HYUNDAI PROPHECY, POSITIVE ATTITUDE
“You smile when you look at this car, you feel happy”. It’s understandable that such a concise seal of approval would come from Youngseong Kim - Sammy to his colleagues. He created the sketch [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | AUDI R8
AUDI R8, ELEGANT POWER Where do we start? With Walter de’ Silva’s definition as “a car that is neither arrogant nor vulgar, but which stands out for its elegance”? Or with the [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA
CLASSIC STYLE AND DYNAMISM Alfa Romeo Giulietta turns 10, a milestone that also marks the end of its production. Here is the design story published on Auto&Design no. 182. Presented at the [...]
LAND ROVER DEFENDER, RESPECT FOR THE ORIGINS
It’s up to the market to decide whether the new Defender is, as Land Rover claims, “an icon reinvented and instantly recognisable” - that is, the new, natural heir of an all-purpose vehicle [...]
MAHINDRA XUV300, FLAMBOYANT PERSONALITY
The success of its first unibody SUV – XUV500 – convinced Mahindra, the Indian manufacturer that appeared on the international market some years ago, that the time had come for a compact SUV as [...]
HYUNDAI SONATA, EMOTIONAL VALUE
For the eighth series of the Sonata - the medium-large saloon that Hyundai has been offering for more than thirty years - the Korean company is now launching its new design philosophy, that “sensual [...]
ALFA ROMEO & FIAT, A DOUBLE SUPPLEMENT
The Alfa Romeo Tonale and Fiat Concept Centoventi, two show cars that have captured the public’s imagination at the Geneva Motor Show, as described by Klaus Busse, Head of FCA design for the EMEA [...]
AUDI E-TRON, PROGRESSIVE LANGUAGE
A top-class SUV, and electric too, but without giving up on the Audi design language. Mission accomplished? According to Philipp Römers “The e-tron is functional, but good looking at the same time.” “The proportions [...]
JAGUAR I-PACE IS THE 2019 CAR OF THE YEAR
The Jaguar I-Pace is the new 2019 Car of the Year. A new design language? "No," says Ian Callum: "The language remains typically Jaguar. It’s the proportions that have changed. The graphics have a [...]
COTY 2019 FINALISTS | MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS
The secret, says Gorden Wagener, lies in "removing a line". That’s how the head of Daimler design, speaking of Mercedes-Benz's new A-class, explains how "sensual purity 2.5" was achieved. This concept has been part [...]