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Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Ferrari 512S Berlinetta Speciale (1969)
Back in 2001, Filippo Sapino retired from his position of managing director of Ghia S.p.A after over 30 years with the company. During this time he oversaw the development of production cars and wild concepts as well as forging a long partnership with Ford Motor Company.
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Tesla Motors open-sources patents
Since Elon Musk founded Tesla Motors a decade ago, his electric car venture has been a thorn in the traditional auto manufacturers' side.
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Concept Car of the Week: Dodge M4S PPG Turbo Interceptor (1985)
As a major paint supplier of Detroit's big three, PPG would commission every year a car to be used as a pace car in the Indy Car World Series.
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Mercedes-Benz S-Class interior loaded with pioneering technology
The 2014 Mercedes S-Class' interior has been revealed ahead of its debut at next week's New York Auto Show.
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Nissan expands Beijing studio
With the expansion of the Chinese market, the country's position in the automotive industry is increasingly important. Homegrown design elements look set to enhance brand competitiveness, while the on-the-ground knowledge garnered by Chinese studios is becoming invaluable feeding back into global companies.
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30 years of Seat Ibiza, yet the design compromises sound familiar
Over four model generations and thirty years, the Seat Ibiza's design has been overseen by some influential people; Giorgetto Giugiaro, Walter de Silva and Luc Donckerwolke shaped the Ibizas of the past, while the facelift of the most-recent model is the first to receive input from current Seat design director, ...
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Interior Motives Design Awards 2013 deadline this Friday
The deadline for entries to the Interior Motives Design Awards is Friday 12th April.
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Design For the Real China contest seeks innovative solutions to everyday issues
The ‘Design for the Real China' contest has launched, challenging designers across all disciplines to develop innovative solutions to everyday problems that arise in China.
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Microsoft demos Apple CarPlay rival
The battle between Microsoft and Apple is being fought on the desktop, on the smartphone and now in the car.
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What is stance and how do we achieve a good one?
Car designers often talk about a car as having a good ‘stance' but what exactly do they mean by that? More importantly, can we identify some key components of a car's stance to utilize when designing?
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What is stance and how do we achieve a good one?
Car designers often talk about a car as having a good ‘stance' but what exactly do they mean by that? More importantly, can we identify some key components of a car's stance to utilize when designing?
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2013 Australian Motor Show axed
This year’s Australian Motor Show in Melbourne has been cancelled by its organizers three months before its planned opening.
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Design Review: Renault Twingo (2014)
The combination of a short overhang, wide rear shoulder, neatly integrated spoiler and a very cleverly conceived single mask graphic makes this a very pleasing rear profile. It's not just distinctive, it makes the Twingo feel much more than its lowly A-segment positioning suggests.
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Design Review: Renault Twingo (2014)
1 Color, personalizationThis is a clever IP - one that manages to be appealing, yet draws heavily on the parts bin and uses hard plastics without feeling cheap. The highlight surround section for the gauge pack and doors is color-keyed, available in various colors and in numerous finishes including a ...
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Design Review: Renault Twingo (2014)
1 One-piece tailgateThis solution is becoming de rigueur in the A-segment (see Up, Aygo et al) and Renault uses it as a strong graphical device, integrating the tail-lamps into the overall shape to emphasize width. Detailing, such as the badging, makes it look high quality rather than cheap.
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Design Review: Renault Twingo (2014)
1 Not forgetting Twingo IIThese inset round lamps - the DRLs - are a nod to the second-generation car. Much nicer integration of this now necessary feature than on the Clio.
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Design Review: Renault Twingo (2014)
First seen Geneva motor show 2014 Vehicle type A-segment hatchback
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College Project: Istituto Europeo di Design and Mahindra collaboration
Students from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin, Italy, have designed the compact minivans and SUVs as part of a collaboration project with Mahindra.
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ArticleJag designers light up London’s Clerkenwell Design Week
Clerkenwell Design Week might not mean much to car designers more used to motor shows like Tokyo or Geneva. But the five-year-old event is fast becoming a fixture in the broader design calendar, and has been sponsored by Jaguar for the past four years for good reason.
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Concept Car of the Week: Dodge Deora (1967)
Half concept car, half custom but all awesome, the Dodge Deora was designed by former GM designer Harry Bentley Bradley for the famous car customizers the Alexander brothers who wanted to build a radical custom truck using one of the Big Three's new cabover mini-pickups.