Ford Kuga, structured sculpture
An contradiction with the very definition of the word, the concept of the niche is assuming an increasingly crucial position in the range strategies of car manufacturers, as it allows them to leave no ground [...]
C5 sedan&break, Citroën’s gamble
The M2 segment is one that many of the big names in the European market would like to dominate. It is a segment in which a marque must express personality, but without shocking a rather [...]
What car should we expect?
What sort of car should we expect to see at the end of this devastating financial crisis, that has swept aside the social and productive relations we have always known and which, for better or [...]
Tokyo, the empire of disillusion
The Tokyo Motor Show opens a window on to some of the possible directions that the Japanese automotive industry may take in future. In today’s gloomy scenario, with a market that is losing momentum and [...]
Italian coachbuilding, the challenges of today and tomorrow
The difficult and painful Bertone case, for which we hope the best possible solution is found for Nuccio, this historical company and its 1,500 employees, has sparked much discussion on the present situation and destiny [...]
San Paulo motor show & biennial of brazilian design
Motor Show - For more than a hundred years Brazil has thought of itself as “the country of the future,” a future that always managed not to arrive as predicted. That may be about to [...]
Mercedes F700, marine influence
The German company Mercedes-Benz makes very few pure concept cars, and when it does, it is to express new technology more than stylistic trends. While the Bionic car and the F600 concept seen in 2005 [...]
Citroën C-Airscape, conceptual poetic
The Citroën range is becoming increasingly bipolar and moving towards a distinct dual personality. The early signs of this can be seen in the products of the marque’s advanced design, which are developed along clearly [...]
Berman, the “Duchy” of car design
The worth of an initiative, especially if some form of competition is involved, is essentially measured in terms of its results: namely, the number of participants, the quality of the projects represented and the growth [...]
Peugeot 308, symbol of transition
A car symbolising progressive, considered evolution. The Peugeot 308 officially debuting at the 2007 edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show – the French marque’s new C segment – perfectly embodies a process of gradual transition [...]