Lancia Musa, grafting ideas
How to make a 5-door Ypsilon in record time and at no more than modest cost. That was the challenge implicit in the brief presented to the Lancia design team. Their response was the Musa, [...]
Mitsubishi Colt, the search for identity
“To get to the Colt we have undertaken a process, taking our clients from the DNA of the concept car up to the production model”. The satisfaction of Olivier Boulay, director of design at Mitsubishi, [...]
Volvo YCC, Volvo YCC, when women design
Female designers and engineers are no longer a rarity in automotive design. And they’re no longer confined to Colour and Trim duties either. Today, women can be asked to design the exteriors and interiors of [...]
Giugiaro, creative power
This issue's cover story is devoted to Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro, the creators of two new concept cars unveiled at the 2004 Geneva show: the Alfa Romeo Visconti and the Toyota Alessandro Volta. Fulvio Cinti [...]
General Motors, contemporary vision
"Taking over from Wayne Cherry is an enormous responsibility but also a challenge I have willingly accepted". Against the backdrop of the 2004 Detroit Show, Ed Welburn, General Motors' new Design Vice President, paints Auto [...]
Ford, a reassuring heritage
Nostalgia for times gone by prevailed on the Ford stand at this year's Detroit Show. Apart from the GT coupè, a remake of the GT40 that is about to go into production, there were other [...]
Mitsubishi, Japanese modern
Out looks rather like a small dirigible with its unpainted brushed aluminium body. To those seeking new design trends, Mitsubishi offers the Se-ro concept, which appeared at the Tokyo Show beside the "i", previously seen [...]
Volkswagen Concept R, future styling cues
The new course of Volkswagen design summed up in a prototype created under the guidance of Peter Schreyer, who has been in charge of VW design since last year. As seen at the Frankfurt Show, [...]
Fiat Nuova Panda, heir to an icon
The story of a car assigned the hard task of taking the name and inheriting the role of a triumphant predecessor. Silvia Baruffaldi tells the whole complex story: from the initial Ecobasic concept to the [...]
Citroën Pluriel, the return of fantasy
An unconventional design process for a car different from any other on the market. We trace the path of the Pluriel project with Donato Coco, the Chief Designer responsible for Citroën's Platform A. In October [...]