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Turning Honda CAD data into art with Ryoji Ikeda

The language of installations is close to design – it is about placing objects in space, and working with balance and atmosphere while interscting with people. Of course with art there is no function, solely feelings. Yet one of the latest art/car collaborations, data.anatomy[civic], adds just this.

The Equualizer: We drive the 2011 Hyundai Equus luxury sedan

Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik is by all indications a brilliant car executive. His company is on a ramp-straight rise up through the car market in the United States, and he is poised to shepherd it into luxury-sedan territory next year with the impressively equipped Equus four-door we were driving. But Krafcik is not quite as good at timing and scoring.

New Jaguar XJC – the Coupe

Jaguar already has a new Jaguar XJC on the drawing board – a coupe version of the new Jaguar XJ The last Jaguar XJC was in the ’70s, and was built on the SWB version of the Series II Jaguar XJ.  In fact – by the time Jaguar got round to launching the XJC on to the market in 1975 – it was the only XJ that had the SWB, as all XJ saloons had moved over to the LWB as standard. A glorious-looking car – especially in ‘New Avengers’ guise as driven by Steed – it was plagued by the problems that beset British Leyland at the time.