VOLKSWAGEN ID.3, ELECTRIC TURNING | CHAPTER 7
TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD Electric, highly technological, and connected: the Volkswagen ID.3, the first vehicle from the German manufacturer constructed on the zero-emission vehicles MEB platform, has the latest-generation technological features of the Volkswagen group installed. “We designed it with an idea in mind: its shapes would need to easily and immediately communicate the vehicle’s advanced technology”, says Klaus Zyciora, head of design for the Volkswagen group. [...]
GORDON MURRAY T.50, DRIVER ORIENTED
Gordon Murray Automotive has unveiled its T.50 supercar in full for the first time, showing the finished exterior and interior design and confirming its ground-breaking technical specifications. According to the brand, the T.50 [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ALFA ROMEO PANDION
IMMAGINATION AND GLAMOUR (Auto&Design n.181/2009) In an automotive world characterized by bland aesthetic cautiousness, there are still those capable of visions that go beyond the commonplace. With its Pandion, a futuristic 2+2 coupé, [...]
IZERA, POLISH SOUL AND ITALIAN STYLE
It's named after a mountain range, but it's in a new automobile brand. Izera is a new Polish car manufacturer that intends to present by 2023 two electric vehicles, an Suv and a [...]
ITALDESIGN DUCATI URBAN-E, TWO-WHEELED STYLE
Italdesign and Ducati present the new Urban-E folding pedal-assisted bicycle, a bike combining innovative and ergonomic solutions with a particularly accurate design. Available in black or grey version, Urban-E is built around the [...]
LAMBORGHINI ESSENZA SCV12, FORM AND FUNCTION
Lamborghini presents the Essenza SCV12, the track-only hypercar in a limited edition of 40 units, developed by Squadra Corse and designed by Lamborghini Centro Stile, headed by Mitja Borkert. The direct descendant of [...]
CITROËN CONCEPT CARS: VISIONARY CREATIONS
Citroën concept cars have always responded to the canons of unconventionality in search of innovative stylistic solutions. We have collected six of the most extravagant prototypes from the 1980s to the present day: [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ, THE S CLASS GOES VERTICAL
Mercedes-Benz goes vertical. The new version of the Mbux multimedia system, that makes its debut on the S-Class, it’s operated from a large display which, unlike all other models from the German premium [...]
MOLE URBANA, DESIGN AND MICROMOBILITY
A small vehicle for urban micromobility that can be shared for people's small daily trips. Mole Urbana, the quadricycle designed by the Turin designer Umberto Palermo, with squared and a bit retro shapes, [...]
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FIAT 500, A NEW ERA
There are design objects that symbolise an era. Iconic shapes that become an aesthetic reference point for the [...]
JAGUAR F-TYPE, BORN FROM TECHNOLOGY
The new Jaguar F-Type is, essentially, the child of technology. To make it even sportier, they’ve given it [...]
APRILIA MOTÒ 6.5 BY PHILIPPE STARCK, IN PURSUIT OF AN ICON
In the early 90’s the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia from Noale in the province of Venice was surfing the [...]
STEYR KONZEPT, CULTIVATE THE FUTURE
Surprising spaces often emerge in the universe of agricultural machinery, as though inviting cutting edge technological innovation: the specificity [...]
