Auto Design

According to Turin and Detroit insiders, the famous Italian coachbuilder Zagato has just completed the new (and rather unusual) Alfa Romeo TZ 3 “Stradale” that was expected to be unveiled in May this year at the Concorso d’Eleganza di Villa d’Este but instead it will be seen in public for the first time at Pebble Beach in August. And that is for a good reason and a good cause, as we shall see in a moment. Read the rest of this entry »

Chrevolet 2009 Corvette ZR 1

In my post yesterday I offered two contradigting infromation concerning the dream cr that Zagato will be unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show. I said it is to be powered by a big V8 and speculated it might be a Viper. The trouble is that the Viper has always come with a V10 engine, not a V8. This means that Zagato dream-car is going to be built on a different platform. In this case I tend to think of a Corvette. Wouldn’t you?

I.de.a. Institute Era for the Geneva Motor Show.

 All mouths are kept shout in Turin about what the Italian coachbuilder will be showing at the Geneva Motor Show, early next month, but it is already clear that Fioravanti, Italdesign and Zagato will be showing a world-première whereas Idea and Pininfarina will be displaying something “deja vu” but further developed. Pininfarina will take its ultimate development of the Bolloré Zero electric four door, four seater, all-round-city- sedan in new colour scheme and with a more sophisticated interior design. Read the rest of this entry »