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 [...]
Saab Aero-X, scenari aeronautici
La Aero-X presentata al salone di Ginevra 2006 è una concept car pura, vera vettura marciante progettata nel centro design Saab in Svezia con il supporto della casa madre General Motors negli Stati Uniti, per [...]
Nissan/Pforzheim, Projection Geneva 2015
Roland Reitenbach and Andreas Zimolong, with two designs that were rather futuristic but which showed great potential, were the winners of a competition for young designers sponsored by Nissan. Through its London design centre (Nissan [...]
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, the appeal of power
With the presentation of the 559 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari has added a new super sports car to its already sumptuous catalogue. The task of defining the lines around the 12 cylinder, 6 litre, 620 bhp [...]
Mazda Senku, clean-cut language
A fish? The image Atsushiro Yamada proposes for the hybrid concept car Senku, presented by Mazda at the Tokyo Show, might look somewhat reductive. But then you discover that there is indeed a sense to [...]
Aston Martin Rapide, elegant and lovely
The word from Ulrich Bez, Chairman and CEO of Aston Martin, was clear: to produce the most beautiful four-door on the market. “Elegance and beauty”, explains Marek Reichman, the brand’s design chief, “were the two [...]