10/29/12

2013 Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition

“It’s been nearly 20 years since I started designing cars for Hot Wheels and I have yet to drive one home,” said Felix Holst, vice president of creative for the Mattel Wheels Division. “Personally, I can’t wait to open the doors and see the Hot Wheels Camaro sitting in the garage.” The Custom Camaro 1:64-scale toy car from 1968 was one of the original 16 Hot Wheels issued by Mattel and is considered today as one of the most valuable of the...

Formula 1: Indian Grand Prix

After 11 straight wins, it lost to Ferrari. It then continued its streak, claiming a startling 15 wins out of 16 starts but by a strange twist of fate, the one it lost was on Scuderia’s home ground and, at the same time, the first Italian GP after Enzo Ferrari’s death… That was then and this is now. The latest Formula 1 race was the Indian Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel took an easy win, his fourth in a row. It was an almost perfect...

10/28/12

Nissan Extreme Concept

The Extrem is the first concept car from Nissan designed specifically for and produced in Brazil to underscore the company's commitment to the country where it recorded a significant sales growth claiming almost two per cent of the market in 2011, doubling its 2010 deliveries, and aims to account for five per cent of new car sales by 2016. Nissan Design America (NDA) in San Diego, California, penned the small 2+2 crossover in collaboration...

2013 Lexus GS350 F Sport

One of the highlights at the Japanese luxury brand's stand will be a 2013 GS350 F Sport prepared in partnership with VIP Auto Salon. The Orange County, California-based tuner muscled up the premium mid-size sedan by bolting on Apexi CG SPL custom supercharger kit to its 3.5-liter V6 engine, which in naturally aspirated guise, delivers 306-horses. VIP Auto Salon did not say how much power the V6 gained with the addition of a supercharger. The...

10/27/12

Exona Supercar by Nikola Novak

Nikola Novak is a young "amateur designer" with a knack for futuriatic sports car and who says he was accepted by the Coventry University in the UK as well the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, but never able to go due to a lack of financial resources. This did not discourage Novak from continuing his passion for automobile design with one of the many projects he has finished being the Exona supercar study. Instead of creating...