Driven to Distraction

I've just discovered the vehicle designer who worked on Tron Legacy has a site publicising his book 'Cosmic Motors'. I've only leafed through the book, which is on my hit list, but the site shows some utterly beautiful rendered artwork for futuristic race cars, personal flight vehicles and bikes. I love futurist vehicle design and Daniel Simon captures a slick Hot Wheels vibe together with a realism in the designs and illustrations that makes them look utterly believable. He's married the sophistication of the design with sexy suit-clad ladies for an F1 feel to the race shots too.

The personal race pods defy conventional means of propulsion, with a star wars style gravity negating drive. The detail extends down to the tiny scratches and decals and instruction panels on the vehicles too.