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Live blog: Design4Production

Get all the highlights as they happen at Design4Production in Munich

Car Design Dialogues Asia day 2 in review

A brace of exclusive reveals from Geely and Pininfarina, plus a candid interview with GAC’s Fan Zhang were an fitting prelude to the China Awards ceremony on day 2 of Car Design Dialogues Asia

Car Design News

First Sight: GAC’s record breaking ENO.146 concept

Understanding the super slippery six-seater fastback

Mark Andrews

Guangzhou auto show report 2019

CDN walked the floor at Guangzhou to report back from China’s second-biggest auto show of the year

Mark Andrews

LA 2019: Kia Seltos debuts in US spec

The SUV maintains its confident yet modest appearance and ruggedness

Karl Smith

Mercedes introduces three premium SUVs on two continents

Luxury and power is the focus for Mercedes with its new SUVs

Karl Smith

LA 2019: Hyundai Vision T Concept

Hyundai has introduced a sculptural plug-in Hybrid SUV concept called the Vision T

Karl Smith

LA 2019: VW ID Space Vizzion concept

Cool, electric estate anyone? VW puts a long, sleek premium ID concept on the stand in LA

Guy Bird

Chevrolet Corvette walk around with Tristan Murphy

Tristan Murphy, Lead Interior Designer of the Chevrolet Corvette, provides a run down of the vehicle to CDN before they presented it at Car Design Night LA 2019

Car Design News

LA 2019: Automobili Pininfarina surprises with secret SUV reveal

The second model of the new-old German-Italian marque is on its way…

Guy Bird

Tokyo 2019: Toyota Auto Body surprises with minivan concepts

It wasn’t just Toyota’s cars (and robots) making a big statement in Tokyo. Their commercial-vehicle branch was at it too…

Guy Bird

Tokyo 2019: Nissan’s bag-toting concepts

With the most dramatic show stand of this year’s Tokyo show, Nissan drew us in to their electric future

Maxine Morland

Car Design Forum Tokyo 2019 predicts the future (and it looks good)

Predicting the future is hard, but worthwhile agreed designers at the Car Design Forum Tokyo 2019

Car Design News

Frankfurt 2019: Mercedes’ Vision EQS

Previewing the future flagship of Mercedes-Benz’s EV range – which they believe can coexist peacefully alongside combustion cars

Guy Bird

Frankfurt 2019: ID.3 confirms start of VW’s cleaner new chapter

Volkswagen’s most important new car since the original Golf officially debuted at Frankfurt, spearheading the German giant’s seismic commitment to mass-market EVs

Guy Bird

Frankfurt 2019: Taycan’s leap forward by Porsche interior designer

We look at how Porsche has translated the Mission E concept into a production interior

Guy Bird

Frankfurt 2019: Land Rover officially debuts new Defender

Upright, quasi-retro design links Land Rover’s urbanised present with its adventure-bound past

Nick Gibbs

Simon Loasby walks CDN around the Hyundai range at Shanghai 2019

CDN caught up with Hyundai’s VP of Styling at the Shanghai motorshow 2019 for a design walkaround of the cars on the stand. Simon (formerly at Bentley and VW) has been working in Shanghai since 2017 and led Hyundai China design until taking a global role this past spring

Car Design News

Shanghai 2019 overview

Now the dust has settled on the biggest auto show of the year, we asked Drew Meehan join the dots of what we saw in April in Shanghai

Drew Meehan

Shanghai 2019: Hyundai Sonata and ix25

New sedan and crossover bring Hyundai’s new global design language to China

Christopher Ludwig

Shanghai 2019: Mercedes Concept GLB

Boxy concept GLB previews seven-seat compact SUV

Guy Bird

Shanghai 2019: Changan CS75 Plus

Changan takes an elegant leap with its new SUV

Christopher Ludwig

Shanghai 2019: Lotus reveals Type 130 hypercar plans

Famous British brand boards the mega-EV bandwagon

Guy Bird

Shanghai 2019: Enovate ME-S Concept

Enovate, one of many new entrants into the EV space in Shanghai, reveals the ME-S concept

Drew Meehan

Shanghai 2019: Aston Martin Rapide E unveiled

Aston Martin’s first ever production electric vehicle has been revealed with subtle design changes from the standard Rapide sedan

Nick Gibbs

Shanghai 2019: XPeng P7 Coupé

A sporting force awakens in this lightsaber-wielding EV

Karl Smith

Karma Automotive launches ‘New Dawn’ product showcase

Californian brand shows us how they are moving beyond a revived Fisker sedan

Karl Smith

Shanghai 2019: Ken Okuyama teases the Aiways stand

A sketch of what to expect

Karl Smith

Geneva 2019: The Supercars of Palexpo

A look at the Geneva show’s wild side

Michael Gooderham

Geneva 2019: Citroën Ami One explores industrial processes, urban mobility

Jean-Arthur Madelaine-Advenier, Citroën’s head of interior design, talks details

Farah Alkhalisi

Geneva 2019: Imagine by Kia

Kia surprised us at Geneva 2019 with a highly creative and appealing concept, both inside and out

Car Design News

Geneva 2019: SEAT el-Born concept

Spanish brand’s MEB-platform concept arrives fully formed

Maxine Morland

Geneva 2019: Lagonda All-Terrain Concept

Lagonda’s E-SUV puts driver back behind the wheel

Farah Alkhalisi

Geneva 2019: IED-Honda TOMO

Cute concept based on the e prototype’s aesthetic

Karl Smith

Geneva 2019: Smart Forease +

Smart’s latest concept gets a parasol

Karl Smith

Tsunehiro Kunimoto on the Mitsubishi Engelberg Tourer

Mitsubishi’s head of design tells CDN how this chunky touring PHEV plays around with packaging

Farah Alkhalisi

Geneva 2019: Abarth’s 70th-anniversary exhibition

The storied racecar maker’s classics are on display at Geneva

Karl Smith

Geneva 2019: Volkswagen ID Buggy

MEB goes back to basics for beach life

Farah Alkhalisi

Geneva 2019: Honda e Prototype

Honda’s evolved EV spearheads a serious push for electrification

Karl Smith

Fiat Concept Centoventi

A ground-up reimagination of the Panda, and the surprise of Geneva 2019

Michael Gooderham

Geneva 2019: Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake

A new generation of the A-class wago– er, Shooting Brake

Karl Smith

Geneva 2019: Nissan IMQ performance crossover concept

Nissan’s IMQ concept previews the future of crossovers in Europe

Maxine Morland

Alfonso Albaisa on the future of the Nissan brands

Alfonso Albaisa spoke to CDN at Geneva 2019 about portfolio renewal at Nissan

Maxine Morland

Geneva 2019: Automobili Pininfarina Battista

New, old brand launches cutting edge electric hypercar

Michael Gooderham

Detroit 2019: Video view of the Nissan IMs

A full walkaround of the intriguing Nissan IMs concept, with its design explained in depth by Alfonso Albaisa

Car Design News

Detroit 2019: Inside the EyesOn Design judging

Every year, the EyesOn Design Awards are presented to the finest concept and production vehicles which debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It’s a prestigious award, and highly prized – but what’s the process behind the decisions? Well, now we know, as our long-time contributor Bill Barranco was asked to be a docent (an expert show guide) for this year’s event. He explains how it all works

Bill Barranco

Detroit 2019: A full-house of full-width lamps

Full-width light bars were a design trend Detroit Auto Show 2019

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: Earth tones and warm metals make for cosy cabins

Worried your future AV will be too cold and robotic? The colour & trim department have got you covered

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: The EyesOn Design Awards

Prestigious panel hands out prizes to the show’s standout cars for EyesOn Design 2019

Chris Maillard

Detroit 2019: Pontus Fontaeus on the GAC Entranze concept

Colourful designer Pontus Fontaeus on the GAC Entranze concept, which was designed from the inside out

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: Lexus LC chief designer on the LC Convertible concept

The roofless Lexus LC looks suspiciously well resolved for a concept

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: Nissan’s ‘sinister’ IMs electric sedan concept

The IMs’s lead designer Giovanni Arroba, Nissan’s lead project designer for the car, tells us the thinking behind this high-riding electric sedan

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: Hyundai Palisade explained

Design head SangYup Lee shows us round his three-row SUV, the Palisade

Chris Maillard

Detroit 2019: Lincoln commits suicide doors

The long-wheelbase luxury limo regains its distinctive apertures

Chris Maillard

Detroit 2019: Toyota’s Tetsuya Tada on the new Supra

A Q&A with the father of the fifth Supra

Lem Bingley

Detroit 2019: Infiniti QX Inspiration

EV SUV blends Japanese inspiration with big-screen tech

Chris Maillard

CES 2019: Hyundai Mobis gestures towards the future

Hyundai Mobis is the material and assemblies division of the Hyundai /Kia conglomerate. At CES 2019 Mobis presented a well-designed concept pod that displayed interesting ideas both inside and out

Karl Smith

CES 2019: Rinspeed microSNAP clicks into place

The Rinspeed microSNAP is the 25th concept car created by Frank Rinderknecht’s Swiss automotive company

Karl Smith

CES 2019: Bell reveals air taxi prototype

The current Bell Nexus prototype is a VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) craft much like the V-22 Osprey or the forthcoming V-280 Valor. It made for an impressive presence on the stand, to say the least

Karl Smith