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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2009
One category of vehicles exhibited, Class H, includes unique and limited edition styling exercises created by Italian car designers on chassis from all over the world. The BMW 2800 Spicup, designed by Bertone, stood out with its bright green interior and aluminum-clad targa roof; the name ‘Spicup' is derived from ...
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2009
Held for the first time at the same location, on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, in 1929 and revived in the 1990s, the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is one of the most significant - not to mention elegant - events in the historic car calendar. A focus on design, ...
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Show Review: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
The Goodwood Festival of Speed began 19 years ago. Back then, it amounted to little more than a glorified hill climb for historic racecars. Since then, it has grown to become the biggest event in the UK automotive calendar outside of the Grand Prix, and takes over Lord March's West ...
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David Lyon in shock GM departure
News of David Lyon's shock departure from General Motors broke this weekend. Lyon was set to become Vice President of Design for Opel/Vauxhall in Rüsselsheim, Germany on 1 August. Up until now, he was responsible for Buick and GMC design, GM interior design and global cross brand design.
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Who's Where: High-profile re-organization at General Motors
General Motors' design division has been re-organized in a spate of high-profile restructuring that comes into effect on 1 August.
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First Sight: BMW Zagato Coupé
"I've been looking for a way to collaborate with Zagato and Nori [Norihiko Harada, Chief Designer Zagato] for around 20 years," explains Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design as we stand in the shadow of the magnificent Villa Erba. "Last year at this event we had a ...
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Michelin launches 2013 Challenge Design
Michelin has announced the brief for the annual Michelin Challenge Design competition, themed ‘HALF! Lightweight with a Passion'. Pre-registration for the 2013 automotive design competition begins October 1, 2011.
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Winners of CCS-Michelin Challenge Design competitions announced
Michelin has announced the winners of the Michelin Challenge Design contest for the College for Creative Studies (CCS).
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Michelin Challenge Design 2013 finalists announced
The finalists of the 2013 Michelin Challenge Design global vehicle design competition have been announced with all 15 of the chosen entrants' work to be displayed at NAIAS 2013.
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CES 2011 opens in Las Vegas
The pace of development in the world of consumer electronics - particularly touchscreens, smartphones and tablet devices - is increasingly influential on the world of automotive design. So with the world's biggest electronics trade show, the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), opening today in Las Vegas, we thought it high ...
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Consumer Electronics Show 2011 - Trends and Overview
Clearly, the mobile device and car interior soon won't need to physically connect. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will increasingly stream data between the two wirelessly, and Powermat technologies showed the solution to the other problem - battery charging. With its wireless induction charging pads, which from next year will be available ...
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Consumer Electronics Show 2011 - Trends and Overview
The Consumer Electronics Show is fast becoming a must attend event for automotive OEMs. One only need look at the booths of Audi, Ford and Hyundai to understand how important the show has become, and 2011 will be remembered as the year where the car and consumer technology truly became ...
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Alan Mulally joins ‘Innovation power panel’ Keynote at CES
An ‘Innovation Power Panel' Keynote was the highlight of the second full morning of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2013 - Trends and Overview
The bi-annual Frankfurt motor show is always an exhibition of Germanic industrial might - for better or worse - and 2013 was no exception. Despite news of flat-lining car sales across Europe, the show was one of the defiant rolling out of new models. The number of production cars and ...
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Gerry McGovern to head Land Rover Advanced Design
Gerry McGovern has been named Director, Advanced Design for Land Rover, and will be working alongside Geoff Upex, who continues as Design Director for Land Rover.
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Who's Where: Gerry McGovern to head Land Rover design
Land Rover has announced that Gerry McGovern will take over as Design Director for all Land Rover design with immediate effect. Current Design Director, Geoff Upex, is to retire from the company at the end of 2006 after 23 years service and, to ensure a smooth handover, will continue to ...