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The Designers, Pt6 - Laurens van den Acker, Renault
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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World premier for the Fiat Trepiuno concept at the Geneva Motor Show
Click for larger imagesFiat has announced that its "move into the past for a fresh look to the future" is to be seen at the Geneva Show, where it shall unveil the Trepiuno. The name is very unusual (and one can't help wondering how they will spell and pronounce it ...
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Beijing motor show 2012 highlights
The 2012 Beijing motor show proves yet again that the balance of power and influence in the car industry continues to shift east.
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Who's Where: James Hope appointed Director of Design at Chery Motors
James Hope has been appointed Corporate Director of Design at Chery Motors, the Chinese state-owned carmaker. He joins Chery from General Motors, where he held the position of Assistant Chief Designer since February 2008.
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Design Development: Volkswagen PCP concept
When asked how he made his decision, Loasby says, "It was good work from both universities but Tsinghua had the advantage that they had a team on the project that could really pull together. It had the best VW aesthetic, it just answered the brief. It was a crossover between ...
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Design Development: Volkswagen PCP concept
Volkswagen China's People's Car Project started as a huge, online crowdsourcing project. It asked potential buyers about their issues when using a vehicle, what they expected from it and also what they want most in it. In the words of Simon Loasby, Volkswagen China's design director, "there's probably no better ...
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Who's Where: Ford's J Mays retires, Moray Callum succeeds
After more than 33 years in the car industry, Ford's group vice-president and chief creative officer, design, J Mays is to retire. Moray Callum - currently executive director, design, the Americas - will succeed him and will report to Raj Nair, group vice-president, global product development.
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The Designers Pt2 - Moray Callum, Ford
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Design Review: Citroën Cactus concept
Type Compact hatchbackFirst seen Frankfurt motor show 2013Length 4,210mmWidth 1,750mmHeight 1,530mm
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First Sight: Citroën C4 Cactus
We named the Citroën Cactus concept our star of last year's Frankfurt motor show. Its bold, clear and human design philosophy is perfectly in tune with an industry drawing to a close its unsavoury 'Aggressive Age'. If Citroën could channel just some of this car's spirit into its future production ...
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ArticleWatch: Marcello Gandini receives Car Design News Lifetime Achievement Award
Marcello Gandini was last night the recipient of Car Design News’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Driven: Land Rover DC100 concept
Nothing compares to natural daylight for assessing a car's design. Under motor show lighting the subtleties of the surface sculpting, detailing and even proportion can be lost and misconstrued. Hence our first view of the Land Rover DC100 concept out in the open is, quite literally, illuminating.
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Design Review: Audi TT (2014)
It's surprising in many ways that we haven't seen this in a production car before - so simple an idea does it seem. Of course, to realize it is a huge technical feat and the simplicity with which the interface operates is delightful - Audi at its best.
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Design Review: Audi TT (2014)
1 Techno-digitalThe full digital screen ‘gauge pack' - 12.3-inches and displaying 1440x540 pixels - is the technical highlight of the TT interior. When Google Maps navigation is underplayed behind high-definition digital gauges, it is easy to be seduced. It does emphasize TT's selfish, driver-centric image though - without a center ...
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Design Review: Audi TT (2014)
1 Arc of definitionC-pillar defines the TT, giving glasshouse all its acceleration. Beautifully resolved.
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Design Review: Audi TT (2014)
1 Fuselage frontAlmost all recent Audis including both previous TTs have very integrated, graphic front ends. There's much more depth and three-dimensionality here, which gives the car more of central ‘fuselage' than before. But it also feels counter to the original ethos of TT.