CONCEPT

While Hyundai presented the car as a concept at Geneva, in reality, the ix-onic is an almost definitive preview of the model due to replace the Tucson in 2010. The compact SUV measuring 4.40 metres [...]

“We are the first constructor to break the virtual barrier” claims Citroën with pride. The truth is more complicated, however: the GTbyCitroën show car presented at Paris is in fact a successful fusion between the [...]

“Europeans go shopping with their eyes”. In the Old Continent, design still ranks among the most influential factors in buying, and it was with this idea clearly in mind that Toyota’s management launched the project [...]

“Designing simplicity is one of the hardest jobs a designer can be given” says Walter de’ Silva, an advocate – since his appointment as design supremo for the Volkswagen group – of a return to [...]

Thirty years in thirty days. Idea Institute celebrated its thirtieth anniversary with the public unveiling of the new pure two-seater Era concept, which was created in just 30 days. Founded by Franco Mantegazza in 1978, [...]

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 [...]

White though it is, his hair is just as thick as ever and, although a little portlier around the waist, the man has retained the same distinctive charm and elegance. Forty years after the first [...]

While the rest of the car industry seems intent on inventing new crossovers, fusing coupés, MPVs, SUVs and saloons, Pininfarina leaves the ordinary behind with its Sintesi, a research prototype where aesthetics, function, man and [...]

Once the design of the LRX - the concept car which was to debut at NAIAS 2008 just a few months later - was already defined, Gerry McGovern realised that the chrome plated blade [...]