Engineers who worked on the 2020 Corvette's engine, which is visible from the outside of the car, had to make sure its looks were as impressive as its performance.

The chair of the graduate program at a top transportation design school in Detroit says the polarizing styling -- which may be trying to shatter comparisons to other vehicles such as Hummer and the Jeep Wrangler -- may serve Tesla well on a number of fronts, from marketing to manufacturing, notably in China.

The new concept crossover is more than just a styling exercise that will influence future vehicles. It's also very much the design model for the next-generation Tucson coming next year.

VW is likely to modify the ID Space Vizzion concept it showed at the Los Angeles Auto Show last week into a more rugged awd wagon by the time the production version makes it to U.S. showrooms.