RENAULT RAFALE, FLAGSHIP WITH CHARACTER
The request was precise: Renault's flagship would have to intercept new tastes, a new audience and propose user-friendly tech solutions. ‘That's how the Rafale was born: our top of the range car is [...]
MINI COOPER, 66 YEARS OF STYLE
66 years after its debut, the Mini is still her. "When you get your hands on such an iconic object, the challenge becomes even more interesting," says Thomas Sycha, Mini's head of exterior [...]
ALFA ROMEO JUNIOR, SCULPTURE IN MOTION
Nimble, dynamic and sporty. The Junior is the Alfa Romeo that wasn’t, a sharply featured, muscular compact that had long been missing from the Biscione range. “In July 2021 when I arrived at [...]
FERRARI 12CILINDRI, A NEW DESIGN SEASON
Present, past and future. The Ferrari 12Cilindri has all the elements of the time within it: it celebrates the V12 engine, the Cavallino's power unit par excellence, indulges in a few references to [...]
IVECO, A FUTURE ON THE ROAD
A giant employing more than 35,000 - with 29 R&D centres, 20 production sites, a design centre with premises in Turin and Lyon - entirely given over to realising commercial vehicles and buses [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ VISION ONE-ELEVEN, DESIRE TO DREAM
Today’s automotive watchwords - efficiency, consumption and sustainability - are clear and recurring, but is there still room for dreams? While most of the dozens of proposals showcased by manufacturers belong to the [...]
LAMBORGHINI LANZADOR, A GT SPACESHIP
“A spaceship for the daily round”. Mitja Borkert, Lamborghini's design chief, doesn't mince his words when talking about the Lanzador, a concept car and the latest creation to come out of the Sant'Agata [...]
GFG STYLE CONTINUES COLLABORATION WITH HYUNDAI
Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro's GFG Style will continue to collaborate with Hyundai Motor on new projects in the future. This was confirmed to Auto&Design by SangYup Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of [...]
HYUNDAI SANTA FE, INSIDE OUT
"What makes a car special is its ability to adapt to society's needs even if radical changes have to be made to do so”. Hyundai and Genesis Global Design Centre’s Executive Vice President [...]
ALFA ROMEO 33 STRADALE, A DREAM COME TRUE
Who would ever have imagined a comeback for the legendary Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale? “We bridged a 57-year gap with a project born out of the dreams of the entire Alfa Romeo Style [...]