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BMW and Pininfarina to show Gran Lusso Coupé concept at Villa d'Este
BMW and Pininfarina have collaborated on a concept car - the Gran Lusso Coupé - for the 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.
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Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen Microbus (2001)
The turn of the millennium seemed to induce a feeling of nostalgia among car manufacturers and with it a plethora of heritage/retro designs, including the new Mini, new Ford Mustang and Nissan Z.
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Lorenzo Ramaciotti visits RCA for 'Two of a Kind' project
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Fiat-Chrysler's head of global design, has visited the Royal College of Art as part of the Fiat ‘Two of a Kind' project explaining how Italian design has become world-famous in all fields in a talk themed ‘The Roots of Italian Car Design'.
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CDR Trend Insight - Headlamp Wallpaper
As lamps become recessed and cars gain more plan shape at their corners, the lower, inner surface of the unit grows in depth and becomes more noticeable. And this new real-estate it's being adorned with a micro-graphic reminiscent of wallpaper. In time, we may expect these patterns to be developed ...
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Bertone's fate to be decided at the end of April
Bertone's most recent financial troubles have been far from secret - its no-show at the Geneva motor show confirmed our fears - but until now the company hasn't released an official statement about its situation.
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Concept Car of the Week: Matra Laser (1971)
Founded in 1937, French company Matra began its activities by manufacturing military equipment such as aeronautics and weaponry. In the mid ‘60s, under Jean-Luc Lagardere's ambitious direction, the company bought Automobiles Rene Bonnet to expand its portfolio with street and racing cars.
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Video: Volvo designers offer an insight into inspiration
A film crew has visited Volvo's Gothenberg design studios to meet two of its design team and find out what makes them tick.
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Great Wall Motors' Haval Coupe concept heading to Beijing
Great Wall Motors will show the Haval Coupe concept at the upcoming Beijing motor show, an event that looks set to be dominated by this SUV crossover segment.Very few details and only these images of the car in a dark studio so it's impossible to comment on the work of ...
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Driven: Toyota Aygo (2014)
Out on the road, the three-cylinder engine that sits beneath the bonnet isn't quite the ball of potential energy the Aygo's looks imply. However, its modest acceleration is more down to the five, long gear ratios intended to reduce fuel consumption, rather than the engine, which sounds smooth and gives ...
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Driven: Toyota Aygo (2014)
When the original Aygo launched in 2005, it shared the A-segment with nine rivals, including its sister cars, the Citroën C1 and Peugeot 107. In 2014, there are 20 small city cars on the European market, placing extra pressure on the Aygo's designers to ensure it offers something unique and ...
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GM's Tom Peters on breaking Corvette design tradition [w/Video]
GM design director of performance vehicles and full-size trucks Tom Peters has defended his decision to break from Corvette tradition by abandoning round rear lamps for the 2014 Stingray in an Autoweek video.
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'Ender's Game' Audi fleet shuttle quattro concept development revealed [w/Video]
Audi has released a short video and pictures exploring the development of the fleet shuttle quattro from the new sci-fi blockbuster 'Ender's Game'.
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First Sight: Nissan Qashqai (2014)
Having already sold more than two million units worldwide in seven years, a betting man wouldn't have put money on Nissan designers ‘going all radical' for the mk2 Qashqai.
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Mercedes-Benz drops first sketches of S-Class Coupé concept
The first batch of official sketches of Mercedes-Benz's S-Class Coupé Concept emerged this morning ahead of its unveiling at next week's Frankfurt motor show.
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Chris Bangle begins work with Changan Automobile on its design strategy and methodology
Chris Bangle is to consult with Changan Automobile to help develop its design strategy and processes in his first official automotive project since leaving BMW in 2009.
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BAIC previews Concept 900 ahead of Shanghai reveal
BAIC will unveil its Concept 900 at this week's Shanghai auto show, previewed in three images.
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Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment crowns first Sketchmaster
College for Creative Studies (CCS) student Graham Wright has fought off competition from artists, illustrators, industrial, product and car designers to be declared the Sketchmaster of the Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment 2014.
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Autumn issue of Interior Motives magazine out now
The autumn edition of Car Design News' quarterly interior design publication, Interior Motives magazine, is out now. As ever, it features in-depth design development articles on the most interesting and important concept and production vehicles launched in recent months.
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BMW Vision Gran Turismo: Coming soon to a console near you
BMW's Vision Gran Turismo will be hitting TV screens across the world on 6 December as it joins the growing list of cars featured in the next Gran Turismo racing sim game for PlayStation.
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Mark Adams on the Past, Present and Future of Opel Design
Looking further ahead, we ask what trends have caught his eye. In terms of exteriors, Adams sees the advent of autonomous vehicles as "a huge opportunity. The idea that a car can no-longer crash means we're theoretically free from crash regulations, particularly pedestrian protection, which really has an impact on ...