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Discussing Our Favorite Eras Of Automotive Design: RAC #55

Pre-war Auburns to modern Audis, ’60’s minimalism, elegant Italians, wedge cars, and a design-focused cheap car challenge.

How does one even begin to have a modest discussion about automotive design? Few topics in the realm of motoring are as broad and subjective as styling, but then again, design is quite possibly the single most important aspect of a vehicle.

That’s why this week’s Rambling About Cars episode is so special. Bruce and Smith welcome Motor1.com Editor-In-Chief Seyth Miersma to the program for the challenging task of chatting about great automotive design in the span of just one hour. Considering the discussion exceeded the mark by about 15 minutes, one might say the task was a failure. But the unwritten rules of car culture forbid any discussion featuring the Auburn Boattail Speedster, Lamborghini Miura, Audi R8, and the Lancia Stratos from being labeled anything but

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Lexus Returns As Design Miami/ Automotive Partner, To Collaborate With Germane Barnes, The University of Miami In Immersive Installation

By Betty C. Morrow 3 months ago

INSTALLATION TO EXPLORE THE BRAND’S ELECTRIFIED, CARBON-NEUTRAL VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Published: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:00 AM CDT|Updated: 21 hours ago

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Lexus announced its return as automotive partner and forthcoming collaboration for Design Miami/, partnering with the University of Miami to realize a vision of an electrified future that embodies the energy of next-generation design. Led by Germane Barnes – principal architect at Studio Barnes, assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture and director of the CHIL Lab focused on social and political impact of architecture – the project will culminate in an immersive installation on view at Design Miami/ 2021 with digital components that will resonate globally. Inspired by the LF-Z concept car, which embodies a vision for the future of the automotive field that is human-centered, carbon-neutral and impeccably crafted, the project

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Automotive Crypto Company Carnomaly Honors Two Individuals’ Cancer Battles with Special Paint Design at NASCAR Race | News

By Betty C. Morrow 4 months ago

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Carnomaly (www.carnomaly.io), the world’s leading automotive crypto company announces they will be honoring two individuals and their journeys battling cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in partnership with NASCAR Cup Series veteran Landon Cassill and Gaunt Brothers Racing (GBR) with a special paint design for the No. 96 Toyota Camry car. In addition to highlighting these incredible survivors journeys, Carnomaly will also be donating to one of the individual’s college fund.

On Sunday, October 3^rd Carnomaly will highlight Trisha Fennell, the sister-in-law of Carnomaly founder and CEO Scott Heninger, and 12-year-old Avery Pacheco. Fennell is a two-time breast cancer survivor who was first diagnosed in October 2018 and Pacheco was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in August 2019. The car will feature pink and gold ribbons along both sides – pink for breast cancer

Car & Automotive

70 years of automotive design from the front row

By Betty C. Morrow 8 months ago

Whenever not trying to produce cars through the 1970s and 1980s, his Cumberford Design International worked in Europe on behalf of clients including Renault and Citroen. Patrick Le Quément, for many years head of design for Renault, remembers meeting the critic shortly after he’d unwittingly fired him — along with all outside consultants — shortly after assuming the role in the mid-1980s.

“I threw out the baby with the bathwater,” says Le Quément, who’s credited with creating the Twingo and the original Ford Sierra. But he and Cumberford made amends. “What I like about Robert is that he is above all a designer who writes and not a journalist who dabbles in design. He understands, what else can I say?”

“Robert has an opening to the real world, to design in general and socio-cultural evolutions,” he said.

It was around this time — 1986 — that Automobile magazine hired Cumberford

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