XF, different but more Jaguar
At first sight, the XF is a Jaguar unlike any other, which abandons certain styling cues such as the heart-shaped grille, which the S-Type – destined to be replaced by the new car presented at [...]
Ferrari 60 years, the style of a legend
Sixty years of Ferrari, perhaps the most prestigious of all Italian automotive marques, also means six decades of the world’s greatest style – Italian style, in which history and evolution come together. The prancing horse [...]
Interview – BMW, Bangle’s hypotheses
For BMW design chief Chris Bangle, the three door 1 Series and the concept for the soon to be launched M3 presented at Geneva are but another step in the direction of an automotive revolution [...]
Design story – Zagato Diatto Ottovù, seventy years after
Andrea Zagato who, together with Norihiko Harada, created the Ottovù presented at Geneva in a bid to revive the prestigious Turin marque Diatto 70 years after its demise, talks of a “neoclassical theme”. The Japanese [...]
Mazda Nagare, Ryuda, Hakaze. Flussi e fluidità
Un nome spicca – per innovazione, per ricchezza di proposte, anche per coraggio - nel panorama del design internazionale. E’ quello della Mazda, che sotto la guida di Laurens van den Acker, subentrato poco meno [...]
Audi R8, Elegant power
Judged to be among the finest novelties at the Paris Show, the Audi R8 is spectacular for the sheer simplicity of its lines and the balance of its volumes which reiterates the superiority of the [...]
Alfa Romeo 8C, Extreme sportiness
The Alfa Romeo 8C prototype had shown the way three years ago at the Frankfurt Show; today that dream has become reality, albeit in a limited series. Five hundred units will be built and they [...]
Bentley Azure, minimalist luxury
Is this really “the pinnacle in a line of convertibles that stretches back to the very earliest days of the Bentley legend”? This haughty claim from the English marque at first sight seems to be [...]
Lotus APX, split personality
It’s called APX, which stands for Aluminium Performance Crossover. But at Lotus, where the concept car was designed and prepared for the Geneva Show, they talk quietly about a “Jekyll and Hyde” car. With no [...]
Alfa Romeo 159 SW, the sporting concept
A Sportwagon that is all new but whose every corner and line says Alfa Romeo. The aims of Giorgetto Giugiaro, who did the styling of the externals, and Wolfgang Egger, head of Alfa design, were [...]