Our Old friend Chris Bangle with some thoughts on design.
Absolutely fantastic.
Jenson Button, McLaren Formula 1 Car, Bathurst…WIN
Today was the last event of the 2011 Minnesota Cars & Cafe season held at the Automotorplex in Chanhassen. It was a really surprising way to wrap up the year as it seemed like every known exotic and unusual car made its way to the show. The brisk weather must have warned their owners to the onset of chilly temps, snow, salt and the dwindling chances to drive on decent roads.
The notable cars from the show is pretty astounding, I know there are ones I missed but the ones that stick out to me were the McLaren SLR, a pair of AMG SLS55 cars, 458 Italia, a GT40 kit car with a carbon fiber body, Plymouth Super Bird, signed Shelby Series 1, and a Corvette ZR1.All beautiful cars and I’m a little disappointed that I won’t see them all until spring. Enough rambling about what I saw and I’ll just show you.
Maserati brought an SUV to the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Seems everyone is slowly getting into the SUV market again, again…
The Kubang concept idea was originally displayed in 2003, and looks to be becoming a reality thanks to the Jeep/Chrysler relationship with Maserati.
I don’t know if I’m sold on this, but seeing as it’s not yet set for production (Tentative release date of 2013) maybe there’s hope yet. What we do know:
Let’s just hope that the Chrysler/Jeep side is strictly for financing, and plays no part in the actual chassis or driveline development. Expect pricing to be the standard Maserati fare. $$.
What do you think?
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