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Infiniti confirms Q30 concept unveil in Frankfurt
Infiniti is to unveil the Q30 concept C-segment hatchback at next month's Frankfurt motor show.
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'Porsche by Design: Relentlessly Pursuing Perfect’ short film released [w/Video]
‘Porsche by Design: Relentlessly Pursuing Perfect' is the latest in a series of historical videos released by the North Carolina Museum of Art ahead of its upcoming exhibition, ‘Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed'.
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA
1 Diamond grilleMercedes is using its sports ‘SL' grille, with integrated three-pointed star increasingly often. The CLA comes exclusively with this grille insert, positioning it as a more sporting Mercedes. The insert's novel pattern and its silver pins give a real bling quality, something the brand seems increasingly keen to ...
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA
Type 4-door coupé/sedanFirst seen NAIAS Detroit 2013International launch Geneva auto salon 2013 Length 4,630mmWidth 1,777mmHeight 1,437mmWheelbase 2,700mmLead exterior designer Mark FeatherstoneLead interior designer Jan Kaul
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Daihatsu hits Indonesian show with eight new concept cars
Daihatsu has launched a product offensive on the Indonesian International Motor Show in Jakarta, with eight concept cars all based around the theme ‘Compact ECO Mobility Best Friend'.
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Car Design News Awards: Nissan IDx and BMW i3 named best Concept and Production cars
The Nissan IDx and BMW i3 were the recipients of Car Design News' Car Designs of the Year Awards in Geneva last night.
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Video: Exploring the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class
To coincide with the announcement that its new C-Class has entered production, Mercedes-Benz has released a video exploring its design.
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Who's Where: Michael Robinson departs Bertone for ED Design
Michael Robinson has left Bertone, joining engineering company ED Design as its chief executive officer and design director.
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Cadillac ATS and Tesla Model S make final five in Innovation By Design Award's 'Transportation' category
Cadillac's ATS and the Tesla Model S are among the five finalists bidding to win the ‘Transportation' category at this year's Innovation by Design Awards, which celebrates groundbreaking designs from the past year.
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Design Essay: Are smart roads just around the corner?
There are other ways to harness the potential power of the highway. Israeli tech firm Innowattech has designed a system of generators that are embedded an inch under the road surface. When a vehicle drives over the top, the compression of the piezoelectric material inside each generator turns kinetic energy ...
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Design Essay: Are smart roads just around the corner?
In order to remain relevant, the car must constantly evolve. But while almost all attention focuses on four wheels, the roads that facilitate an automobile's progress have remained relatively unaltered since Eisenhower formed the National Highway system in the 1950s.
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Designer Interviews: Michael Robinson, Bertone design director
Having spend his entire career in Turin, Robinson acknowledges that it should have been the Fiat Group to challenge the big German three: "Why didn't that happen? One word: arrogance. We're Italians, doing Italian design. People will come to us, whatever we do. Well look at that - they don't. ...
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Designer Interviews: Michael Robinson, Bertone design director
Michael Vernon Robinson was born in Los Angeles in 1956. After his studies and internship at Ford, he was so disappointed by American car design and so tempted by Italian design, that he had to move to Turin. He started working at Open Design, shortly ran his own independent studio ...
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Karmann-Ghia Coupé redesigned by Brazilian students
The winners of the Karmann-Ghia Brazilian student competition to design a modern interpretation of its classic Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia Coupé have been revealed.
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Follow Coventry University students' grad projects on their Tumblr
We always aim to highlight as many college exhibitions as possible, but with so many graduating students each year, it's not surprising some are taking the promotion of their work into their own hands.
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Exclusive First Sight: Pininfarina Sergio concept
Upon receiving the call from Pininfarina's PR man, asking if Car Design News would like to head to Torino for a preview of its latest concept car (not a hard offer to accept), we had no other information than its name - Sergio - and an abstract teaser shot of ...
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Easy Does It: The nine top design directors on the one thing they agree on - simplicity
Despite his individualistic nature, BMW's design chief Adrian Van Hooydonk can only agree with the others: "Today it's my priority to ensure that each BMW can be reduced to two lines only. Yet, even if our cars suggest to be very simple, the surfaces and transitions from the side view ...
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Easy Does It: The nine top design directors on the one thing they agree on - simplicity
Ed Welburn, the most charming man ever to wear a designer suit and design director of General Motors, can only agree with his colleagues. In his fabulous universe, simplicity is even necessary to control complex situations: "Chevrolet offers family cars, extreme performance cars and serious trucks. That's quite something. That ...
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Easy Does It: The nine top design directors on the one thing they agree on - simplicity
J Mays, Ford's charismatic design director, has seen it all during his long career that eventually brought him from VW and Audi, over California to Detroit and the glass house with the Blue Oval on the façade. Over the years, he has learned everything about fashionable car design: "Ford used ...
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Easy Does It: The nine top design directors on the one thing they agree on - simplicity
For Walter de' Silva on the other hand, straightforwardness is the name of the game. Not only in human interaction but also in his work as design director of the VW Group: "I adore basic design, and I dislike decoration. As VW is a world player, our design needs to ...