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Essay: Retrospection
In the wake of Mays' departure, Audi took another step towards its Auto Union heritage with the fabulous Rosemeyer concept of 2000. Of course, much of the surfacing came from the TT, but the overall shape of the Rosemeyer is unique and the front graphic has now been successfully translated ...
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Essay: Retrospection
Hommage, reinterpretation, retrofuturism, learning from the past. Whatever you call it, retrospection has been a defining movement of car design over the past two decades. Touted as forging identity, this trend has been criticized as unoriginal, yet the success of numerous models recently spawned by it contends the forward-looking principles ...
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Whos Where: Pierre Castinel is Head of Design at Tata
Indian automaker Tata has been front page news often in recent times, first because of the impressive one-lakh Nano, which changes the automotive industry playing field, and most recently because of its acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford's Premiere Automotive Group for the tidy sum of $2.3 billion ...
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L'argus European Design Competition 2004 announced
The competition has been run since 2002, asking students at European design schools to design original utility vehicles. The 2003 competition recieved more than 350 submissions from students of Europe's best schools of art and design. This year there are two major new features: extension of the competition to design ...
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Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera teases Geneva concept car
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera has released a teaser image of its 2012 Disco Volante Concept, which will debut at next month's Geneva motor show.
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Design Development: Bentley Continental Flying Spur
The new Continental Flying Spur shares many components with the VW Phaeton and Audi A8, including the basic W12 engine, air suspension and all-wheel-drive system. Although the wheelbase and tracks are virtually identical to an Audi A8 LWB, the engine is set further rearwards to allow a much-reduced front overhang ...
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Design Development: Bentley Continental Flying Spur
The original 1957 Bentley Continental Flying Spur was hailed as one of the most elegant and yet powerful saloons of the time and the new Continental Flying Spur continues that Bentley bloodline of sporting Grand Tourers. Similarly inspired by the most desirable coupe of its day, it aims to deliver ...
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Frankfurt 2011 - Best in Show
Given the array of new cars at motor shows, it's often difficult to pick one as the overall star of the show. While, in theory, there appears to have been a glut of new concept and production cars to choose from in Frankfurt, in reality there were less than a ...
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Pininfarina family to lose control of company
The Pininfarina family is set to lose its controlling share stake in the company as it takes a step closer to restructuring its €76 million net debt.
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Design Review: Detroit Show Stands
Car Design News first looked in detail at the influence of pavilions and manufacturer stands at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year and how the industry, in general, has been quite slow capitalize on this potentially massive means of communication. Last month's North American International Auto Show was evidence that ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2011 - Trends & Overview
The Lamborghini Aventador, while beautifully executed, is little more than a refinement of the Murcielago/Reventon concept - odd considering its highly advanced new carbon monocoque construction. Think 'Miura' or 'Countach' - 'Diablo' even - and an image of entirely game-shifting flamboyance appears. The Aventador's proportions somehow lack the drama of ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2011 - Trends & Overview
The 2011 Geneva motor show more than lived up to expectations that this would be a vintage year for the Swiss classic.
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Designer Interview: Zhang Fan, Design Director, GAC
We also explored the emotional link between people and their cars. Cars are no longer simply tools to get from A to B. They are an expression of individuality, interests, lifestyle, or even an extension of your home. We wanted to capture this relationship and so experimented with the idea ...
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Designer Interview: Zhang Fan, Design Director, GAC
Zhang Fan, whose exterior design for the Mercedes-Benz A-Class was unveiled at the Shanghai International motor Show last year, has since left the German manufacturer and taken up the position of Design Director at Chinese carmaker, GAC.
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DYPDC Center for Automotive Research & Studies
Last year the doors opened to DYPDC Center for Automotive Research and Studies, a new automotive design school. The institution has grown from strength to strength and has achieved considerable success in this short time.
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Driven: Citroen DS4
Recomissioning the DS name looked like a risk to many outside Citroen’s headquarters, including us. And the new sub-brand’s opening salvo - the DS3 - didn’t exactly calm the worries of those of us who hold the original in high esteem. Where was the ingenuity? The originality? The depth of ...
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Gert Hildebrand on his new challenge at Chinese startup, Qoros
Qoros Auto, a new start-up luxury automaker which launched in China late last year, is poised to take on the established German firms in the increasingly competitive luxury segment. The company was formerly known as Chery Quantum Auto Co. Ltd (“CQAC”) and is a 50/50 joint venture between Chery Automobile ...
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Design Review: Renault Captur concept
The Captur's interior is, if anything, even more of a treat than its exterior. Again carbon-fiber is a major structural material - the front seat frames mirroring the roof in mutual appreciation. And it's the seating that grabs your attention as soon as you put your hand up to the ...