Mitja Borkert: “We never look backwards. We always look ahead” Mitja Borkert, design director at Lamborghini, speaks to Car Design News about Lamborghini’s hybrid renewal and the beginnings of his exploration with AI Car Design News
Mitja Borkert: “Sketching breathes air into the lungs of designers” As part of Car Design News’ April focus on sketching, we speak to Mitja Borkert, design director at Lamborghini, on why the pen and paper will never die Lucy Abbott
Lamborghini design director Mitja Borkert on the Temerario Lamborghini is back with a new model, the V8 hybrid Temerario, which embodies design director Mitja Borkert’s ’essential and iconic’ design language. Car Design News got a early look at Goodwood ahead of the official launch at Monterey Car Week. James McLachlan
“A car designer’s dream” – looking back on VW’s Potsdam studio Car Design News spoke to design bosses past and present plus other notable alumni to find out what Potsdam was like in the glory days – plus the possible reasons behind its closure. Peter Wouda, Thomas Ingenlath, Stefan Sielaff and more offer honest reflections, fond memories and surprising revelations Freddie Holmes
Show review: Gandini glory at Goodwood 2024 In tribute to legendary Italian designer Marcello Gandini’s passing earlier this year aged 85, the lawn of the Cartier Style et Luxe exhibit at 2024’s edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed had an extra special collection of his cars on display Guy Bird
Car design round-up: hydrogen, HMI and homages Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from MINI, Lamborghini, Lynk & CO and more… Car Design News
Car design round-up: safety, sustainability and superchargers Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Dacia, Polestar, Rivian and more… Car Design News
Mitja Borkert on updating Lamborghini’s most successful car: the Urus As Lamborghini unveils its hybrid-powered Urus SE, we speak to design boss Mitja Borkert about how to develop the brand’s biggest seller – and how he got into his Sant’Agata ‘garage band’ Stephen Dobie
Car design round-up: new logos, old names and succession planning Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the past week. Read on for the latest from Audi, JLR, DS and more… Car Design News
Watch: Lamborghini’s Mitja Borkert speaks to Car Design News at Goodwood Lamborghini and Goodwood Festival of Speed are made for each, even more so when the Italian supercar brand turns up with a new race car – the SC63. Design director Mitja Borkert took some time to chat with Car Design News about the close relationship between design and engineering, design language and why EVs should sound like spaceships James McLachlan
Lamborghini on design DNA, longevity and the Revuelto Car Design News sits down with Lamborghini design director, Mitja Borkert, to talk about the Revuelto, designing ‘spaceships’ and the role of clay modelling Freddie Holmes
A new book on Lamborghini focuses on the brand’s design history Author Gautam Sen has turned his attention to Lamborghini to examine the legendary Italian marque’s design pedigree. Car Design News spoke to him about what readers can expect from this extensive tome
Concept Car of the Month: Lamborghini 400 GT Flying Star II (1965) Remembering how the original Touring Superleggera went down in shooting-brake style Karl Smith
Design Essay: The Strange Allure of Ugliness From Edsel to Marcos Mantis, Reliant Robin to Pontiac Aztek, ugly cars have been assaulting our eyeballs since the dawn of the automotive age Aidan Walsh
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
In Memoriam: Luigi Colani (1929-2019) Luigi Colani, industrial designer and design philosopher, has died in Karlsruhe, Germany Karl Smith
Design Essay: What is a ‘luxury’ car? With more and more brands going upmarket, it is worth examining this often misused term… Aidan Walsh
First Sight: De Tomaso P72 A close-up look at the star debutant of Goodwood FOS, with the man who designed it Michael Gooderham
Concept Car of the Month: Lo-Res and The Consumer (2016) Two remarkable concepts explore the ‘Form Zero’ of automotive design Karl Smith
Design interview: Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini Lamborghini’s design director (and Car Design Review Judge) reflects on the year that launched the Urus and SC18 Alston Car Design News
Concept Car of the week: Dome Zero (1978) Launched at the Geneva Motor show in 1978, the Dome Zero designed by Minoru Hayashi was a Japanese concept car that echoed Italdesign or Bertone Karl Smith
Car Design Review 5: Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini From the Car Design Review 5 yearbook: Lamborghini’s design director on keeping a brand strong enough that a three-year-old can recognise it Car Design News
Lamborghini Murciélago Active Vents (2002) A more restrained, 21st-century Lamborghini hid a little extra madness in its flanks… JJ Katsianis
Car Design Review 4 highlights: Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini We’ll be running edited highlights from our Car Design Review 4 yearbook over the next few weeks. This time we head to Sant’Agata Car Design News
Chrysler/Simca Shake and Suzuki Go (1970 & ’72) Some Holiday Fun from Bertone and Marcello Gandini Karl Smith
Lamborghini Bravo (1974) An overlooked Gandini classic may be one of his best designs ever Karl Smith
Shooting Brakes: Masterstroke or Monstrosity? Is combining the low-slung emotion of a GT car with the practicality of an estate brilliance or lunacy? Car Design News explores a peculiar niche Michael Gooderham
Geneva 2016: Lamborghini Centenario is a sad parody of itself Ferruccio must be spinning faster than this creation’s V12 engine Owen Ready
United Nude gives Lamborghini Countach the Lo-Res treatment It is possible to remix an iconic design? Dutch shoe brand United Nude reimagines the iconic Lamborghini Countach Karl Smith
