All Cars articles – Page 63
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Driven: Cadillac CTS
If you know Detroit, you might recognize the location of our photoshoot for this feature. Midtown is the home of Shinola's flagship store, one of the big success stories of the resurgence of ‘craft' in Detroit, and the States in general.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Italdesign Capsula (1982)
In the mid-1970s, Giugiaro experimented with vehicles that maximised space efficiency; prioritizing interior volume, while reducing the exterior footprint. But this idea of space-efficient modularity was taken to its extreme with the Capsula. Launched at the Turin Motor Show in 1982, the car’s design was inspired by coaches constructed with the chassis, engine and luggage space set separately underneath the cabin.
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Opinion: Discovery Sport and the long-term ramifications of pandering to the crossover convergence
Having pored over the first pictures of the new Land Rover Discovery Sport and consumed the accompanying official literature, we’re left wondering why it shares so much of its design treatment with the Range Rover Evoque, while simultaneously removing the last vestiges of utility from the Discovery nameplate. From its virtually indistinguishable grille and lamp graphics, over its tapered roofline
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Driven: Honda N-Box
In order to really understand the car culture of a country you have to drive on its roads, preferably in a vehicle indigenous to the place. So, when we found ourselves on the streets of Tokyo, the only logical choice was to take a kei car.
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ArticleDesign Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
First seen CES 2015, Las VegasType Monovolume/F-segment sedan
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Hot hatch hits and misses
Volkswagen and Audi have done a good job of taking the hot-hatch genre upmarket, with the Golf R and S3 respectively. However, Honda and Ford have both launched new go-faster hatches at the show, and the approaches seem somewhat different.
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Ford GT – the result of a top-secret skunkworks studio
There were rumours of a new Ford GT for Detroit, but nothing was leaked, and it seems the secret was as well kept within the company as outside
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Ford F-150 Raptor: are you compensating for something?
Ford has virtually guaranteed itself star of the show with its new GT, but the 2017 Raptor also couldn’t fail to catch our eye
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Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 – more than just a bodykit
Any car bearing the name ‘Shelby’ has the weight of exceptional racing heritage on its shoulders
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Galpin’s Rocket misses its target
Galpin’s Henrik-Fisker-designed Rocket has just been unveiled, and on first impression, we can’t help but feel like the car represents a missed opportunity
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Ford F150 – more evolutionary than you might expect
One of the biggest (literally) new releases here in Detroit is the Ford F150 – America’s largest-selling vehicle
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Hidden gem: Ford Transit Connect Detroit Steel Wheel Co.
Hidden gem: Ford Transit Connect Detroit Steel Wheel Co
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Volvo XC Coupe Concept takes two awards at Eyes on Design, Ford Mustang wins Best Production Car
The Ford Mustang took a home win at the Eyes on Design awards at the end of the second press day of the 2014 NAIAS with an award for Best Production Vehicle
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Ford: getting into gear in China with the Escort
Ford was a jonny-cum-lately to China. Key rivals GM and VW were here long before it arrived and set up its JV with Chang’an
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Lexus IS interior: a new lead in the pursuit of perfection [w/video]
We’re impressed by the new IS. We’ve repeatedly criticised Lexus for failing to live up to its premium aspirations and for falling way short of the standarda set by Audi and BMW in particular. But with the IS interior, the company now has a core architecture and form language that makes the 3-Series look boring and the A4 old.
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Lexus IS – good ugly
Following yesterday’s disappointment with the Infiniti Q50 (not bad but lacking sparkle) all hopes rested on Lexus’ new compact premium sedan to take the fight to the Germans in this most fiercely contested of segments
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Ford’s Atlas concept snorts in the face of GM’s new pick-up trucks
For those of you that have been paying close attention to our twitter feeds over the past few days (@JoeSimspon and @OwenReady if you want to follow the ramblings of a pair of car designers turned critics), you’ll know we drove from CES in Vegas to the auto show here ...
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Favourite thing on the Ford stand? A home thermostat
Favourite thing on the Ford stand? A home thermostat
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Geneva 2012: Video – Ford Tourneo Custom Concept aka the new Transit
Geneva 2012: Video – Ford Tourneo Custom Concept aka the new Transit