Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, the appeal of power
With the presentation of the 559 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari has added a new super sports car to its already sumptuous catalogue. The task of defining the lines around the 12 cylinder, 6 litre, 620 bhp [...]
Lost empires
After his annual visit to the Detroit Show, Robert Cumberford analyses the difficult situation of the United States auto industry, afflicted as it is by a profound crisis brought on by lack of sales and [...]
Mazda Senku, clean-cut language
A fish? The image Atsushiro Yamada proposes for the hybrid concept car Senku, presented by Mazda at the Tokyo Show, might look somewhat reductive. But then you discover that there is indeed a sense to [...]
Inovo Lirica, modernity in design
“An Eighteenth Century villa furnished with ultramodern furniture and equipped with state of the art technology.” This comparison, borrowed from the architect Maurizio Ficcadenti - founder and chairman of Inovo Design in Turin - captures [...]
Volvo C30, Swedish compactness
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 [...]
Aston Martin Rapide, elegant and lovely
The word from Ulrich Bez, Chairman and CEO of Aston Martin, was clear: to produce the most beautiful four-door on the market. “Elegance and beauty”, explains Marek Reichman, the brand’s design chief, “were the two [...]
Peugeot 207, feline dynamism
The new Peugeot 207 comes to market with the difficult task of repeating the enormous success of the 206. Fabio Galvano has met Gerard Welter, Peugeot design chief, to hear about the vehicle’s strong points [...]
Alfa Romeo Brera, the reality of a dream
Penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, as a concept car, appointed a production car by the management at Arese before being industrialised and built by Pininfarina, who also looked after the interior design, and everything conducted in [...]
Torino Design, an eastern debut
A dynamic coupé with attractive lines, a sturdy well-proportioned SUV, both from the Chinese brand Chery. Called Lei and Lui, they debuted at the recent Beijing motor show. They are the first models to be [...]
Toyota Auris, Vibrant Clarity effect
Exactly forty years after the presentation of the first model, the new generation of the Toyota Corolla, unveiled first in Paris in the form of a gold-yellow liveried concept car and then at the Bologna [...]