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Paris Motor Show 2006 - Highlights 2
Continue to the updated Paris Motor Show 2006 Highlights...
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Design Contest: Michelin Challenge Design announces 2007 theme and call for entries
Sponsored article Find out aboutsponsoring an articleon Car Design News. More...Michelin Challenge Design exhibition at the 2006 North American International Auto Show. Click for larger images'Cresty' by Tamas Hartai, 'Hyanide' by Tilmann Schlootz & Oliver KellerAt the 2006 North American International Auto Show, Michelin Challenge Design announced its them
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FH Joanneum Graz Degree Show 2008
Industrial Design students at the University for Applied Science, FH Joanneum Graz, Austria presented their diploma projects in the annual degree exhibition. A total of 16 students enter the course in the first term every year, with nine graduating this summer. The rest of the students will ...
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Design Development: Lamborghini Estoque
Despite sharing similarities with processes pioneered in the Reventón program, the Estoque project presented a new challenge in moving away from the existing Lamborghini typology. "With the four-door we had to think totally out of the box, totally different direction - which was at the beginning pretty difficult for the ...
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Design Development: Lamborghini Estoque
The Lamborghini Estoque sedan was one of the surprising and controversial designs of 2008, combining the unusual faceted design language first seen on the limited-edition Reventón with a totally new front-engined, four-door, four-seat package that looks remarkably production-feasible.
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2011 Consumer Electronics Show
The pace of development in the world of consumer electronics - particularly touchscreens, Smartphones and tablet devices - is increasingly influential on the world of automotive design. So with the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, we thought it high time for Car Design ...
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Michelin Challenge Design 2009 preview
The Michelin Challenge Design exhibit at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will feature 11 scale models and 24 two-dimensional drawings selected by a jury of top automotive designers. In the weeks leading up to NAIAS, Michelin Challenge Design will be profiling some of the selected participants ...
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Design Review: Seat Altea
Other neat touches on the Altea include the hidden clap-hands wipers and a second, hollow parcel tray in the trunk. The interior also keeps the spirit of the original, with a high but sporty seating position and centre console shape that apes the grille outline in a similar fashion to ...
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Design Review: Seat Altea
The new SEAT Altea acts as a classic case study in how a new production model can be successfully developed from a concept series, to give it an extra 'edge' in the public's perception. The final production car, premiered at Geneva, looks unchanged from the Altea Prototipo concept shown at ...
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Design Review: GMC Granite concept
Entrance to the interior is through a set of barn-style pillarless doors that provide a conceptual twist on the new Opel Meriva's innovative set-up. (That car sits on a similar wheelbase, but retains conventional B-pillars for reasons of structural rigidity).
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Design Review: GMC Granite concept
Even iconic brands have difficulty expand beyond the design parameters that brought them their success. You need only witness Mini's growing pains as it attempts to enter the SUV crossover segment with the Countryman for proof of that. For a brand like GMC, whose model line is based on mildly ...
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Mercedes color and trim manager on the new SL-Class interior [w/video]
Mercedes has released a video as part of the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, discussing interior design details of the new 2013 SL-Class.
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Design Review: Lexus IS
The old IS200/300 was a simple concept, clearly targeted at the BMW 3 Series: a sporty, compact executive car with a straight-six engine and RWD, available in sedan or sporty wagon format. This new model is a much more complex product, in some ways more mainstream, in others more sophisticated and focused. The new design direction is meant to express three fundamental elements of the Lexus ‘L-Fin
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IDEA Institute acquired by Quantum Kapital
Turin-based automotive design, modeling and engineering firm IDEA (Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering) has been sold to Quantum Kapital AG, an investment company with an industrial emphasis based in St. Gall, Switzerland. The transaction is expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
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Driven: Chevrolet Orlando
Chevrolet recently launched the new Orlando crossover in the UK market. The seven passenger vehicle - which eschews a conventional monovolume MPV package in favor of a more bulky, upright one that aims to fill the same need - will be sold in the North American market as well as ...
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Design Contest: Automotive design community gathers for annual design awards party in Paris
Among the special guests will be the Interior Motives Design Awards 2004 judges:- Olivier Boulay, Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Japan- Guy Burgoyne, Volvo Cars- Simon Cox, GM Advanced Design UK- Bill Fluharty, Johnson Controls, Inc- Ulrich Lammel, Volkswagen AG- Steve Lewis, SEAT Cars- Sarah Maynard, Aston Martin Lagonda- Justyn Norek, I.DE.A ...
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First Sight: Holden Torana concept
Torana concept debut at the Australian International Motor Show. Click for larger imagesHolden has stolen the limelight at the opening of the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, unveiling a ground-up concept car dubbed the Torana TT36. The concept revives a famous Australian nameplate from the 1970s - ...