Pronto – Reinvesting in creativity
"From pop bottle to automobile" is by no means a new theme for the Chrysler designers, who have already worked on two interpretations of it. The first was the Pronto, a compact of 'European' dimensions, [...]
Chrysler Chronos – The search of the flagship
The luxury car is another recurring theme in the explorations of Chrysler design, which has accustomed us to a new proposal each year as the Detroit show comes around: the 300, Atlantic, Thunderbolt and Pheaton, [...]
Volkswagen W12 – Custom-built form
No summer holiday this year for Fabrizio Giugiaro. He and his design team were far too busy on a project as demanding as it was stimulating - a supercar for Volkswagen, requested in person by [...]
Alfa Romeo 156 – Nello spirito dello stile
Doveva essere la sostituta della 155, una nuova berlina capace di esprimere tutto lo spirito Alfa Romeo, la sua tradizione dal cuore sportivo e dalla linea italiana. Doveva essere la sostituta della 155, una [...]
Asia Motors Arv – Nice and usefull
From specialist producer of off-road and commercial vehicles, Korean company Asia Motors - a member of the Kia group - has decided to extend its own-brand production to passenger cars too. Spokesman for this development [...]
Opel Signum – Opel Signum
How will the station wagon evolve in the future? Opel, the company at the top of the European sales charts for this type of car, asked itself the question and, to give a tangible response, [...]
Italdesign Scighera – Pragmatism and imagination
After six years - and plenty have appeared since the stunning and potent Nazca was presented on the same Geneva show stand - Italdesign is once more proposing a supercar prototype, Scighera, born from a [...]
Detroit 1997 – The rise and rise of Chrysler
Five concept cars to attract attention, one pickup truck to have fun with and two sedans to leave the public definitively drooling. Such was the Chrysler programme at the 1997 Detroit International Auto Show, [...]
FIAT MULTIPLA, CONCETTO MULTIPLO
"Come sistemare comodamente sei persone e relativo bagaglio in una vettura lunga non più di quattro metri?" La sfida è stata loro lanciata ai designer Fiat dall’ingegner Paolo Cantarella - all’epoca amministratore delegato di [...]
Plymouth Prowler – American heritage
The air is hot, the landscape and atmosphere typical of the southern Californian coast. The car, however, is thoroughly unusual, though for us Europeans its looks conjure up an ‘all-American’ image. You cannot go [...]