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College Exhibition: Coventry Degree Show 2006
Niki Yau's BMW M-taxi was an interesting counterpart to the recent concept car by Israeli architect Zaha Hadid. It takes a BMW M5 platform and rebodies it as a replacement the current M5 Ring-Taxi which is used on the Nurburgring to entertain clients. The style and graphics are inspired by ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry Degree Show 2006
Transportation and product design students at Coventry University in England recently displayed their work in the school's summer degree show, one of the two graduation shows per year. A total of 74 students graduated in various fields including Automotive Design, Transport and Product Design, Vehicle Design, Boat Design and Consumer ...
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Design Review: Saab 9-X BioHybrid concept
Saab is starting to flex its muscles. In Detroit, the carmaker showed the 9-4X concept; an SUV crossover one step removed from production. The 9-X, presented on the eve of the Geneva show in March, is similarly close to being a production design and was developed in parallel to the ...
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Design Review: Ferrari F430
The seminal Dino was the first 'junior' Ferrari that established a lineage that runs up to the new F430 launched at Paris, via the 308, 328, 348, 355 and 360. When the Dino was launched in 1967, Ferrari were so concerned about the effect this V6-powered cheaper car would have ...
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Show Review: EyesOn Design 2011
EyesOn Design, held each Father's Day in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Shores, likely draws more car designers and fans of car design than any show outside of Pebble Beach or Villa d'Este.
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Speakers confirmed for Interior Motives China Conference 2009
Seven new speakers have been confirmed for the 2009 Interior Motives from Car Design News conference in Shanghai, which will run from 21st - 23rd April. Brought to you by the team behind Car Design News and its quarterly interior design publication, Interior Motives, the conference will take place immediately ...
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Design Review: GM Daewoo T2X concept
After eight years, with the Seoul show now including all the major international manufacturers, GM Daewoo have bounced back to unveil their ambitious new T2X concept. Like so many of the cars at the show the T2X is a sports crossover, which Max Wolff, GM Daewoo Deputy Director of Advanced ...
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Design Contest: Peugeot for the Megalopolis of Tomorrow
Entries for the fifth edition of Peugeot's annual design competition can be submitted to the Design section of the the company's website (click link below) starting today, 30 May. The deadline for entries is 20 July 2008.
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Geneva Motor Show 2012 - Trends and Overview
We lauded last year's Geneva motor show as heralding a return of the good times in the car industry. The excitement that escaped motor shows of 2008, ‘09 and much of 2010 appeared to be back. Here, we said, was an industry back on its feet and showing off its ...
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Opel Trixx concept for the Geneva Motor Show
Click for larger imagesOpel/Vauxhall has released first details of the Trixx small car concept to be shown at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Martin Smith, Opel/Vauxhall executive director of design, says: "Trixx shows our vision of an innovative, ultra-compact car in the three-metre-class, with an expressive, exciting design, and ...
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Porsche Museum hosts Colección Goméz
The Porsche Design Museum is opening a new special exhibition today, September 20th. Called the ‘Colección Goméz' the museum will display 24 works of art created by 19 South American artists who have used Porsche 911 GT2 hoods pressed into service as a ‘canvass'.
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ArticleDriven: BMW X6
Why do people like some cars and dislike others? There are all sorts of reasons for sure, but there aren’t so many cars that one both likes and also dislikes. The BMW X6 takes this a stage further in being a design that is likable and unlikable for the same reason
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University of Huddersfield Degree Show 2008
Destinations, the graduate show of the Transport Design degree course at the University of Huddersfield, showed projects created by graduating students earlier this summer as part of the School of Art and Design's Graduate Show week, and also at the New Designers exhibition held in London's Business Design Centre.
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CPP announces new Jensen Interceptor
Coventry Prototype Panels is on an impressive roll. Following heady investment from its Russian investor and a passionate drive from its founder and Managing Director, Brendan O'Toole, the coachbuilding specialist has expanded rapidly over the past two years, acquiring brands and forming partnerships.
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Whos Where: Pierre Authier to become Vice President of Design for Opel/Vauxhall
Pierre Authier is thought to become Vice President of Design for Opel/Vauxhall, leaving his current role as Peugeot Design Director, according to a source from within the PSA design department.
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Faurecia Pin-spiration calls for premium pinboards
Faurecia has launched its ‘Faurecia Pin-spiration' contest, with a brand new 64GB iPad up for grabs.
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Semi-autonomous driving system reduces accidents by 75% [w/video]
Scientists from MIT have developed a semi-autonomous driving system that is proven to reduce acccidents by 75 per cent.
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Hong-ik University Degree Show 2010
RooT - Super electric sport vehicleDooyeul LeeThe RooT concept focuses upon the driving position and engagement between driver and vehicle. Lee's concept offers up a choice of two seating positions for the driver, allowing them to choose between the conventional and that of a motorbike rider. The transition between the ...