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Italdesign

ItalDesign Lucciola
By 18.03.2026

ItalDesign’s 1993 Lucciola concept was a small hybrid city car that combined eco‑friendliness, versatility, and playful...

  • Renault Zoom Renault Zoom

    Renault

    Renault Zoom
    By 27.05.2017

    The chaotic free-for-all that is parking in Paris has often provided inspiration to French car designers....

  • Sinclair C5 Sinclair C5

    Sinclair

    Sinclair C5
    By 26.05.2017

    Consumer electronics tycoon Sir Clive Sinclair had long considered making silent, emissions-free electric vehicles. In August...

  • Smart-Maybach Smart-Maybach

    Articles

    The small Smart-Maybach could be a funny little thing
    By 24.05.2017

    While this remains unlikely, applying the Maybach formula to something like the tiny Smart Fortwo could...

  • GM Lean Machine GM Lean Machine

    General Motors

    General Motors Lean Machine
    By 21.05.2017

    If you’ve seen the 1993 futuristicaction movie Demolition Man, you might be familiar with General Motors’...

  • Ligier JS4 Ligier JS4

    Ligier

    Ligier JS4
    By 20.05.2017

    Guy Ligier—Formula One team owner, motorway construction tycoon, and confidante of French president François Mitterrand—was an...

  • Copper Electric Runabout Copper Electric Runabout

    Copper

    Copper Electric Runabout
    By 20.05.2017

    With every dramatic surge in oil prices comes renewed interest in alternative fuels for cars; the...

  • Stimson Scorcher Stimson Scorcher

    Stimson

    Stimson Scorcher
    By 20.05.2017

    Britain’s licensing authorities weren’t too sure what to make of the Stimson Scorcher in 1976, hesitatingly...

  • Lepoix Ding Lepoix Ding

    Lepoix

    Lepoix Ding
    By 19.05.2017

    The French-born industrial designer Louis Lepoix was probably best known for his commercial vehicles and household...

  • Zagato Zelle 1000 Zagato Zelle 1000

    Zagato

    Zagato Zele 1000
    By 19.05.2017

    Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Italian coachbuilder Zagato was a byword for motoring excitement—a dream factory...

  • Fiat ESV 1500 Fiat ESV 1500

    Fiat

    Fiat ESV 1500
    By 18.05.2017

    The impetus for Fiat’s attempt to create the safest possible city car came from the US....

  • NSU Wankel Spider NSU Wankel Spider

    NSU

    NSU Wankel Spider
    By 18.05.2017

    A rotary engine is any power unit that dispenses with a crankshaft to eliminate reciprocal motion,...

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    Austin

    Austin Mini
    By 17.05.2017

    Conceived as an alternative to the “bubble cars” popular at the time of the 1956 Suez...

  • Fiat 500 Nuova Fiat 500 Nuova

    Fiat

    Fiat 500 Nuova
    By 17.05.2017

    Despite Fiat’s 1936 500 “Topolino” being a well-liked little car in its day, the Nuova 500...

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    Powerdrive

    Powerdrive
    By 17.05.2017

    In the arcane world of British microcars, David Gottlieb is a near-mythical figure. The designer of...

  • Isetta 300 Isetta 300

    Isetta

    Isetta 300
    By 17.05.2017

    Bubble cars were a European fad in the 1950s. These tiny, cramped contraptions offered minimal motoring...

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