Thirty years of automotive design and thirty years of Auto&Design. There could have been no more appropriate theme for the sixth edition of Autostyle, held in Mantua on October 7 and 8, the annual competition [...]
Se si prende il profilo della 458 Italia presentata al salone di Francoforte e lo si sovrappone a quello della 430, di cui è l'erede diretta, si scopre con sorpresa che l'ultima nata di casa [...]
Continuità e innovazione, due concetti che possono fare a pugni; in ogni caso, come ammette Mark Lloyd, si è trattato di «un esercizio molto difficile». Sostituire una vettura di successo come la C3 – oltre [...]
It is a car conceived before the crisis, but developed with the post-crisis era already in mind. “We thought about what is changing in the car world”, explains Adrian van Hooydonk. “Motorists will be much [...]
Nuccio Bertone probably would have chosen his favourite colour, green - or, to be more precise, the acid green used for a number of his most important concepts - for this car, especially given that [...]
To fully appreciate the creations of Ruspa Officine, one needs to view them from a perspective of design in its natural relationship with industry. Over seventy years of the company’s history (recently celebrated by the [...]
The third chapter in the Iosis saga takes things a step further: in terms of how it evolves kinetic design – a genuine renaissance for Ford Europe’s image – and in its dynamic interpretation of [...]
For the layperson, the creative process involved in the designer’s job can be quite difficult to grasp. How can a car’s inception begin from the idea of a fish (such as the extraordinary Mazda Senku [...]
“We are the first constructor to break the virtual barrier” claims Citroën with pride. The truth is more complicated, however: the GTbyCitroën show car presented at Paris is in fact a successful fusion between the [...]
Dynamism, fluidity, sportiness, sensuality and strength are the five basic precepts on which Renault has founded its strategy for the new Mégane family, which debuted in hatchback and coupé guise and will later be joined [...]