"That is a rare picture of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore"

Proper seventies high-tar spec Scimitar at Gaydon on Tuesday evening. Perfect on porn-y slot mags. @JasonTorchinsky had one of these, you know.

Found a friend at Gaydon on Tuesday evening. Despite their differing appearance the Mondial and 308 are identical under the skin. The Mondial has a more modern interior, a longer wheelbase, +2 rear seats (useless), weighs about 150kg more and is half the value.

‘Just slap some blue and white on it. It’s close enough”

Here’s the Kickstarter link for the new @ObsoleteSony book I mentioned yesterday.

I ballsed up in yesterday’s post about the Toyota Sera. The Super Live Sound System wasn’t designed by Linn, it was Fujitsu. To atone here’s a picture of the trunk mounted sub and a 14 page technical pdf containing the word FUNKY explaining how it works: https://t.co/jA5azcryBi

Mercedes Benz Vision Iconic launch. Outfits by Hugo Boss presumably. H/T @DarraghMcKenna

I’m not sure Lotus knows what they’re doing now, to be honest.

Apparently it’s Toyota Tuesday so here’s a Sera. Launched in 1990 with Starlet undercarriage. Gordon Murray liked the butterfly wing doors so much he nicked idea for the McLaren F1. Not great to drive but the optional Linn designed stereo had CASUAL MODE and FUNKY MODE.

Alright industrial design fans, this will be an essential addition to your bookshelf.

Shinya Tsukamoto's ultra cyberpunk video for MTV Japan with NIN music in 1993 goes as hard as it gets

1987 Panther Solo II. Designed by Ken Greenley (of Ssangyong Rodius infamy). Powered by an offset mid-mounted engine from the Sierra Cosworth using XR4x4 running gear. Had blue instrument illumination and the world’s most useless rear seats. 13 were sold.

You Can Now Buy Our 375,000-Mile Cross Country Nissan Taxi https://t.co/YITVeSYFH4

Hyundai Grandeur post has gone down well so here’s a few more images:

OH LORD HE COMIN’

A red SM is against The Rules.

Hyundai Grandeur Concept. 4 years old but this was its first appearance in Europe a few weeks ago at Car Design Event in Germany. Serious downtown Seoul at 3am vibes. Concepts like this allow interior designers to experiment without giving too much away about future exteriors.

First generation Toyota Celica 1600ST, fresh from the Toyota Germany heritage fleet. Not available for us media yahoos to drive, unfortunately.

Someone should commission a video series of me doing this about car design.

I live for this level of pettiness.

1985 Marcello Gandini initial design proposal for what would become the Cizeta Moroder V16. Commissioned by Claudio Zampoli this hard model of fiberglass, wood and perspex was hidden from creditors when Cizeta went bankrupt. Models like this are still used in the design studio.