All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 17
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Comment and Photos: BMW Vision ConnectedDrive Concept
BMW’s Vision ConnectedDrive Concept is one of the real show stars in Geneva
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ArticleDetails: Geneva 2016 Show stands
It’s easy to be completely engrossed by the cars at the motorshow. Clearly, they should be the number one priority but, increasingly, stand design is important too
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Comment: Italdesign Giugiaro’s VWs (Tex and Go!)
This is the first show at which ItalDesign Giugiaro has exhibited since the Carrozzeria became part of the Volkswagen group
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Comment: Volkswagen Bulli – the surfaces, the scowl and the lie flat bed
The Bulli has proven to be a conversation-provoking concept in Geneva this year
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Video: Anders Warming shows us the Mini Rocketman
Mini Design Director, Anders Warming, gives a brief tour and overview of the Mini Rocketman Concept
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Detail: Zagato 500
Sitting next door to a Lancia stand, where Lancias were badged as Chryslers, and Chryslers as Lancias (yes – we’re confused too) the Zagato 500 coupe struggled for attention
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Comment: This is not a Lancia
It’s easy to be convinced by the Fiat-Chrysler group rhetoric about the future of brands, and what’s going on with badge engineering right now
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Comment + details: Nissan Esflow
The Esflow polarised opinion in Geneva. It clearly has a lot of Nissan Z-car language in it, and appears to demonstrate an intention to build an electric sport car before too long
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New Beetle: cool again?
Hold your preconceptions. In the flesh, VW’s new Beetle has a stance and set of proportions that, in hindsight, perhaps the last generation should have had all along
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Jawdropping: Citroen leaves Shanghai speachless with the DS5
Citroen’s DS5 is causing great controversy here in Shanghai. There’s so much going on, it’s almost impossible to take in
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Show stands: BMW, not getting any Joy in China?
Since BMW largely dropped their world famous ‘ultimate driving machine’ brand tag-line for the somewhat nondescript and unloved ‘Joy’, we’ve become used to the company’s show stands being plastered with the word, and all of its saccharine, brand-associative goodness
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Volvo Concept Universe: a lesson in Scandinavian design
Volvo pulled off quite a shock here today, unveiling the Concept Universe
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Nissan: drinking RenaultSport Koolaid?
Has Nissan’s performance arm – Nismo – been spending too long talking with alliance partner sub-brand RenaultSport
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Why *isn’t* this a Saab…?
The Icona concept car: a perfect example of how aerodynamics can be used as to create elegant, calm design form
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Trend: sliver door handles
It’s been around for a while now, but as the opening of doors comes to rely less on a mechanical latch and phyiscal human force, sliver-like door handles (either touch sensitive, or ones that push in to pop out and pull) are becoming increasingly common
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Ride height: local factors, or something else?
We’ve noticed that several cars on show stands with over-exaggerated ride heights
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Buick Envision – a vision of something else?
Buick is one of, if not the, most successful and well-known ‘import’ car brand in China
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Shanghai 2011: can someone turn the volume down please?
There’s a somewhat disturbing trend happening in Shanghai, that’s been making it incredibly hard for us to do our jobs
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BMW i3: good, but no i8
BMW’s i cars may be less ‘new’ than the new mobility offerings from the likes of VW and Audi (they were shown at a special event a couple of months ago), but that doesn’t make them any less radical or interesting