Hopefully Alfa goes in this direction with their (inevitable) electric; the anti-BMW (h)Alfa grille from Simeone collection - Image Unavailable, Please Login
I must admit, this is what came to mind when I saw the first photo Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
you might want to check out Sol Lewitt's work. One of my favorite artists; into everything (AKA: multidisciplinary) Image Unavailable, Please Login
I am always lost when a manufacturer outs frowny faces on things or droopy eyes. If people aren't attracted to people with frowny faces and people aren't making their faces and eyes look droopy... You probably should design a car to look droopy.
I cannot STAND the droopy eyes thing. It's so weird. "Hey, even our design thinks it sucks!" aka "Fix your mascara, bro!"
ROLLS WACKY CONVERTIBLE TOP Someone's hot some 'splainin' to do.... Here's a mystery wrapped up inside an enigma about the new Rolls 3-off (a one off plus two copies) , the boat tail They say it had a temporary lift off top Maybe that's the one that uses sailboat-like fasteners at the rear like the Porsche Boxster But then some other story said they have a temporary- in -place top for sitting in place while it's raining So why not put the top up? Does this car still have a regular convertible top? Why does it look like it has two convertible tops?Maybe I don't understand 'cause I don't buy cars like this for $28 million... From the side the rear half looks Fiat 124 roadster Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
New Konigsegg Gemera, 4-seater hyper car, hybrid ice/electric. Better looking than many other recent hyper-cars? (and wtf is a hyper-car?) . Image Unavailable, Please Login
What a mess: Image Unavailable, Please Login The McLaren Arthur car does something similar with the open C-pillar and it just looks messy.
Robert Cumberford story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-08/robert-cumberford-automobile-magazine-critic-becomes-authority-on-style
Great piece. I always enjoyed reading his critiques. We could use more people like him nowadays. Although in today's social media world I'm sure they'd all label him a a hater as everyone now just agrees with everything. Lol, today's designers aren't too fond of criticism.
I heard a different version of Cumberford leaving GM. He was run out after pulling a stunt with Stan Mott to put a Ford banner in the reflecting pool in time for a GM Board of Directors presentation. The article has way too much of the PR version of "walk on water" tone to it.
I read Cumberford often while he was writing for Automobile and was always impressed by the overly high opinion he held of himself. For a man so critical of others' work, he had a remarkably thin portfolio of built work. He is generally credited with the Intermeccanica Griffith, although in one of the discussions I had many years ago with Frank Reisner after he returned to Vancouver (in an attempt convince him to re-boot that car and add it to the 356 cab he had then recently introduced), he left me with the impression that Franco Scaglione also had a reasonable claim. If memory serves, I believe he penned an Automobile piece in which he also contended to have played a large part in the design of the Fitch Phoenix initiated by Coby Whitmore. So, if we add in that pastiche (the tulipwood Hispano and the Squire drophead come to mind) of pre-war cars, his "Martinique" rounds out the count at 3 as far as I am aware. I'm not convinced he rates the rep he seems to have compiled...
Bingo! I too always read his reviews just because. He was entertaining & amusing at times. This is all I will add to the conversation: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
This story seems appropriate here- Many years ago, Alias produced an animation of a car driving up a driveway, to show off some new animation tools or something. They obviously did not involve a car designer in creating the car for the animation, as the cars A-pillars were angled outwards! The car looked ridiculous, and made the whole effort into a negative for the company, as no one in automotive design could even pay attention to the animation as they were stuck bewildered by the "car".