Ghia Sentinel – Ghia goes back to its roots
At last year’s Detroit show, Claude Lobo - at the time responsible for Advanced Design and since November chief of Car Design, Ford of Europe - explained that a luxury car like the Lincoln [...]
FIAT MULTIPLA, CONCETTO MULTIPLO
"Come sistemare comodamente sei persone e relativo bagaglio in una vettura lunga non più di quattro metri?" La sfida è stata loro lanciata ai designer Fiat dall’ingegner Paolo Cantarella - all’epoca amministratore delegato di [...]
Renault Scenic – The compact monobox
The monovolume story brings to mind the story of man as narrated by Darwin: man who had been ape, and every other animal, before becoming himself. Similarly, the monovolume a van before becoming Espace, and [...]
Peugeot Asphalte and Touareg – Creative exploration
At the Paris Mondial de l’Automobile, among the various proposals to emerge from research or advanced design, the crowd could indulge in the close-up observation of two prototype models that reflect the new [...]
Citroën Berlingo – From Berlingo to the 21st century
“I want to make this clear. To me, the Berline Bulle represents Citroën and it represents the future.” So said Arthur Blakeslee, head of the Centre Création Citroën (CCC), talking about the surprisingly simple [...]
Porsche Boxster – From the dream to the reality
Porsche concept cars are as rare as the Stuttgart firm introducing completely new models. So the Boxster which caused such a sensation at the 1993 Detroit Auto Show had to be more than simply [...]
Pininfarina Eta Beta – Le funzioni aggregate
Eta Beta, mini-monovolume ecologico con propulsione ibrida, è frutto del terzo progetto per un autoveicolo sviluppato dalla Pininfarina con il CNR (Consiglio Nazionale per le Ricerche), nell'ambito di una collaborazione ormai ventennale da cui sono [...]
Bertone Slalom – Incrocio di linee
Da sempre presente a Ginevra con un nuovo modello di ricerca, Bertone ha voluto dedicare lo studio in mostra quest'anno alla Opel, sua cliente da quattordici anni. E' la prima volta che i designer torinesi [...]
Renault Megane – Project Megane global design
The Mégane programme commenced in 1990 with a heavy responsibility: to provide the successor to the Renault 19. Despite its conventional silhouette, the 19 performs a historic role in the evolution of the company. Unveiled [...]
Italdesign Formula 4 – Freedom of choice
It is often said that automotive stylists ‘dress’ their creations, and that the bodywork is the car’s skin. Italdesign seems to have interpreted the idea quite literally with its Formula 4 concept car, exhibited in [...]