The Ferrari brand has always managed to captivate the mind and imagination of designers from all over the world. This latest concept study for a Ferrari supercar come to us from Iran and independent designer Siamak Ruhi Dehkordi. The 33-year-old Iranian states that the single-seater Zobin was inspired from the Italian firm’s Formula 1 cars. But in spite of the fact that even Pininfarina has severely lowered its aesthetic-standards when it comes to modern day Ferraris, we continue to believe that a Ferrari -and every Italian sportscar for that matter- should be the epitome of beauty and style. And the Zobin has as much style as an Enzo in a girdle.

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Lately there seems to be an abundance of concept proposals all over the net from independent designers -professional or amateur. The most recent one to fall upon our hands is the Lexus LF SS which is a somewhat futuristic study for a next-generation Lexus GS created by Jin Hee Kim. According to the designer, while the premium sports sedan concept features the same wheelbase length as the current GS, the two vehicles differ significantly in their styling, drivetrain and packaging. Continued

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Design inspiration can come from all around us: a lake, a statue, a tree or in the case of Shao Yung Yeh, even a grasshopper. The 22-year-old Taiwanese design student of the Cheng Kung University created the one-seater Insecta Concept during the 2007-2008 academic exchange with Kunsthochschule Berlin. The structure of the car is suppose to imitate an insect featuring among other things, leg-like suspension systems, which adjust the height of the car in different traffic situations. The Insecta is (theoretically) powered by four independent electric motors located inside a sphere system on each wheel. Continued

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 A couple of months after a Slovenian website posted a series of allegedly official photos (click here for more details) of the so-called McLaren P11 or F2, Car Magazine has followed suit publishing a new set of images that supposedly show an early clay model of the mid-engined British supercar. The styling differences between the P11s shown in the two publications concern details such as the design of the front and rear end, but other than that, they look pretty alike so it is quite possible that the two sets of images are from different design stages. Continued

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If we were to follow the norm, we’d say that since Aston Martin, Porsche and quite possibly, Lamborghini, are preparing to introduce a new bunch of sporty four-door coupe models, then it would be only logical that Ferrari would do the same, thus justifying these renderings that were made by a Russian designer called Krasnov Igor. But we won’t. We’ve heard of no such thing as a four-door Ferrari and we seriously doubt that the Prancing horse will ever make a car like this, especially in the presence of Maserati. As for the Ferrari four-door coupe proposal, our opinion –and feel free to disagree with us- is that Krasnov will have to try much harder next time as we fail to see anything inspiring or beautiful about this design. Continued

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Why on earth would someone design a speedboat inspired from the Audi R8? Well, if we didn’t know better, we’d say that the catamaran’s designer probably wanted to style cars but instead ended up in the shipping business as the R8 Catamaran is Bo Zolland’s second automobile-inspired speedboat after the 1963 Corvette Stingray lookalike catamaran According to the Swedish designer, the 8.8 meter long R8 speedboat has been designed to use a V10 biodiesel marine engine or two smaller 320 HP diesel units helping it to achieve a theoretical top speed of 110 MPH. Continued

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It’s only been a week since Porsche released a teaser image of its forthcoming Panamera partially revealing the vehicle’s front-end but tuners are already preparing to introduce their proposals for the sport sedan. One of the first tuning firms to announce that it is readying a series of performance and styling upgrades for the Panamera is 9ff, a German tuning firm that specializes on Porsche models. Even though the Stuttgart-based automaker has yet to disclose pictures of its new sports sedan, the German tuner released a pair of teaser renderings showing the Panamera equipped with bespoke alloys and from what we gather, a light bodykit that includes side skirts and a rear diffuser with integrated dual exhaust pipes. If you’re wondering how accurate these renderings may be, we reckon they’re pretty close to the real thing.

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