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Citroën C3 Picasso
The C3 Picasso looks set to define a vehicle typology pioneered by Toyota with the first generation Yaris Verso and then Renault with the Modus: a car that sits between the conventional European ‘B-sector' hatchback, the B-sector based light utility MPV defined by the Renault Kangoo, and the mono-space B-sector ...
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Fiat Bravo
The big story here is the speed at which this car was developed. According to chief designer Frank Stephenson, a mere 17.5 months elapsed from first sketches in April 2005 to the production start late last year.
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Venturi Volage
Major OEMs have just started to make a lot of noise about electric powered cars, but Venturi has been making them for four years. On their home turf in Paris last week they unveiled the Volage, a concept car in every sense of the term except that it is set ...
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Renault Twingo
At the Paris show last year Renault presented the Renault Twingo concept that previewed the production car that now debuts in Geneva.
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BMW X1 Concept
This was a surprise launch from BMW and less of a concept than merely a preview of the forthcoming production model.
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Mazda Kiyora concept
The Kiyora is one of those cars that at first sight don't immediately grab you, yet on closer inspection contain a wealth of new ideas that as a sum are highly impressive.
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Mini Concept Crossover
This concept design previews a similar-sized SUV crossover from Mini just as the Concept Frankfurt / Tokyo / Detroit / London previewed the Clubman production design.
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Chevrolet Volt
The Chevrolet Volt is making its international show debut at Paris a week after being unveiled in Detroit at the GM centenary celebrations.
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Pininfarina B0 concept
The B0 (B-Zero) is a show car spoiler of an electric production car due in just over a year as the first Pininfarina-branded production car.
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Dodge Demon
The Demon is a traditional front engine rear wheel drive sports car in the idiom of the Mazda MX5 and BMW Z4, or more specifically the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky that GM produce.
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Opel GTC
The Opel GTC (Gran Turismo Coupe) concept is significant as the first concept developed under the leadership of Bryan Nesbitt at Opel and Anthony Lo as manager of advanced design. It also represents the next chapter of Opel's brand identity and introduces a new signature style for Opel in Europe, ...
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ArticleSix reasons the Woodward Dream Cruise beats Pebble Beach
Highlights and a mega-gallery from the world's largest single-day automotive event
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Mercedes-Benz Concept Fascination
Car Design News has previously noted how the ‘sports shooting brake' appears to be undergoing something of a revival recently in concept cars and here we see the latest Mercedes-Benz offering on this body format.
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Peugeot RC HYmotion 4 concept
One of the emerging themes in the last two years has been the appearance of the low-slung 4-door supercar, for example the Aston Martin Rapide, the forthcoming Lagonda sedan, Porsche Panamera, Fisker Karma - and the new Lamborghini.
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Citroën Hypnos concept
This crossover coupé-SUV develops themes from the C-Metisse concept shown at Paris two years ago and adds some creative new ingredients for Citroën design language.
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Merceds Benz C-Class
When the 190 original 'baby Benz' was launched in 1982 it extended the Mercedes-Benz range to four core models.
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Maserati GranTurismo
The GranTurismo is Maserati's new entry model, which replaces the old Coupe and Spyder models that date back to 1998.