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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011
The added dimension is the fact that each car is driven around the grounds of the Villa to the judging area, where the eight jurors including Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Robert Cumberford, Hideo Kodama and Patrick le Quément scrutinize each of the entrants. Seeing, hearing and smelling these wonderful works of art ...
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is the most exclusive, glamorous car show in the world. Companies such as BMW, Aston Martin and Ferrari took the opportunity to premier concept cars and bespoke creations at this year's event reinforcing its design-centric intent.
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Design Development: BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé concept
Those with reasonable memories may be reminded of the 2007 BMW CS concept - penned incidentally by Karim Habib - but although both have broadly similar coupé-like glasshouses and silhouettes, the CS is actually a four-door, the Gran Lusso a strict two-door and the front-end face and surface treatments are ...
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Design Development: BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé concept
Car Design News sidled up to the key designers at BMW and Pininfarina at this year's Villa d'Este to get the inside track on the development and future significance of this surprising concept collaboration (...with hopefully interesting, but mixed results). Guy Bird reports from the shores of Lake Como.
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A sideways look at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012
Car design enthusiasts without even a passing fondness for a carefully calibrated engine note may struggle at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. A quiet place for the contemplation of automotive art it is not.
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Wayne Cherry to receive EyesOn Design Lifetime Design Achievement Award
Wayne Cherry has been chosen by a panel of his fellow designers as the winner of the EyesOn Design 2013 Lifetime Design Achievement Award.
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2013 EyesOn Design Automotive Exhibition poster unveiled
The commemorative poster and program cover for the 2013 EyesOn Design Automotive Design Exhibition has been unveiled at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Who's Where: GM Design announces major global restructuring of design executives
GM Design has announced a major reshuffle of its global leadership team, with Mark Adams, current executive director of Global Cadillac and Buick Design and GME vice president of Design, amongst the movers.
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Touring Superleggera Disco Volante and Ralph Lauren Bugatti win at Villa d'Este
The Touring Superleggera Disco Volante was the surprise winner of the Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes at 2013 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. It beat the likes of the BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupe, Aston Martin CC100, Infiniti Emerg-E and McLaren P1, although it should be said that BMW, ...
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Winners of the 2013 Michelin Design Challenge announced
Michelin presented the three winners of the 2013 Michelin Challenge Design at its private Designers' Reception during of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit's Renaissance Center.
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2014 theme: ‘Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow’s Automobiles’
Michelin has announced the theme for the 2014 Michelin Challenge Design competition - ‘Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow's Automobiles'.
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Show Review: CES 2012
And despite car manufacturers historically suffering from fear of ‘not-invented-here' syndrome, when it comes to in-car-tech, most companies are increasingly keen to talk up their partnerships. Google was all over the Audi stand like a rash, for example, while Daimler announced an extended partnership between it and the Mountain View-based ...
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Show Review: CES 2012
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has become an important event on the automotive calendar. You only had to witness the presence of GM, Ford, Audi, Daimler and Kia in Las Vegas to realize.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.
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Show review: Los Angeles Auto Show 2013
The Los Angeles Auto Show is often considered a "second tier" show as far as concepts and new product unveilings go, but has often surprised and delighted by its proximity to Southern California's myriad advanced design studios and their desire to show off and one-up the competition.