All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 7
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Interview: Gorden Wagener on the future of Smart and the brand’s ForVision concept
Amid the array of new, urban mobility-inspired concepts littering the show halls of the recent Frankfurt motor show, it would have been easy to forget Smart. The brand that started the entire sub-A car category is now a veritable granddad, whose segment monopoly is increasingly threatened by a host of ...
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Design Review: Ford Vertrek
While the front end again calls to mind the Focus, the Vertrek's helps essentially the same theme work better. The lower corners of the car are particularly successful, with the blanked-off, cheap-looking triangular outer grille elements of the Focus banished. The bone lines that flank the grille and run up ...
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Design Review: Ford Vertrek
It's appropriate that the Ford Vertrek concept was the most significant car to be unveiled at last month's NAIAS.
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Driven: Citroen DS3
Modern of the moment aestheticThe use of graphics, color breaks and decals give the DS3 its modern feel that separates it from the Mini.
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Driven: Citroen DS3
The Citroën DS3's success has taken many - Citroën included - by surprise. The company has been forced to increase production since the car went on sale 12 months ago, in the light of unprecedented customer appetite.
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GM Advanced Design California celebrates 10th Anniversary
On the eve of the 2010 LA Auto Show, GM's California Advanced Design Studio opened its doors in North Hollywood, to celebrate its 10th Anniversary.
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Peugeot puts RCZ designer on Twitter
Like many automakers, Peugeot is now making conspicuous use of social media platforms as a component in its new car launch campaigns and in order to manage customer relations online. For its new RCZ coupe, Peugeot in the UK has been running a social media campaign under the strap line ...
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Visteon unveils C-Beyond concept
Car Design News was recently invited to a preview of Visteon's C-Beyond concept, which makes its full debut at the Paris motor show in September. Based on a Citroën C4 Picasso, the C-Beyond is a showcase for new technologies - primarily focused on the car's interior, which permit ...
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The View From Seoul
Meanwhile recently rebranded Korean Chevrolet (previously Daewoo) showed a two-seat sports car, the Mi-Ray, which was somewhat overwrought and unresolved. The high scuttle and thick body section are particularly unfortunate, as they lend an impression of significant mass in the body side and upper frontal area, which is distinctly un-sports ...
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The View From Seoul
The bi-annual Seoul Auto Show has just recorded its largest ever attendance. That's far from surprising given the array of unveils, primarily from home OEMs - Hyundai, Kia, Samsung and Chevrolet (nee Daewoo) - this year. And in being a bi-annual event, this was the first time that the market ...
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Design Review: Kia GT concept
The lozenge shapes of the door handles and bleed elements from the rear lamps and hood vents are a nod to previous Kia concepts such as the Pop. We only wish the handling of the carbon fiber elements in the lower body had been as graceful. As it is these ...
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Design Review: Kia GT concept
The Gran Turismo - GT for short - is one of the most evocative phrases and car types in the automotive world. The grand tour, from which the type derives its name, grew in popularity through the Renaissance, and then early modern periods of history. It was a means by ...
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Design Review: Acura NSX concept
Its low hood and graphical nose may feature the best integration yet of Acura’s plenum grille, but it lacks both premium quality and a great deal of distinction. The grille wraps via a mask into the thin lamps, which bleed out almost to the front wheels, partially disguising the length ...
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Design Review: Acura NSX concept
It’s easy to forget the impact the original Honda NSX made in 1989, given the intervening 22 years. Yet, with the power of hindsight, it’s clear to see how the makeup of today’s supercars from brands like Ferrari all owe something to the original NSX.
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Design Review: Toyota RAV4
Thin pickings, sadly. The aspect which will help to sell this car is undoubtedly the much larger trunk space and flat load lip. Combined with the top-hinged tailgate, it shows at least a clear understanding on Toyota's part of what modern families are looking for in a small/mid-sized SUV.
