by Chris Force | Jul 15, 2021 | News
The first big auto show of the year is on in Chicago. The 2021 Chicago Auto Show, which normally happens in February, runs for 5 days (down from 10) from July 15 to July 19. and is about half the size. I ran through a quick preview today, and it’s easy to call out the...
by Chris Force | Jan 8, 2021 | Design
“I’m always in a three-piece suit,” Niels van Roij says. “They’re tailor-made with fabric from cars I’ve worked on.” The 36-year-old designer’s studio specializes in coachbuilding, a throwback to the days when cars were sold as a rolling chassis and the body was...
by Chris Force | Jan 6, 2021 | Design
“I have a very creative mind. I don’t sleep much,” says Dave Kindig of Kindig-It Design, a premium custom car shop and the subject of the reality TV series Bitchin’ Rides, now in its seventh season. Dave built a special ’58 Lincoln Continental named Maybellene. “It’s...
by Chris Force | Dec 22, 2020 | Studio Tours
“It’s complicated,” says Paul Wraith, the chief designer behind Ford Bronco. This is not the answer I was looking for. I had asked, in a long, meandering, chat-cast kind of way, essentially this: “So, how did you create the all new Ford Bronco?” Dumb, I know....
by Chris Force | May 8, 2020 | Design
It’s sunny, low 70s, in the Del Rey neighborhood of West Los Angeles. A new office compound is under construction—one of many new developments aimed at making room for the tech, startup, and media companies that are flocking to the area, what’s being referred to as...
by Chris Force | Dec 9, 2019 | Design
If you were interested in fast cars in the ’90s there’s a good chance you rarely even saw the Toyota Supra Mk.4. Released in ’93 with chart-topping performance, advanced technology, and the massively capable 2JZ engine, the car failed to resonate with American buyers....
