The Tokyo Motor Show 2005 reflected the growing tendency of Japanese manufacturers to be more concrete, less tempted by exercises of gratuitous extravagance. Auto & Design 156 analyses atmospheres, trends and novelties at this Show. [...]
A car built around the driver, in the most literal sense of the term. The Sassou research model presented by Mazda at the last Frankfurt Show is based on an approach in which form and [...]
The soul may be Japanese but the styling - in certain aspects at least - is Italian. To create the new Honda Civic, Toshiyuki Okumoto, head of external design, spent many long months in Milan [...]
Toyota is the second biggest car group in the world in terms of sales and its range of brand names adorns the grilles of the most spartan pick-ups as well as of range-topping saloons and [...]
“In the United States we have to serve up hamburgers, but we serve them with a Japanese twist. So, they look exactly like hamburgers but maybe under the skin they will be lighter or they [...]
“After fifty years and some hundreds of cars, just one was missing”, says Giorgetto Giugiaro to explain the GG50, the Ferrari he presented at the Tokyo Show and with which he celebrates his half century [...]
The New York exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Extreme textiles: Designing for High Performance, open until January, reflects on the extraordinary development of textiles in design. Curated by Matilda McQuaid, who is responsible [...]
“Sometimes people only buy a car for the brand, even when they don't like how it's designed. With our new design language, however, we want to create cars that attract customers who otherwise would never [...]
“Buyers will get two cars for the price of one”, stated Chairman Hans-Olov Olsson confidently at the Frankfurt Show as he presented the new Volvo C70. The car could prove to be a trump card [...]
“The ideal combination for reflecting the intrinsic value of the VW brand: emotiveness and function at an affordable price. Bringing the dream car within the reach of everyone.” That's the way Murat Günak, design chief [...]