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Design Review: BMW 5 Series GT
Walking around the car, the Geneva concept clearly previews the production version expected later this year, witnessed by the fully production-ready bodyshell and doors. Stepping into the car, one immediately notices the higher seating position and the familiar-feeling IP architecture with its plan form asymmetry as on the 7 Series, ...
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Design Review: BMW 5 Series GT
BMW describes the 5 Series Gran Turismo concept as a PAS, a ‘Progressive Activity Sedan' that aims to bridge the gap between the 5 series Touring and the X6, a car to suit an aging demographic who desire a luxurious and practical vehicle that doesn't have the elevated and imposing ...
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Interior Motives China Conference 2007
There are 1.3 billion people in China, with 38 million cars between them. 7 million new cars were sold last year, nearly 9 million are expected to sell this year - a growth rate of over 25%. Of the 140 different Chinese car companies, the top ten are responsible for ...
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General Motors Europe opens new Design Center
Being a car designer is often percieved as a glamourous occupation, but few people realise that this typically means working in some of the least inspiring places. Wolfsburg, Detroit and Birmingham are just a few of the locations that are home to some of the largest populations of car designers ...
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General Motors reshuffles Executive Design leadership team
General Motors will be changing its Executive Design leadership team around in the coming months to accelerate global product development. The announcement came on the heels of news regarding the giant automaker being surpassed by rival Toyota in global sales. In an effort to bring itself out of the red, ...
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Designer Interview: Bryan Nesbitt, Executive Director, GM Europe Design
Do you feel that your relative youth, for your position, has given you any advantage?"I find it comes down to having a design-enthusiast's mind-set more than it ever comes down to age. We still see Giugiaro producing some phenomenal work, and I designed alongside Bob Lutz at Chrysler - despite ...
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Designer Interview: Bryan Nesbitt, Executive Director, GM Europe Design
Bryan Nesbitt presents the Opel Antara concept at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show. Click for larger images. Click for larger imagesPresentation by Bryan Nesbitt at the 2001 Autoweek Design Forum focused on the development of the PT CruiserPT Cruiser concept sketch (1996)GME presentation at the 2005 Geneva Motor ShowAt ...
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Interview: Martin Smith, Design Director, Ford of Europe
CDN: How have you changed over time as a designer?
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Interview: Martin Smith, Design Director, Ford of Europe
Martin Smith joined Ford Europe in November 2004 as Executive Director of Design, coming straight from GM Europe. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1973, Smith worked at Porsche for two years before spending much of his career at Audi and then going to GM in 1997. ...
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Interior Motives China Conference 2010: Day 1
Despite Europe being grounded due to volcanic ash, the third Interior Motives China conference got underway in Beijing with a record number of delegates and speakers - proof, as if it were needed, that this event is now one of the most important in the global car design calendar. This ...
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Shanghai Motor Show 2009 Trends and Overview
The Art of War by Sun Tzu suggests that victory can be achieved by both knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, but for many foreign companies the degree of growth in China is still beyond their understanding. During the first quarter of 2009 China's GDP increased by 6.1%, pushing ...
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Design Essay: Copycat Car Design
Similar but different to the Mongrels which appear to use multiple elements from existing designs, are the Mutants that look like exact replicas of existing designs, but then introduce one distinctly different new element. The whole range of Great Wall cars are good examples of this, in particular the i7 ...
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Design Essay: Copycat Car Design
Cars all look alike these days goes the popular saying. But, these days some car designs really do look very similar to others...Walk down the main street in a major Chinese city and, if you're a westerner in particular, you will be propositioned by sellers openly trading in counterfeit watches ...
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Driven: Mustang by Giugiaro
Once on the road, the Mustang reveals that despite the clear canopy and the rear vision displays, it is indeed one very powerful muscle car with plenty of ways to get into trouble. By the time second gear is summoned, Fabrizio is explaining how this car is also no "trailer-queen". ...
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Driven: Mustang by Giugiaro
The sky is cerulean blue, there's a cool breeze coming from the ocean and the sun bathes The Lodge at Pebble Beach in a golden yellow blanket of light. It's August 17th and in the run-up to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance we've had the good fortune of meeting Fabrizio ...
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VIDEO: Italdesign's 40th anniversary
Italdesign-Giugiaro has made a movie to mark the company's 40 years of activity. Celebrating the career of founder Giorgetto Giugiaro, the movie highlights some of the illustrious designs created since 1968.