Any new Mercedes-Benz is a milestone in automotive history for the simple reason that it comes from the world’s oldest car maker. But within Mercedes circles, it is the E-class which carries on the German [...]
Cosa fa uno dopo essere stato vicepresidente del design del gruppo Volkswagen e aver lavorato per DaimlerChrysler, Peugeot e Ford, dove ha creato l’iconica McLaren SLR e la riuscita Peugeot 206? Murat Günak, che ha [...]
A flowing coastline, the silhouette of Viking longboats and the cool image of crystal clear waterfalls: Steve Mattin could not complain about inspiration when he initiated the new Volvo S60 concept design, in March 2008. [...]
Small minivans are not the most successful of typical versatile European concepts. Except for the Opel and Vauxhall Meriva, the segment leader for years. So creating a successor is a great challenge, an obligation to [...]
Volkswagen’s design strategy turnaround went public in autumn 2007, when the small Up! concept was first shown in Frankfurt. It was a simple yet friendly and elegant creation, actually the first implementation of a design [...]
One of the strong side effects of Chris Bangle’s strategy at BMW is that he resisted the temptation to soften the sometimes controversial designs, despite public criticism. And right he was, since from the compact [...]
Three years after he was appointed head of General Motors Europe’s design operations in Rüsselsheim, Germany, Bryan Nesbitt has presented his first major design effort which will have a mid-term impact on all Opel and [...]
Ford calls its new design ‘Kinetic’, which means ‘energy in movement’ and will have a future in the brand’s overall product portfolio. When it was presented for the first time with the Iosis research study [...]
The retro impression is strong when you find yourself looking at the BMW Concept Coupé Mille Miglia 2006, a homage to the BMW 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupé of 1940. And yet the concept car [...]
The prototype of the Volvo C30 anticipates the production model of the same name that will make its public debut at the Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris this autumn. The head of external design Fedde [...]