Bertone Barchetta, ritorno alle origini
Con la concept Barchetta, studio per un piccola sportiva due posti realizzato sulla base della Fiat Panda 100Hp, la Stile Bertone ha celebrato a Ginevra i 95 anni dalla sua fondazione, ma è anche tornata [...]
Ford, from New Edge to Kinetic
Ford calls its new design ‘Kinetic’, which means ‘energy in movement’ and will have a future in the brand’s overall product portfolio. When it was presented for the first time with the Iosis research study [...]
Magna Steyr Mila, reality of a vision
From the engineering and assembly of cars for major marques, to the production of components. To design. The Austrian Magna Steyr has a long and varied history in the automotive industry which began at the [...]
Zagato 575 GTZ, a bespoke Ferrari
A historical name in bespoke Italian coachbuilding, the world’s most famous sports car manufacturer and a collector, who probably just needed a Ferrari built especially for him, to complete his collection. These are the players [...]
Saab Aero-X, scenari aeronautici
La Aero-X presentata al salone di Ginevra 2006 è una concept car pura, vera vettura marciante progettata nel centro design Saab in Svezia con il supporto della casa madre General Motors negli Stati Uniti, per [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mazda Sassou, man at the centre
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 [...]
Wahei Hirai, “Toyota’s J-factor”
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 [...]
Ford Iosis, kinetic transformation
“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 [...]