Pininfarina P4/5, American dream
The dream of a collector and the mastery of a great coachbuilder have come together to write a new chapter in the history of Ferrari specials. The result is the P4/5, a one-off built by [...]
IAAD, my first Renault
This is not just a pre-packaged theme but a problem to be solved: think of a future mobility need, then develop an answer. With this highly conceptual approach, unrestrained by limitations, Renault asked the students [...]
AudiTT, from geometry to sculpture
Everything about this car is new, from its architecture to its performance and driveability, and yet it is still unmistakably a TT. This is the second generation of Audi’s small coupé which, when it was [...]
Bertone Suagnà, Beyond Transformability
Build a segment B coupé-cabriolet with the roominess of a class C car, in spite of the presence of a folding hard roof. That was the challenge facing the Bertone designers in making the concept [...]
Alfa Romeo Brera, the reality of a dream
Penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, as a concept car, appointed a production car by the management at Arese before being industrialised and built by Pininfarina, who also looked after the interior design, and everything conducted in [...]
Torino Design, an eastern debut
A dynamic coupé with attractive lines, a sturdy well-proportioned SUV, both from the Chinese brand Chery. Called Lei and Lui, they debuted at the recent Beijing motor show. They are the first models to be [...]
Ford Iosis, kinetic transformation
“Sometimes people only buy a car for the brand, even when they don't like how it's designed. With our new design language, however, we want to create cars that attract customers who otherwise would never [...]
Fiat Punto, relaunch Italian-style
The recently marketed Punto is the model Fiat is staking everything on for its relaunch and it was one of the most acclaimed novelties at the last Frankfurt Motor Show. Silvia Baruffaldi met Flavio Manzoni, [...]
Audi Q7, the different face of the SUV
With the Q7, the German brand Audi adds its own vision of sport-utility to its range, “more exciting and sporty, less utilitarian”, as the design chief of Audi Brand Group, Walter de' Silva, defines the [...]
Alfa Romeo 159, evolution of the species
Just a few months from the launch of the 159, the new medium saloon from Alfa Romeo, Silvia Baruffaldi paid a visit to the brand's Style Centre at Arese to run through the stages of [...]