hypercar.
Category: design
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Auto Design Prague Conference 2014
Auto Design Prague Conference 2014 Hosts Designers and Students
The fourth annual Auto Design Prague recently took place in the city’s National Technical Library. Held on September 18th, the event presented the latest trends in automotive design with leading personalities from the field, with this year’s main actors hailing from Volvo, Qoros, Jaguar, Ferrari, Škoda and Citroen/DS.
This year’s presenters included Thomas Ingenlath, senior vice president for design at Volvo, who spoke about Scandinavian design in relation to the Swedish automaker’s new design language. He cited the Volvo XC90, the first production car designed under his leadership, which will make its world premiere at the Paris auto show later this week.
Another speaker was Julian Thomson, advanced design director at Jaguar. Thomson gave a lecture entitled the ‘Ten Rules of Car Design’, which offered some helpful tips for design hopefuls seeking to enter the field. – See more at: http://formtrends.com/auto-design-prague-conference-2014-hosts-designers-and-students/#.VCrKvBbnLK4
Video: AutoDesign Prague 2014 from AutoDesign&Styling on Vimeo.
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Lancia 037 Group B | Last Era of Racing Romance
Lancia 037 is a rarity in the card world. If you are lucky enough to have ever driven the wild Lancia Stratos, Lancia 037 would be reserved for even fever mortals @ 200 ever made! Lancia 037 is an Epic car, from a forgotten time, when things that run on wheels did not always made sense. Raw, unpredictable, and never made for comfort – a pure racing car in straight jacket. All this comes together in perfect engine symphony. We post this video for all petrol-heads and car enthusiasts to Enjoy! #becausefriday
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2014 Zagato Aston Martin Virage Shooting Brake
The famed Italian coachbuilder Zagato Atelier is celebrating its 95th Anniversary with this dynamic design for Aston Martin. Despite the “moniker” Shooting Brake, the aggressively aerodynamic shape is more reminiscent of a fastback with a Kamm style back.
BRITISH ORIGIN, ITALIAN TRADITION
The Shooting Brake body has had different meanings throughout automotive history. Since the 60s, however, it commonly refers to a luxury coupé, rigorously-styled with two doors and a functional boot space. This body was created to accommodate drivers’ sport and leisure passions, such as hunting or golf, while providing the exciting driving experience of a fast and exclusive GT. Nearly all of the most prestigious English marques include a Shooting Brake model (or an “authorized” conversion) in their model line.
95 YEARS OF ZAGATO
Ugo Zagato began his coachbuilding career in 1919 when he left the Officine Aeronautiche Pomilio, where he excelled for four years, to return to Milan to set up his own business. He did so with the bold intent of transferring sophisticated constructional techniques that combined lightness with strength from the aeronautic to the automotive sector.
For more info check: Zagato Milano
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The concept design was originally created by Andrew Zo, Vancouver’s packaging designer in 2011, titled “Packed Engagement Ring”, and was then launched under the name “Clifton” in 2014.
Live | Apple Event In Cupertino, CA
Apple – Live – September 2014 Special Event – click above if you have Safari browser
Tim Cook says: Looking forward to a great day in Cupertino! Join us at 10am Pacific Standard Time. #AppleLive
Going by pass trends, you will be able to update to new iOS on September 17th around 1pm PST (4pm EST) if you live in North America.
Apple is broadcasting the event to people using Safari browser, but if you have the VLC, you can tap into it! You can download VLC for Windows or Android > click Media > Open Network Stream > Copy and paste the URL link bellow into the network. If you’re using Firefox or Chrome, and you have VLC installed, you may also be able to just paste the URL straight into a browser tab. Your browser will recognize that it’s a network stream and load VLC as a plug-in.
URL field: http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/gear1/prog_index.m3u8