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Cadillac CMF chief: "I fell in love with the idea of being a fashion designer for a car"

At the Paris Auto Show, Cadillac’s CMF manager Laetitia Lopez spoke to Car Design News about material innovation, having a dedicated CMF studio and the diverse nature of her team

James McLachlan

Pierre Leclercq: “If we don’t manage to do something different, the job doesn’t interest me”

Car Design News chatted with Citröen design director Pierre Leclercq at the Paris Motor Show to hear about Amis, designing for efficiency and why he will not design ”boring” tail lights

James McLachlan

Renault was the standout of the 2024 Paris Motor Show – but no need for Fl4wer Power

In a surprise to nobody, Renault arguably had the most impressive stand at the 2024 Paris Motor Show, displaying a raft of concepts and upcoming production models on home turf. Guy Bird reports on the French brand’s presence this year, which was a real mixed bag – not in the figurative sense – but in the sheer range of models on display, from small city cars to commercial delivery vans

Guy Bird

Paris motor show 2024: live updates

Car Design News was on the ground in Paris this year and reported on all the latest launches, trends and conversations with designers as they happened. Read on for a recap

Car Design News

Paris 2018: A philosophical finale

Paris Motor Show 2018 overview: there were some highlights, but the show asked some big questions too

Chris Maillard

Paris 2018: Infiniti Project Black S

F1 tech and lots of carbon fibre in a suave Infiniti? Design director Karim Habib explains

Maxine Morland

Paris 2018: GFG Sibylla GG 80

A new car, the GFG Sibylla GG 80, from the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro – and he explained it to us himself

Maxine Morland

BMW 3-Series (G20) leaks out early

8-Series inspired evolution for BMW’s most important model

Michael Gooderham

Concept Car of the Week: Peugeot Proxima (1986)

Designed by Gérard Welter with an interior by Paul Bracq, the Peugeot Proxima concept delivered motorsport engineering in a science-fiction coupé

Karl Smith

Peugeot E-Legend Concept revealed

A retro throwback on the surface, an autonomous connected EV underneath

Michael Gooderham

Ferrari reveals limited-series Monza SP speedsters

The first model in a new ‘Icone’ series is offered as a one- or two-seater

Michael Gooderham

Audi e-tron revealed before Paris show

Electric SUV is the first e-tron to make it to production

Michael Gooderham

Kia releases production Proceed images

Official images of Kia’s new production-spec estate appear before the Paris show

Michael Gooderham

DS 3 Crossback leaks out early

Press images leak out to reveal bold new compact crossover

Michael Gooderham

Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Xenia (1981)

Karl Smith

VinFast selects third and fourth models for production

Two of ItalDesign’s four proposals will be developed by Pininfarina

Michael Gooderham

Concept Car of the Week: BMW X-Coupé (2001)

Chris Bangle’s now famous Flame Surfacing made its debut in the form of the BMW X-Coupé at the 2001 North American International Auto Show

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the Week: GMC Terradyne

The Terradyne was General Motors’ turn-of-the-millennium vision of the urbanised future of the truck

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the Week: Renault Nepta (2006)

A land yacht for cruising the Corniche, the Renault Nepta is an open-top grand tourer with classic lines and proportions evoking classic open-topped cars like phaetons, or the classic 1960s Lincoln Continental convertible

Karl Smith

Maserati Medici I (1974) & II (1976)

In 1974, Giorgetto Giugiaro set about transforming the look of the Maserati Quattroporte as he had done previously with Ghibli, Bora, and Merak. Those cars were supercars, racing coupés for the street. Could the same be done for the sedan?

Karl Smith

Chrysler/Simca Shake and Suzuki Go (1970 & ’72)

Some Holiday Fun from Bertone and Marcello Gandini

Karl Smith

Design Development: DS7 Crossback

The French brand’s new SUV is an attempt to define its design identity

Joe Simpson

Design Review: Citroën C3

A deep design dive into the quirky French supermini

Joe Simpson

Rinspeed previews a 2017 concept car – complete with space to grow plants

Interesting Oasis concept will debut at January’s CES in Las Vegas

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Lexus UX offers ideas aplenty

Lexus UX Concept packed with ideas proves the brand is still filled with unrealised potential

Lem Bingley

Paris 2016: Lexus spins spider silk into flexible seating

Lexus spins spider silk into flexible seating

Lem Bingley

Paris 2016: Crisp Skoda Kodiaq clobbers confused Audi Q5

Skoda upsets the hierarchy by introducing the VW Group’s best SUV design

Lem Bingley

Paris 2016: Peugeot’s 5008 and 3008 make a pair

Two mid-size Peugeots for the price of one

Lem Bingley

Paris 2016: Citroën C3 and Nissan Micra are the soft and sharp of superminis

Citroen and Nissan show different takes on the small-car format, with varying degrees of success

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Citroën CXperience is as sharp as citrus

Citroen’s sleek sedan concept is one of our stars of the 2016 Paris Auto Show

Lem Bingley

Paris 2016: Mercedes Generation EQ explores electro-fusion

Mercedes-Benz blends a host of formats to create the first EV for its new EQ family

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Porsche Panamera rewards the decisive

Porsche’s new human-machine interface (HMI) is impressive even when the car is standing still

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Hyundai RN30 leaves the caps lock on

This shouty new concept leaves you in no doubt that Hyundai is the sporty one of the wider group, right?

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Is the Volkswagen ID a missed opportunity?

VW’s electric-only design language promises much, but does it deliver?

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: DS revisits its history, and this time we don’t mind

With no new cars to show at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, DS digs out some design classics from days gone by

Tom Phillips

Paris 2016: Land Rover Discovery looks forward not back

The new Land Rover Discovery has been redefined, like it or not…

Tom Phillips

First Sight: Up close with Renault’s Trezor Paris motor show concept

Hidden secrets behind Renault’s new treasure revealed

Guy Bird

Corvette Rondine (1963)

Tom Tjaarda’s design for the other 1963 Corvette

Karl Smith

First Sight: Peugeot 3008

New crossover brings the Quartz concept back down-to-earth

Jon Winding-Sorensen

Concept Car(s) of the Week: Ferrari 250 P5 (1968) & Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Coupe Speciale (1969)

Car Design News revisits the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo showcars that shared far more than Italian heritage

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the Week: Renault Ondelios (2008)

A forgotten and misunderstood crossover that has clearly had a wider influence

Owen Ready

Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler D’Elegance (1952)

The Chrysler concept that would become a Volkswagen

Karl Smith

Peugeot EX1 concept

On the eve of the of the Paris Motor Show, Peugeot held a private viewing of the EX1 Concept Car at its premier showroom on the Champs Elysees in Paris.

Car Design News

Ford Focus - Design Review

CDN is not impressed by the new Focus

Sam Livingstone

Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CST Vision B

Dec 13, 2004 – Nearly three years ago Mercedes presented the Vision R Grand Sports Tourer concept in Detroit which heralded a new direction for Mercedes production cars. The GST was a ‘crossover’ vehicle with the four wheel drive and muscular design identity of an SUV, the three rows of seats and versatility of an MPV, and the athletically premium qualities typical of a sports sedan.

Sam Livingstone

Winners of the Interior Motives: Student Design Awards 2003 announced

Sep 23, 2003 - The winners of the Interior Motives: Student Design Awards 2003 were announced during this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Activa I (1988)

A look back at the big Citroën built to show off some pretty high-tech hydropneumatics

Tom Phillips

Ferrari FX prototype to be revealed in Tokyo

Apr 17, 2002 - The design prototype of Ferrari’s fastest road car ever, the Ferrari FX will debut in Tokyo at ‘Artedinamica: Ferrari and Maserati at the Contemporary Art Museum of Tokyo’ on April 26th, and from April 27th to July 14th the exhibition will be open to the public.

Giancarlo Perini

Nissan Primera takes Fusion concept into production

The new-generation Primera Sedan and Wagon were released recently in Japan.

Nissan Chappo concept to be unveiled at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show

The Chappo concept is designed in anticipation of a future generation of young, sophisticated, city-car users who want their car to be more than a means of transport. A generation for which the car has also become a social space for people to gather: their mobile space.