SEAT ATECA, A SUV IN THE FAMILY
These are very busy times for the Seat factory in Martorell near Barcelona. The Ateca, the Spanish brand’s first Suv, is just the first in a spate of new models to be released in quick [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS CABRIOLET, SOPHISTICATED PROPORTIONS
For Mercedes, 2016 is the year of the dream cars, coupés and cabrios we all long for: C-Class, S-Class, SL and SLC roadsters, not to mention the AMG versions. “Many companies are cutting down in [...]
RENAULT SCENIC, A FAMILY MATTER
“It is the icing on the cake for our design,” smiles a proud Laurens Van den Acker, head of design at Renault. The new Scénic seems to have what it takes to breathe new life [...]
DS E-TENSE, PARAMETRIC EXPLORATIONS
This could be an epochal change in direction for DS, which has been a brand in its own right, separate from Citroën, for over a year. According to DS brand design director Thierry Metroz, the [...]
COTY 2016 CANDIDATES, BMW 7 SERIES
Waiting for the announcement of the Car of the Year 2016 winner on February 29 at the Geneva Motor Show, we recall here the design story of the BMW 7- Series available on issue no. 216 now on newsstand. INTERACTIVE LUXURY “Our flagship”, says Adrian [...]
VOLVO CONCEPT 26
The problem was how to interpret AD in the right way”. Thomas Ingenlath heads Volvo design and that’s how he explains the birth of Concept 26, the Swedish manufacturer’s contribution to the intriguing world of [...]
PEUGEOT FRACTAL, SOUND DESIGN
A car called Fractal - a name that will be talked about in the near future. The concept presented by Peugeot at Frankfurt is an important test bench for ideas that will feature in the [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ CONCEPT IAA, CHAMELEON-LIKE BEAUTY
A glance into the future at Gorden Wagener’s “sensual purity 3.0”. But above all, says the Daimler design chief, “the Mercedes IAA (Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile) is a four-door coupé of irresistibly attractive design which is [...]
JAGUAR F-PACE, CLASSIC SIMPLICITY
Among the many rumours doing the rounds of the car world is one that claims Ian Callum, Jaguar design chief, never wanted a big cat Suv. “The truth”, says the man in question, “is that [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ GLE/GLC, ELEGANZA SPORT UTILITY
Di primo acchito potrebbe venire la tentazione di dire che la Mercedes GLE Coupé sia la risposta della casa di Sindelfingen alla BMW X6, ma si entrerebbe in una spirale senza fine (la BMW Serie [...]