Autometer 1427 Designer Black Oil Pressure Gauge on 2040-parts.com

College Exhibition: Creapole MA Degree Show 2009

Creapole, a design school offering degrees in a range of disciplines, held its MA Transportation Design show last week at its campus in Paris, France. The masters students, now in their fifth year of study, have been preparing for the show through the school's intensive program, which includes sociological, ecological and anthropological studies during the fourth year. In the fifth year, program directors Alec Moran and Cyril Randuineau allowed the students to develop a vehicle based on their own theme and invited jury members from the design community to come by and give the students feedback on their various projects.

JAC J3 Cross

JAC has unveiled its J3 Cross B-segment corssover, designed at the Chinese company's design center in Turin. The J3 Cross is aimed younger Chinese drivers that crave an SUV, hence the a split black grille, tough-looking bumpers that features an integrated chrome trim, while lower body cladding is incorporated to give some protection on rough roads. The raised ride height and integrated roof bars add to the J3 Cross' softroad image.

Chevrolet City Express priced at $22,950

Chevrolet has released pricing for the 2015 City Express urban work van, which debuted at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show just a couple months ago. The van is Chevy's answer to the Ford Transit Connect, and is actually based on the Nissan NV200. The Chevrolet City Express will start at $22,950 when it goes on sale in early fall, and will be powered by a 2.0-liter dual-overhead cam inline-four making 131 hp and 139 lb-ft of torque.