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Feat of Clay: We take a peek inside Toyota's Calty design center

In anticipation of the debut of the all-new 2011 Toyota Sienna at the 2009 LA Auto Show in December, the folks responsible for the minivan invited us to take a peek inside their Calty design center in Newport Beach, California. Calty Design Research is the Toyota design center that created production cars like the '78, '90 and '00 Toyota Celica, '07 FJ Cruiser, '07 Tundra, '08 Highlander, '08 Scion xB, and '09 Venza, as well as the Lexus LF-C, FT-SX, Scion t2B, Scion FUSE, FT-HS and A-BAT concepts. It's not very often that they open the ... Read more →

Former BMW designer Chris Bangle to open own studio? Chris Paukert

For those who have been wondering when and where lightning-rod designer Chris Bangle will surface again, Automotive News has some scuttlebutt for you. According to the industry publication, the ...

Pininfarina to cease contract manufacturing, transfer ownership to banks Noah Joseph

It's been a rough few years for Italy's coachbuilders, and times aren't getting any easier. Bertone almost went under before a rescue plan was approved by the courts at the eleventh hour, and now ...

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Former BMW designer Chris Bangle to open own studio? 10 months ago on Autoblog

For those who have been wondering when and where lightning-rod designer Chris Bangle will surface again, Automotive News has some scuttlebutt for you. According to the industry publication, the controversial BMW stylist has some plans of his own – for a new design studio. While Bangle has not ...

Pininfarina to cease contract manufacturing, transfer ownership to banks 11 months ago on Autoblog

It's been a rough few years for Italy's coachbuilders, and times aren't getting any easier. Bertone almost went under before a rescue plan was approved by the courts at the eleventh hour, and now Pininfarina is poised to follow them down the same path. Drowning in nearly €600 million in ...

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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

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