JAKOB PETTERSSON: HOW THE NEW CHANGAN’S BRAND DEEPAL WAS BORN
The first edition of the Piemonte Meets China - Turin Automotive Design Award (TADA), was held during the 2025 Turin Motor Show. This award celebrates the stylistic excellence of Chinese car manufacturers and their connection to Turin, the city home to many design studios of brands born in the shadow of the Great Wall. Changan Deepal S07 Changan Deepal [...]
DACIA HIPSTER, AN ALTERNATIVE VISION
An alternative vision, a different product that takes up the idea of the European “E-Car,” which should give a boost to the automotive sector in the coming years. The Dacia Hipster Concept offers [...]
OPEL CORSA, VIDEOGAME FUN
Opel has created a very special concept. It's called the Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo, and it's a car designed specifically for the famous driving simulator Gran Turismo 7, the latest installment in [...]
XIAOMI OPENS A NEW DESIGN AND R&D CENTER IN MUNICH
Xiaomi has announced the opening of a new European R&D and Design Center in Munich. The facility represents a key milestone in Xiaomi EV's global strategy, which aims to promote the advancement of [...]
MICROLINO ’55 EDITION IN COLLABORATION WITH ALCANTARA AND ERRE COMPANY
Presented as an international premiere at the 2025 Concorso d’Eleganza Festival Car, the Microlino '55 Edition pays homage to the microcars of the 1950s, small vehicles like the Isetta, the Heinkel Kabine, or [...]
MINI DEUS EX MACHINA, PERFECT IMPERFECTION
The spark was ignited almost by chance, when the Mini team discovered that Deus Ex Machina had customized a classic Mini together with New York graphic designer Matt Willey. There was no warning, [...]
AVATR VISION XPECTRA, WHEN LUXURY IS EMOTION
"Design is the driving force behind innovation in the automotive world." With these words Nader Faghihzadeh, Chief Design Officer of the Chinese brand Avatr, introduces the concept Vision Xpectra, a car that anticipates [...]
KIA SPORTAGE, BESTSELLER REVISITED
Thirty years of history and over seven million units sold worldwide have made Sportage Kia's most popular model. Now the C-segment SUV returns to Europe in a completely updated guise, with the ambition [...]
PIEMONTE MEETS CHINA-TADA, IL TROFEO FIRMATO ITALDESIGN
Celebrating Piedmontese manufacturing and Chinese automotive industry at the same time. This is how the international award “Piemonte Meets China – Torino Automotive Design Award” was born, a recognition that highlights the value [...]
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TOYOTA FT-Me, POCKET REVOLUTION
City cars are under scrutiny. They are seen more and more as a force for disruption, and local [...]
GFG STYLE PERALTA S, SHEER AUDACITY
Giugiaro says it was an act of courage. Because when he proposed to Carlos Peralta that he create [...]
FORD TRANSIT, MODULAR DESIGN
Is designing a van like the Transit like designing a car? Yes and no. It is from a [...]
CASE IMPACT, WORKING IN SAFETY
Innovation moves apace, even in the world of heavy machinery. That’s the spirit behind CASE Construction Equipment’s latest [...]
