All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 10
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Design Review: Maserati Ghibli (2014)
1 + 2 ‘Character' linesRear fender and this downturned side crease lend the Ghibli the majority of its character from the rear
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Design Review: Maserati Ghibli (2014)
1 Sports noseAt first glance, there's much more GranTurismo sports coupé than Quattroporte sedan to its nose.
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Design Review: Maserati Ghibli (2014)
Type 4-door sedanFirst seen Shanghai Auto, April 2013Length 4,971mmWidth 1,945mmHeight 1,461mmWheelbase 2,998mmDesign studio Maserati Centro Stile, TurinChief Designer Marco Tencone
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Design Development: JAC SC-9 concept
The interior program started around one month after the exterior. However, in many ways the car is defined by the interior because of the need to fit six seats (seven for the production car), over three rows.
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Design Development: JAC SC-9 concept
Type Large crossoverLength 5,200mmWidth 1,980mmHeight 1,780mmWheelbase 3,500mm
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA
1 Diamond grilleMercedes is using its sports ‘SL' grille, with integrated three-pointed star increasingly often. The CLA comes exclusively with this grille insert, positioning it as a more sporting Mercedes. The insert's novel pattern and its silver pins give a real bling quality, something the brand seems increasingly keen to ...
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CLA
Type 4-door coupé/sedanFirst seen NAIAS Detroit 2013International launch Geneva auto salon 2013 Length 4,630mmWidth 1,777mmHeight 1,437mmWheelbase 2,700mmLead exterior designer Mark FeatherstoneLead interior designer Jan Kaul
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Design Review: Cadillac Elmiraj concept
First shown Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2013Show debut IAA Frankfurt 2013Format 2-door GT CoupeDimensions L: 5207mm W: 1930mm H: 1397mm Wb: 3073mmDesign Studio GM Advanced Design CaliforniaGM Global Advanced Design Director Clay DeanExecutive Director of Global Cadillac and Buick Design Andrew Smith (at time of design Mark Adams)GM Advanced Design ...
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Driven: Chevrolet Volt
Meeting the Chevrolet Volt could easily have been an anti-climax. This is a design that ‘feels' nearly four years old — the concept first seen in Detroit in 2007. Together with the online hype surrounding it, and the part it plays in GM's renaissance, the weight of expectation is alarmingly ...
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Chevrolet Volt App: taking car ownership into the digital age
However, easily the most important aspect of the Volt App is the control it allows the user over the car’s battery charging. Via the phone, users can set when the car should begin to charge up (meaning they can take advantage of cheaper overnight electricity tariffs), tell the car what ...
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Chevrolet Volt App: taking car ownership into the digital age
When the Chevrolet Volt began to roll off the Hammtrack production line at the end of last month, it became - together with the Nissan Leaf - the new poster child car for the digital generation. The Volt is, of course, most well known for being in tune with today's ...
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Paris Motor Show 2008 Trends and Overview
Elsewhere, many were questioning what an eco - or specifically-hybrid - aesthetic could and should be, expressing disappointment at both the Honda Insight and Chevrolet Volt for so obviously referencing the Toyota Prius in silhouette. A trend shared among this type of vehicle appears to be the similarity of the ...
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Paris Motor Show 2008 Trends and Overview
While green issues are taking a back seat for many consumers in the face of increasing economic constraints, green still felt very much like the imperative at the Paris Motor Show, much as it was in Geneva earlier this year and at Frankfurt in 2007. Yet is the industry moving ...
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Interview: Gilles Vidal - Director of Design, Peugeot
Talk to us about the recent concept cars. BB1, SR1, HR1 all feel like they're employing similar themes. What should we expect going forwards?
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Interview: Gilles Vidal - Director of Design, Peugeot
Gilles Vidal was appointed Design Director at Peugeot in January 2010. Previously Head of Advanced Design at Citroen, Vidal led the teams responsible for some of that brand's most lauded recent concept cars, such as the C-Cactus and C-Métisse.
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Goodwood FoS: Peugeot EX1 concept
So as the incredible 1907 Fiat Mefistofele is bump-started and chugs off the start line in a cloud of smoke, we're beckoned forward once again. This time the EX1 doesn't falter (check out the video to see the full motion image).
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Goodwood FoS: Peugeot EX1 concept
It's not very often that I'm up at six o'clock on a Saturday morning. Yet here I am, threading through the narrow lanes of West Sussex, trying to meet a ridiculously early call time with Peugeot at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Couple this with the adrenalin coursing through my ...
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Hyundai at CES 2011
Hyundai proved to be one of the biggest automotive surprises here at CES. While Audi and Ford have grabbed the headlines, it's clear that Hyundai isn't far behind, and on this evidence, may even be ahead in some areas of in-car electronics, before too long.
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Audi at CES 2011
Elsewhere, Audi talked up the advanced nature of the A7's head up display, and Stadler promised that "In the future, drivers will be able to view a laser projected augmented reality head up display (HUD), with arrows actually overlaid on the road surface ahead." We've already seen this kind of ...
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Audi at CES 2011
Audi will position itself as the leader in in-car electronics, is working on augmented reality head up and 3D cockpits displays, and has already integrated NVIDIA's very latest Tegra 2 super processor to power the HMI of the next A3. Those were just a few of the highlights from a ...
