All articles by Nick Hull – Page 8
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2005 Trends and Overview
The 61st International Motor Show in Frankfurt (IAA) is the largest biennial show in Europe, occupying 213,000 sq m of exhibition space over ten halls, with over one thousand exhibitors. Entitled 'Faszination Auto', there seemed somewhat less to really fascinate this time than at many previous shows. As for 'star ...
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Design Review: Renault Fluence
This latest in a long line of show cars is much less ground-breaking in terms of concept than we've come to expect of Renault recently. The Fluence is a classic four-seat coupe of the type which used to be so popular 30 years ago. The Ford Capri, Opel Manta, Renault's ...
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Design Review: Honda SUT concept
Making its worldwide debut at the NAIAS, the new Honda SUT (Sport Utility Truck) concept shows the direction Honda will take with a future production pick-up model for the US market. Following the format of the Nissan Titan and Toyota Tundra, the double cab concept combines the utility of an ...
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Design Review: Chevrolet Nomad concept
"These vehicles have global appeal that translates well in any language," said Anne Asensio, executive director, Advanced Vehicles. "From the shape of the bodywork to the colours and interior materials, they each represent contemporary design."
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First Sight: Holden VE Commodore and Statesman
GM Holden last week launched its biggest program ever, the $1 billion all-new Holden VE Commodore range. Designed at Holden's Port Melbourne design center, the 4th generation Commodore is the first all-new model of the series to be fully designed and engineered in Australia. Previous generations of Commodore since 1978 ...
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz F125 concept
As with any Forschung project, the styling is simply the wrapper for the technical developments that are being showcased, which is where the car is more impressive. The body is mix of carbon fiber, aluminum and high-strength steels, while on the drivetrain side it demonstrates a further development of the ...
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz F125 concept
In the past Car Design News has been fairly skeptical with our views on Mercedes ‘Forschung' series of concepts, so it's no surprise that Gorden Wagener, Chief Designer, admitted they were somewhat nervous about the press reaction to their latest study, the F125 concept, which marks 125 years of the ...
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Design Review: Mercedes Vision Grand Sports Tourer
Design Review: Mercedes Vision Grand Sports Tourer
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Designer Interviews: Wahei Hirai, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation
iSwing and iUnit � Toyota is showing lots of fascinating concepts in this area. Do you see that category as being a real possibility for Toyota?"Yes of course, for the future. They're not just amusement toys, we're seriously developing that size of vehicle but we need very hi-tech solutions for ...
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Designer Interviews: Wahei Hirai, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota has recently undergone a massive reorganisation, with creativity now being promoted within the organisation as Toyota's way forward for the 21st Century with design at the very hub of the corporate philosophy. That revolution, started by former Senior General Manager, Kazuo Morohoshi at the start of 2003 is now ...
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Design Review: Volkswagen Passat
With over thirteen million Passats built to date, the sixth-generation Volkswagen Passat seems set to become the benchmark family sedan for an awful lot of customers from Shanghai to Sherbrooke
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Design Review: Toyota i-swing concept
But are the i-swing or i-unit real possibilities for Toyota? Car Design News spoke to Wahei Hirai, Toyota's Managing Officer and design chief, during the Tokyo show for an answer. "Yes of course, for the future" explains Hirai "These are not just amusement toys, we're seriously developing that size of ...
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Design Review: Toyota i-swing concept
The 'i-swing' is Toyota's proposal for a new form of personal mobility, following on from the 'i-unit' that debuted at Frankfurt in September. It's also the latest in a series that began with the 'PM' concept shown at Tokyo in 2003 and demonstrates Toyota's advanced thinking for transport systems based ...
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Design Review: Toyota Aygo / Peugeot 107 / Citroen C1
How to make a modern European entry car for under 8,000 euros that meets all the safety regulations and satisfies the demands of sophisticated young urban buyers? Not easy. That was the challenge faced by the design teams of Toyota and PSA when they collaborated on the joint venture project ...
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Design Review: Specialist cars at Geneva 2007
CDN has been covering the Geneva Motor Show for over seven years but this year we thought we should report on some of the less mainstream cars that feature there each year. Of course, Geneva has always been a venue for the Italian Carrozeria (Pininfarina, Bertone, Giugiaro, Zagato, IDEA) to ...
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Detroit Auto Show 2004 Trends and Overview
Ford's show introductions were heralded under the headline "Year of the Car", which Ford backed up by premiering the new Ford Five Hundred mid-size sedan, Freestyle crossover and revised 2004 Focus range. GM followed suit by launching not just the Corvette C6 but the all-new Solstice compact roadster and G6 ...
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Design Review: Jaguar C-XF concept
According to Jaguar's Director of Design, Ian Callum, four seminal saloons set the format for Sir William Lyons' 'sense of velocity' as a basic design language. The Mk7 from 1950, the 1959 Mk2, 1961 Mk10 and 1968 XJ6 Series 1 all contained a purity of line, stance and proportion that ...
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Design Development: Land Rover Freelander 2
As inspiration for the chosen premium sports direction, a variety of technical sports equipment was looked at, including fishing reels, bike pedals and bearing races. The overall feeling of forms which have a chiselled billet-like character to them was seen as being the way forward. "They not only reflect expensive ...
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Design Development: Land Rover Freelander 2
The original Freelander, launched in 1997, is seen by many as having created a whole new class of vehicle: the compact premium 4x4. But much has changed in the last nine years for Land Rover: in 1997 the company was still part of BMW Group, now it's part of Ford. ...
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Essay: LED lamps
From a design perspective, there's another issue. Headlamps are such a major element of the front end face of the car: they represent the eyes and the expression of the car and so the outline shape of the eye, the pupil size and dilation are all critical. Current ellipsoid lamps ...
