The Suzuki Q is a perfect example of why many in the industry love the Tokyo motorshow. Suzuki’s design team behind the Q concept say the concept is far more than marketing candy to please the sweet tooth of a future-dreaming public. More...

Building full-size models of its virtual entries for the annual LA Design Challenge is now becoming something of a habit for the Mercedes-Benz US Advanced Design Center. After the critical and public success of its Biome concept last year the California-based team developed another 1:1 model for this year’s competition, called the Silver Arrow in homage to the classic 1930s and... More...

Topping the radically futuristic previous-generation European Honda Civic hatchback was always going to be a tough ask. Car Design News talks exclusively to the man with that task, overall exterior design leader for the project, Daisuke Sawai. More...

The new B-Class is the first car from a completely new small car platform that Mercedes hopes will attract younger customers and higher profits. Car Design News talks exclusively to Karl-Heinz Bauer, Mercedes director of design, creative management and operations about its development. More...

Far from a conceptual flight of fancy, the Ford Evos concept signals no less than the look and feel of the next generation of Ford vehicles worldwide. Given that burden, no wonder the design team led by J Mays and Martin Smith took a little longer over it than normal, as Car Design News discovers. More...

On our recent tour of the automotive design industry of Shanghai, China, CDN paid a visit to the studio one of the most established foreign Joint Ventures (JVs) in China – Shanghai Volkswagen. More...