PSA/FIAT MPV – The four faces of a project
This issue tells the story of the joint Fiat-PSA Group project for the creation of four different MPV models, from its origins in 1994 when it was announced as the U60 Project. The models in [...]
Citroën C3 – Luminous lineage
The nostalgic would like to view the C3 as the heir to the legendary 2CV. Actually, the new Citroën owes its distinctive looks and personality to the courage of its in-house designer. It all started [...]
Peugeot RC, the red and the black
This is the story of a project that seems to have turned its back on any input from market strategists. The car in question is the Peugeot RC Coupé concept car and the story emerges [...]
The Eternal Triangle
The byline of LJK Setright is back on the pages of Auto & Design. One of the sharpest reporters in the trade, Setright devotes his article in this issue to looking at a topic of [...]
Italdesign Alfa Coupé – Italian Harmony
A high profile return to pure Italian sports car styling. To classic elegance and seductive shapes. Thanks to Giorgetto Giugiaro who presented what he calls a "very sexy" Alfa Romeo sports car at Geneva. It [...]
Smart Crossblade in the open air
When the prototype was unveiled at the Geneva Show in 2001, few may have imagined that it would make its way onto the roads in just over a year. In the event, the Smart Crossblade, [...]
Bertone Novanta provoking the future
One of Nuccio Bertone's great virtues was his courageous trail-blazing, his willingness to let his designers explore new possibilities in the attempt to stay a step ahead of the field. Even today, a Bertone-designed body [...]
Citroën C3 – Luminous lineage
The nostalgic would like to view the C3 as the heir to the legendary 2CV. Actually, the new Citroën owes its distinctive looks and personality to the courage of its in-house designer. It all started [...]
Design Variety
The Toyota Motor Corporation will never lead the field in standardised design but it has an unfailing gift for innovatively surprising ideas."This has been a century of unparalleled exploration in search of new life styles [...]
Tokyo 2001 – Più serio che faceto
Negli ultimi dieci o vent'anni ogni salone dell’automobile di rilievo ha sviluppato un proprio carattere. Detroit presenta poche concept car, da cui però derivano spesso i modelli di serie. Francoforte è il trampolino di lancio [...]