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Interview: Taewan Kim, Vice President Design at GM Daewoo
So how then does this all apply to Chevrolet, a brand that, in Europe at least, has not been renowned so far as the purveyor of inspirational designs? Kim says he looks backwards to look forwards: "Chevrolet was once - in the 1960s - known for design, for innovation, for ...
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Interview: Taewan Kim, Vice President Design at GM Daewoo
Taewan Kim, Vice President of Design for GM Daewoo, is the architect of a new breed of Chevrolets in Europe, characterized by the recent Cruze and the forthcoming Spark. Car Design News caught up with Mr Kim in Berlin, during a young artist event that included a pre-launch viewing of ...
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Interview: Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director, Seat
So it's no surprise that he mentions cars such as the original Mini and the Ferrari 250 Lusso amongst his favorites, although he's careful to qualify these suggestions with the proviso that it's not so much the design that really inspires him, rather the spiritual nature of the work - ...
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Interview: Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director, Seat
"I have a problem with colors as a designer. I find I get emotional about them, but tired too."Sifting through the reams of notes from our interview, I keep returning to this quote. It seems to sum up much about Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director at Seat. There's his trademark directness, ...
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Design Development: Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray
When it came to the designing the C7's interior, Helen Emsley, interior director, recalls the atmosphere at the beginning of the project: "We wanted to think outside the box. Everyone had an opinion on what it should be".
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Design Development: Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray
Photo GalleryChevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray marks perhaps the biggest ever change for the nameplate as it becomes a global player. Click for larger imagesA rather Lotus-like proposalThe final version's roots are clear to see in this sketch'Vette's racing history was also key to its development
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Design Review: Opel Insignia
Just as the Insignia's exterior form language features strong use of symmetrical, harmonious shapes to communicate dynamism, the interior carries on the same 'sculpural artistry' philosophy blended with German precision. Adams is candid about recent, previous efforts with the Vectra - "pretty much up to Golf level for quality, ...
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Design Review: Opel Insignia
"We have worked incredibly hard to get the sculptural artistry into this car, and it's all about beautiful surfaces combined with these crisp lines of German precision" says Mark Adams, Vice President of design for GM Europe, to a room full of auto industry journalists and analysts. Surely no one, ...
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Subaru BRZ-STI concept bows in in LA
It may well feel like the longest-running pre-launch build-up in history, but Toyota and Subaru are finally beginning to show near-production versions of their joint rear-wheel drive coupe project
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Weirdest car of the show: Dok-ing XD
If you’re looking at the images of the Dok-Ing XD and feeling generally puzzled, it’s a very tall (1600mm) egg-like city car
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Subaru Boxer gadget
Saw this on the Subaru stand and it reminded me of the old-fashioned communal pencil sharpeners we had at school
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Mitsubishi’s LA show stand
A bit of old carpet, cars parked at different angles to each other, some dim lighting
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Ducati Diavel steals limelight on Mercedes stand
Powerful, imposing, but entirely predictable – from a design point of view the new ML63 AMG did little to excite us. However, drop your gaze to the foreground and there was the unexpected sight of a Ducati Diavel
