CITROËN ELO, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENERGY
Restrained, rational, utilitarian in the noblest sense of the term. At the same time the concept car ELO is playfully appealing, you might even say visionary. A design oxymoron that brings together the [...]
PORSCHE 911 TURBO S, INTELLECTUAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE “ICON OF ICONS”
Among the figures that shaped Zuffenhausen's 2025, officially released in mid-January, one stands out above the rest: 51,583 deliveries for the eternal symbol of rear-wheel drive fun, yet another record in the name [...]
FERRARI 849 TESTAROSSA, THE BERLINETTA REVISITED
In many respects, Maranello’s latest creation invites muscular, high-energy adjectives – descriptors that wrap it in a perfectly tailored guise for the marque’s most agile and sharp-tempered production model. Flavio Manzoni, Chief Design [...]
RENAULT TWINGO, LONG LIVE CITY CARS
At the 2024 Paris Motor Show, Sundeep Bhambra, head of concept car styling and advanced projects for Renault, assured us: “Much of the prototype is final. In fact, as much as 90% of [...]
LOTUS THEORY 1, PURITY OF EXPRESSION
I believe Colin Chapman would not hesitate to put his signature under the Theory 1 project with which the brand he fathered, the legendary Lotus, launches with this futuristic concept the vision of [...]
DESIGN TALK, THE FUTURE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND EMOTION
During the Car Design awards ceremony, Auto&Design held a Talk in Milan on the theme "Emotional connections". As in previous editions, the discussion took place within the prestigious ADI Design Museum, alongside the [...]
FERRARI COLLECTIBLES, THE ART OF MECHANICS
What happens when certain components of engineering excellence are separated from their original context to become autonomous masterpieces themselves? We find out thanks to an unprecedented initiative by Maranello, which reinterprets multiple essential [...]
RENAULT SPEAKS OUT AT MILAN DESIGN WEEK
Creative dialogues, conferences, a book: Renault approaches Milan Design Week by structuring a kind of symposium around the culture of the car-object. From the design path linked to the latest innovations, to the [...]
FIAT GRANDE PANDA, FUNKY FUNCTIONALITY
At the Stellantis Style Centre in Via Plava, Turin, the atmosphere is that of the never-to-be-repeated occasion. At the entrance, as if Giugiaro himself had just laid down his pencil, stands a red [...]
DS N°8, THE POISE OF LUXURY
A word rarely found in the automotive universe flourishes around the N°8, the latest expression of French refinement: poise. An unusual notion that Thierry Metroz, Head of Design at DS, illustrates as “fundamental [...]