Dec 15 2014
The race-car that changed everything… The Penske PC-23 was designed by Nigel Bennett, who based its design on the 1993 car, the PC-22, which was a radical departure from the basic concept of the previous Penske cars. The PC-23 was one of the most dominant open wheel race cars ever developed. The only substantial difference of the new car were the […]
Dec 14 2014
Special Taxi 2025 Mercedes Nimbus – project Slavchev Tanevski from Munich University of apllied Sciences , the designer is already known to you through the magnificent Mercedes-Benz Aria. The project was completed during the internship Slavchev in Mercedes Exterior Design Studio , with the support of the exterior designer Michael Fry (Michael Frei) and the chief exterior designer Robert Forester (Robert Lesnik). Slavchev task was to […]
Dec 13 2014
The Springer Pagoda. The first ”special version ” of the Pagoda SL straightaway lost its pagoda roof and became something of a multicultural design experiment, a successful one in the view of this author. Pininfarina had taken up the gauntlet just two months after the 230 SL was unveiled in Geneva. In a letter to Karl […]
Dec 12 2014
The annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge entries have been revealed and we’ll be showing off the entire series today on Autoblog. The challenge’s theme this year is “Robocar 2057” and we think each team tells a story with their design of how that particular manufacturer views the future in 50 years. We’ll tell you […]
Dec 12 2014
What could it be? Mercedes-Benz is preparing something new for the upcoming auto show season. A mysterious Mercedes-Benz concept vehicle, which was covered with a tarp, was lurking around a Mercedes-Benz facility. The first thing that catches the eye is the unconventional shape of the car. Although the vehicle is heavily camouflaged, its low-slung, teardrop-like body is […]
Dec 11 2014
Fulda team Germany enlisted a special partner to heighten the success of its newest high-performance summer tire. Working with the luxury automaker Maybach, the team helped to develop a dramatically styled concept car — the “Fulda Maybach Exelero” as a showcase. For the testing of high-performance tires, the company needed a car that was capable […]
Dec 11 2014
The Mercedes-Benz Aria Concept is a vision from Macedonian design student Slavche Tanevski developed at the Mercedes-Benz Design Studio under the supervision of the company’s design chiefs and designers. The Aria is an electric, luxury car for the year 2030. It showcases a remarkable quality, with a careful design research carrie out through an incredible […]
Dec 11 2014
The McLaren MP4/11 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 1996 Formula One season. It was driven by Mika Häkkinen, who was in his third full season with the team, and David Coulthard, who moved from Williams. McLaren had endured a disappointing season in 1995, with the McLaren MP4/10 beset by handling and reliability problems in the team’s first year in partnership […]
Dec 10 2014
Fulda looks back on a long tradition of special cars for testing tires and for introducing them to the public. The streamlined Maybach SW 38, designed in 1938 and supplied in 1939, was a response to technical developments in those days, i.e. to the cars’ ever higher road speeds in the 1930s. Chassis and engine […]
Dec 15 2014
1966 Mercedes-Benz 230SLX “Shooting Break”
Mercedes-Benz 230 SLX Pagode Kombi á la Frua Carrozzeria In 1966, the Turin coachbuilder Pietro Frua, a prominent car designer in Italy in the 1960s, presented a coach built 230 SLX Shooting Brake inspired from the 2-seater Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Pagoda Roadster 1964 1:10 drawings Information about 10.12.1964 production of the basic vehicle Mercedes-Benz 230 SL: chassis number: 113.042-10-008218 […]
By Catalin Varvara • Concept Cars 3 • Tags: 1966 mercedes, 230SLX, 230SLX Frua, benz, frua concept, Mercedes, mercedes-benz