All articles by Karl Smith – Page 17
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: GM LeSabre (1951)
The car that defined auto design in the 1950s in America was the General Motors LeSabre of 1951. Conceived by the flamboyant GM design chief Harley Earl, it was meant to set out the programme for the cars of the new rocket age
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Norman Timbs Special (1948)
Like a Hollywood take on a German race car, this sleek road-legal roadster was both out of place and time
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Buick Centurion (1956)
The centrepiece of General Motors legendary Motorama shows, the Buick Centurion was the combined talent of Harley Earl and Charles ‘Chuck’ Jordan
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The Future According to Art Center
What does the future of car design look like? And how do Art Center train the people who'll decide it?
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789: Fiat advertisement (c. 1980)
A quick guide to Italian styling, courtesy of Fiat and its rivals
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage (2006)
In the late 1950s Maserati launched a series of lightweight racing cars to conquer the 24 hours of Le Mans as well as other famous races. Known as ‘Birdcages’, the cars were constructed of a latticework of chromium/molybdenum steel tubing and covered by light sheet metal.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler ecoVoyager (2008)
Not quite the future of the luxury car, but an interesting experimental monospace
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Design Interviews: Interrogating BMW's Top Team
Quizzing BMW's Executives On The Brand's Future (and its wheelchair)
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ArticleLA 2016: Galpin & The Garage
A basement full of wild and unique custom vehicles spice up the LA show
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Cadillac N.A.R.T. (1970)
A racing team's redesigned Eldorado, by Zagato
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ArticleLA 2016: Chevrolet Bolt - a crossover or an MPV?
We're debating the most favourable format for a forward-looking electric car
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ArticleLA 2016: Ford EcoSport - Kuga's kid brother grows up
Ford's CUV matures, but its interior could do with a refresh
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: L'Oeuf Electrique (1942)
The mother of all bubble cars has something to say to us about the car of the future