FERRARI DAYTONA SP3, ICON OF THE FUTURE
A piece of art, not just a car. This is how Flavio Manzoni, Chief Design Officer Ferrari, defines the Daytona SP3, the new limited edition sportscar that joins the Monza SP1 and SP2 [...]
ADRIAN VAN HOOYDONK | BMW GROUP, THE SPEED OF CHANGE
"I love coming here to Villa d'Este, walking among the vintage cars and discovering details I didn't know yet. It's a celebration of design". For Adrian van Hooydonk, Head of BMW [...]
VOLVO CONCEPT RECHARGE, INSPIRED BY NATURE
The change of pace is momentous. Starting from 2030, Volvo will only sell purely electric cars, powered by more efficient batteries and equipped with cutting-edge driver assistance systems to achieve the "zero collision" [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ALFA ROMEO NUVOLA
NOSTALGICALLY ALFA (Auto&Design n.100) Development of the car took place in a very tight time span. Traditional form plans and axonometric projections were produced from sketches – but executed at the computer, [...]
KIA EV6, CONTRASTING ELEMENTS
With the EV6, constructed on the E-GMP (Electric-Global Modular Platform) and Kia’s first totally electric car, the Korean brand’s designers succeeded in surprising with new and unexpected formal treatments. “In the EV6, there [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ITALDESIGN BRIVIDO
TOMORROW'S GIORGETTO GIUGIARO GT (Auto&Design no.196) "There are designers who express very free concepts, with the intention of influencing those who work on mass-produced products. I belong to the older generation, I [...]
MASERATI MC20, A NEW ERA
Not all automotive brands can have a super sports car as their flagship. “For Maserati, a new era is beginning. Other brands would have marked this step with a luxury sedan, but we [...]
BOSCH DALLARA ELECTRIC, INVESTING IN THE FUTURE
What will be the future of super sports cars in terms of converting to pure electric propulsion? To test the limits of what is technically feasible in this field, Bosch Engineering and Dallara [...]
TORINO DESIGN, COMPETITIVE GROWTH
For everyone in Turin, the fascinating complex of buildings on the hills that have had a breath-taking view over the city since the 1920s is simply Villa Gualino. Strangely enough, Turin has almost [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ALFA ROMEO PANDION
IMMAGINATION AND GLAMOUR (Auto&Design n.181/2009) In an automotive world characterized by bland aesthetic cautiousness, there are still those capable of visions that go beyond the commonplace. With its Pandion, a futuristic 2+2 coupé, [...]