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It's not too late to register for today's Autodesk 'Concept Modeling for Automotive' Webinar

It's not too late to register for Autodesk's penultimate Webinar in the series, ‘Concept Modeling for Automotive', which takes place today at 1400 (GMT). This webinar focuses on the use of Autodesk Maya, the powerful 3D modeling software. dreiformSTUDIO's managing partner/CEO Seifke Luers will demonstrate efficient but also creative 3D sketching tips, as well as tricks for rapid concept development and refinement.  dreiformSTUDIO was founded in 2011 to meet the demand from automotive clients for fast concept modeling with Autodesk Maya and now provides concept modeling of interiors, exteriors and motorcycles for BMW, Daimler and Audi.

Citroen DS Revival – update

We brought you news a few days ago of Citroen’s announcement that they are going to revive the Citroen DS, and launch the first model at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Citroen's DS Inside Concept to show at Geneva Old cynics that we are, we reckoned that this would be nothing more than a bit of badge engineering – Citroen’s ‘Ford Ghia’ moment. And to be honest, the release of the picture you see here, which is Citroen’s DS Inside Concept, and the basis for the first of the ‘DS’ cars, the DS3, hasn’t really changed our minds much.

Concept Car of the Week: Plymouth XNR (1960)

In the early ‘50s, both GM and Ford offered attractive and exciting sports cars, symbols of a proud post-war America. Ford had the Thunderbird and GM the Corvette, but Chrysler's approach was more pragmatic, producing cars that were practical and robust but also slow. After commissioning a long series of concepts designed by Italian carrozzeria Ghia, Chrysler gave a free hand to its design chief Virgil Exner to inject some life into its lineup.