Chuck Jordan memorial: A car life well-lived

Family and friends gathered at the GM Heritage Center in Warren, Mich., to celebrate the life of the late Chuck Jordan, who retired as General Motors vice president of design in 1992 and died on Dec. 9, 2010. While many of the 200 or so present remembered working with Jordan during his career that began at GM in 1949, the ceremony also made clear that he'd lived a rich and active life in retirement.

VW, GM join BATC, GAC plus Chris Bangle and more at key China design event

阅读本文中文版本请点击这里 新年快乐.  Xin Nian Kuai Le.  Happy New Year to our readers in China and to everyone celebrating the start of the Year of the Rabbit. The speakers and program are being finalized for one of the principal forums for car design intelligence in China, the Interior Motives 2011 conference, to be held in Shanghai on the eve of this year's auto show. The event will again include design chiefs from both China and overseas, representing domestic OEMs and the foreign companies seeking to retain their design edge by investing heavily in new studios and nurturing home-grown talent.

A Fiat Accompli: Rodeo Drive, Italian style

The annual Father's Day car celebration, the Rodeo Drive Concours, has feted many a marque over the years, from the inaugural show in 1993 honoring the Ferrari 348 Spyder to one year that celebrated the first 100 years of the automobile by bringing one representative car from each of those 100 years. But this year, it was Fiat. Yes, Fiat, the humble little car that put Italy back on wheels after the war.