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With Chrysler in a much better financial situation than it was one short year ago, thanks to help from Italian automaker Fiat, the future of its sub-brands will include Fiat-based offerings. Jeep, Chrysler’s SUV stronghold, will be the beneficiary of several car-based crossover collaborations with Fiat.The big news is the upcoming proliferation of Fiat platforms to replace aging Jeep models. The current Patriot and Compass car-based SUVs will be replaced by at least one vehicle on the Italian automaker’s…
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The Dice House looks like part of a Monopoly set, but the design has real-world ambitions. The 30-by-30-by-30-foot concept home, designed by the British architecture firm Sybarite, improves on standard building tech to erase its carbon footprint.
The centerpiece is a photovoltaic umbrella dome that collects roughly 90 percent of the house’s energy needs. Made of a common plastic, the pillowy dome traps heat like a greenhouse. That hot air warms water in a tank tucked under the roof, turning out a daily a…
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Cars are my passion, just as they are yours, but I also have more than a passing interest in architecture – a distinct product of growing up in the home of a successful architect. In fact, I was interested in the design of buildings before I was interested in the design of cars. This is clearly why my early interest in the automotive realm was purely visual aesthetics. Since those early days, I’ve come to appreciate the mechanicals, engineering, and motorsport aspects as well, but I haven’t lo…
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Cars are my passion, just as they are yours, but I also have more than a passing interest in architecture – a distinct product of growing up in the home of a successful architect. In fact, I was interested in the design of buildings before I was interested in the design of cars. This is clearly why my early interest in the automotive realm was purely visual aesthetics. Since those early days, I’ve come to appreciate the mechanicals, engineering, and motorsport aspects as well, but I haven’t lo…
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For the last five years, eVolo Magazine has hosted a futuristic skyscraper design competition. Usually, the entrants imagine giant buildings taller than anything under construction today. However, the most impressive entry in this year’s competition goes the opposite route, by dropping the building straight into the sea. This floating building would generate its own electricity and food, house thousands, and plunge deep beneath the waves.
Designed by Sarly Adre bin Sarkum of Malaysia, the waterscraper …
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While Fiat has a lot of things going on at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, it is most excited about the debut of the 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta, a model that introduces an entirely new architecture from Fiat – “Compact” – designed to satisfy the most demanding customers in terms of road-holding, agility and safety.
The five-door Giulietta will go on sale in Europe from May of this year and will be available in five different models including:
Two Quadrifoglio Verde versions fitted wi…