From specialist producer of off-road and commercial vehicles, Korean company Asia Motors - a member of the Kia group - has decided to extend its own-brand production to passenger cars too. Spokesman for this development [...]
How will the station wagon evolve in the future? Opel, the company at the top of the European sales charts for this type of car, asked itself the question and, to give a tangible response, [...]
The A-class is a real and substantial turning point in the design and production philosophy of Mercedes-Benz. And this turnaround came pre-announced, for it was preceded by clear pointers, such as the Vision A prototype, [...]
Creativity and substance. Two words that sum up the didactic orientation of Tokyo Communication Arts (TCA), the Japanese school of industrial design where theory and bookwork are flanked by placements and practical learning sessions. [...]
To appreciate the essence of an important project, start with the name: Pangea. Meaning the land mass that rose from the waters of the late Palaeozoic era and, according to the continental drift theory, later [...]
After the Ka, Puma is a clear example of how the Ford 2000 strategy is being implemented. When Ford decided to gradually reduce the number of platforms world-wide from 32 to 16 and finally 11, [...]
From the thought to the substance. From blank page to production line. For several months Bertone has extended the range of services it offers to car makers, introducing a new structure: the ‘Design Machine’. The [...]
After six years - and plenty have appeared since the stunning and potent Nazca was presented on the same Geneva show stand - Italdesign is once more proposing a supercar prototype, Scighera, born from a [...]
The third generation of the Renault Espace was unveiled at the last ‘Mondial de l’Automobile’, held in Paris in Octber 1996. The first Renault Espace was presented in June 1984. It was not the [...]