A Remarkable Rolls
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Alex Innes, head of coachbuild design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, describes the specially commissioned La Rose Noire Droptail as “glamour distilled.” The finishes, outside and in, contribute largely to that charm.
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Robots, AI and Superb BMW Surfaces
By: Gary S. Vasilash
There isn’t an automotive paint shop in the world that doesn’t have post-paint inspection and defect processing. But BMW is doing this with levels of technology at a plant in Germany that exceed all other paint shops in the world.
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Rolls’ Last Wraith Gets a Special Finish
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Back in 2013, Rolls-Royce introduced the Wraith coupe, which was designed to appeal to a younger clientele. It worked. The car is leaving production, so the builder has developed a very special model with a very special finish for its final chapter.
The 2024 Ford Mustang: All the Colors Available
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Although Chevrolet has announced the end of the Camaro and Dodge is offering “Last Call” editions of the Charger and Challenger, the Ford Mustang is launching to its seventh generation.
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Pretend Your Audi EV Is the Prototype
By: Gary S. Vasilash
While camouflage car coverings are meant to disguise surfaces of development vehicles, what Audi is doing to the RS e-tron will turn a whole lot of heads — and it is an electric vehicle that you can have in your own driveway.
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Trends in EV Finishing
By: Gary S. Vasilash
As OEMs put more electric vehicles — a.k.a., “green” vehicles — on the road, their colors aren’t, well, green.
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Henry Ford Is Still Right When It Comes to Color
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Who would have imagined that more than 100 years after his famous statement about any color as long as it’s black would still have relevance of a sort?
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Two Approaches to an Array of Exterior Colors
By: Gary S. Vasilash
VW and BMW introduce new vehicles with different approaches to the exterior color pallet.
BASF Conceptual Colors for Auto
By: Gary S. Vasilash
It is possible that some of these colors will make production in the not-too-distant future.
BASF Advancing E-Coat Applications
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Although their e-coatings have been deployed millions of times, BASF Coatings is still learning more.
MINI Roof Rainbow
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Distinctive British brand uses the roof as a pallet in a new way.
How Ford Is Honoring the F-Series with Color
By: Gary S. Vasilash
Ford celebrates 75 years of F-Series trucks with five color options.
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