with HDNet. They are running an episode of InFocus right now called "Sleek Dreams." It is about the design and construction of the Maserati Birdcage Pininfarina designed in 2005. Awesome show, well worth watching.

Here is an article about the car if you are interested.

Holy smokes that car is breathtaking! I'll have to check out HDnet

Don't worry, that car will soon show up on a thread called "Best Maserati to smoke a cigar in".

Beautiful car. The second article about design behind the car was great. 700 hp and ~3500 lbs makes for incredible acceleration. Any guesses on 0-60?

Too concepty. Though im sure it's an engineering masterpiece.

down hill ever since

I had a 59 i sold many years ago looked just like this one makes me sick every time i think about it.Seemed like a good idea at the time.
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/266730,11117,0,0/...ornia_LWB_Photo.aspx

i would call my brother in-law but i forgot 2 things 1 is i hardly talk too him and 2 he already bought a mid-life crisis car. and yes he is a big time snob. since the day i met him 20 yrs ago.

The car itself is conceptual (duh), but until I watched the show I never knew anything about the actual process. Four artists sketched for several weeks, then they made the entire shell of the car out of foam (incredible process -- the workmen are incredibly skilled) . . . it's unreal how much work goes into every tiny detail.

Thanks for posting this - it's an amazing process, and a really interesting car...

I recorded the show a few days ago and my six year-old son watched it with me last night. He was fascinated by all of it. He loved Okuyama's 1999 Ferrari concept, the rossa ,that is on the program near the beginning -- couldn't stop talking about it.

I am waiting for a series on how they build the Lada!

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Originally posted by kechke:
I am waiting for a series on how they build the Lada!

The makers of the Lada forgot to advance beyond the foam stage.