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Project Car Hell, Budget German Luxury Coupes Edition: BMW 633 CSi or Mercedes-Benz 500 SLC?

Welcome back to Project Car Hell, where all your choices are both terrible and excellent! Last week, we gave you the opportunity to dive into one of two classic 1960s ragtop sports cars, with a choice between a Datsun Fairlady and a Renault Caravelle. This week… well, the Hell Garage Demons got to thinking about the concept of depreciation.

Dramatic design on tap for next-generation model

Jaguar’s next-generation XJ luxury sedan will incorporate design features from the C-XF concept first shown at Detroit, AutoWeek has learned. Although prototypes captured by spy photographers are disguised with BMW-style grilles, the face of the new 2010 XJ will feature Jag’s gaping square grille and a curvaceous body with a rakish, coupelike rear window. The final XJ incorporates slim headlights with double-projector lenses that are very close in design to those revealed on the dramatic C-XF shown at the 2007 North American International Auto Show.

Starting Out: CDN launches Car Design Glossary

Drawing is the basic language of designers, and is the time-honoured way in which a designer will communicate an idea. However, designers are often required to describe or explain their designs - and the work of others - in words, and for this, they need a vocabulary. The vocabulary they use is one whose origins stretch back to another era and to different disciplines, and which, with the now multi-cultural nature of the profession and advances in computer technology, is still growing.