MAZDA, WHEN SCULPTURE MEETS MINIMALISM
When you think of Japan and of the art forms that the nation has produced throughout its history, you can’t help but think of purity, essentiality and entire universes of form distilled into a [...]
OPEL GRANDLAND X, REMODELLED IDENTITY
A shared platform, specific aesthetic content blending into a range that has taken on a fresh personality after the launch of the Insignia. Russelsheim's latest proposal adopts a simple but effective recipe: rooted in [...]
KIA STONIC, HARMONIC DYNAMISM
Four meters fifteen (approximately) of contemporary cues in all the right places. While some manufacturers indulge in way-out styling exercises, building bodies that grab the attention for their at times forced whimsicality, Kia prefers [...]
NISSAN MICRA, AT THE ORIGINS OF CHANGE
With the latest generation of the Nissan Micra, which in recent weeks has begun to show its face in European cities, we are unquestionably dealing with a profound styling transformation. In the play of [...]
FIAT 500 L, CHANGE WITH DISCRETION
Five years of success, three variations, many (controlled) upgrades. On paper 40% of the components of the Turin brand’s urban MPV are new, but what the eye picks out above all is a skilful [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON, AN INTELLIGENT SPACE MANAGEMENT
In the Volkswagen Arteon, it is no surprise that the cabin is a tour de force of functionality and comfort, with intelligent space management and design solutions to offer plenty of room for the [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON, A QUESTION OF ARCHITECTURE
The reconceived grille of the Volkswagen Arteon, which forms the basis of a revolution involving the entire formal grammar of the car, is perhaps destined to influence other members of the German brand’s family. [...]
CITROËN C-AIRCROSS, SOLIDLY LIKEABLE
Pop and catchy, but not playful. When Alexandre Malval, director of Citroën design, talks about the creative path of the Double Chevron’s Geneva proposal, he's keen to emphasise it: "I don't think it's right [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON, DESIGN IN THE DETAIL / PART 6
MATERIALS AND MAT SURFACES FOR A REFINED, MODERN ENVIRONMENT Precision, discreet luxury, fine virtuosity in design and assembly. The Arteon adds a further attribute to the traditional fascination of Volkswagen [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON, DESIGN IN THE DETAIL / PART 5
COLOUR RESEARCH, AN EXCLUSIVE YELLOW, A RESULT OF THREE YEARS' WORK Alongside styling frenzies, in the margins of the more evidently spectacular solutions, and over and above commercial characterisation, paintwork [...]