Ford, a reassuring heritage
Nostalgia for times gone by prevailed on the Ford stand at this year's Detroit Show. Apart from the GT coupè, a remake of the GT40 that is about to go into production, there were other [...]
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, borderline Granturismo
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, General Manager of Pininfarina Design, takes us through the process that culminated in the Ferrari Scaglietti, the new 4-seater out of Maranello that he himself describes as the least Ferrari Ferrari of them [...]
Chrysler ME Four-Twelve, sporting temptation
A Chrysler supercar with an aggressive line that makes it look as if it's hurtling along at 150 km/h even when it's standing still. The ME Four-Twelve introduced at the Detroit Show represents the American [...]
Enough of nostalgia
Why do so many car designers and manufacturers insist on revamping more or less successful models from the past, when they could be inventing something new? That is the question considered in Robert Cumberford's Opinion [...]
Kiska – KTM RC8, The motorbike as sculpture
Another transition from dirt track to tarmac. Having made its presence felt in the World Motorcycling Championships, KTM advances its reputation in road bike circles with the RC8 concept, a prototype at the Tokyo Show [...]
Espresso design
Espresso machines, artefacts that are exquisitely Italian in function and in design and the star designers who transformed them into works of art. Alberto Bassi reports on key moments in their history, as well as [...]
Nissan, Cultural Roots
The 2003 Tokyo Show and the design innovations on the Nissan stand both underlined the company's increasingly intensive search for a distinctively Japanese cultural basis for its automotive products under the aegis of Shiro Nakamura. [...]
Mitsubishi, Japanese modern
Out looks rather like a small dirigible with its unpainted brushed aluminium body. To those seeking new design trends, Mitsubishi offers the Se-ro concept, which appeared at the Tokyo Show beside the "i", previously seen [...]
Honda HSC, Imas and Kiwami
Honda turned up at the Japanese industry's biennial "Home Game" with a hard-to-beat team of serious contenders: three concept cars ready to take on anything their national and international rivals could come up with. Their [...]
Bertone: Caprie, a new reality
Fabio Galvano, joined by some of the Bertone family and managers from their company, tells the story of Stile Bertone’s expansion and Bertone Engineering, the latest operation of a company that has never ceased to [...]