A look back on an exceptional friendship through the design and build of a number of ground-breaking custom cars. Charlie Smith guides us through the design and build process he shared with East Coast metal man Egon Necelis. A fantastic journey from paper to pavement, with some insight for rookie and experienced designers alike. The story includes a gallery of concept art and in-progress and completed build photos, as well as a tribute to Egon, a visionary craftsman who fearlessly pushed the envelope. A Motorburg exclusive.

A car design rendering tutorial from Motorburg.com. From rough sketch to completed piece, our in-house expert guides you through materials and tool selection, proper masking, shading, coloring and detailing. Learn some helpful tricks and tips on creating surface reflections, highlights, shadows and more. No matter what your skill level, or if you work traditionally or digitally, there is something to be learned along the way, and adapted to your current work to give it that final “polish”! Fully illustrated tutorial Includes step-by-step instructions and helpful hints.

by Thom Taylor
The internet has been ablaze these last few months with so much advice and opinions about the bankruptcy of Chrysler and then GM, including my missive in November. But a lot of people don’t have a clue about what this means, what caused it and what a post BK world will really be like in terms of manufacturing, employment, automobile sales and most importantly, the business culture that got us where we are today.
When you look at comments from the average Joe on sites like Bloomberg, AOL, NY …

Taking a look at hot rod design and illustration from the perspective of Hunter S. Thompson’s Gonzo journalism technique. Motorburg Associate Artist Brian Stupski from Problem Child Kustoms Studio offers a fresh approach to what is becoming a stagnant field of the same-old, same-old, and offers up some constructive criticism and advice gleaned from his years as a professional artist and designer. An enlightening look at why drawing and experiencing art is more important than ever, and can be the key to landing more clients in a very competitive marketplace.

Popular Canadian race driver Ron Fellows has spent the last 20 years carving out a varied and enviable road racing career. Ron won his first Driver’s Championship in 1989 in the Player’s/GM Challenge. He dominated Trans Am competition with 19 wins in 95 starts. In 1997 he provided Ferrari with its first sports car win in Canada since 1964. In 2001 Ron became the first Canadian ever to win the 24 hours of Daytona.
Fans voted him “Most Popular Driver” in the American LeMans Series for four consecutive years. As a …