XF, different but more Jaguar
At first sight, the XF is a Jaguar unlike any other, which abandons certain styling cues such as the heart-shaped grille, which the S-Type – destined to be replaced by the new car presented at [...]
Ferrari 60 years, the style of a legend
Sixty years of Ferrari, perhaps the most prestigious of all Italian automotive marques, also means six decades of the world’s greatest style – Italian style, in which history and evolution come together. The prancing horse [...]
Nautical types
While little known outside specialist circles, nautical design is very interesting from many different standpoints. These include aspects such as technology and research, into not just materials and production processes but also into new design [...]
Fiat, creative workshop
Originally it was a machining centre, a place where things were ‘done’, where objects took shape. Nowadays, Workshop 83 in Turin’s Mirafiori is the new headquarters of Fiat Automobiles’ Style Centre, an expression of all [...]
BMW Concept CS, sculptural romanticism
One of the strong side effects of Chris Bangle’s strategy at BMW is that he resisted the temptation to soften the sometimes controversial designs, despite public criticism. And right he was, since from the compact [...]
Audi A5, validating an intuition
Just as the nascent Audi A5 was about to be signed off, Walter de’ Silva asked the management for a little more time. Not much more, just another month, but decisive in getting the design [...]
Concept car – Fioravanti Thalìa, a shape for hydrogen
The Thalìa concept for a hydrogen powered four seater sports car offering the rear occupants an unusual raised seating position, unveiled at Geneva by Fioravanti, was the designer’s vision of a cleaner future for [...]
Interview – BMW, Bangle’s hypotheses
For BMW design chief Chris Bangle, the three door 1 Series and the concept for the soon to be launched M3 presented at Geneva are but another step in the direction of an automotive revolution [...]
Design story – Zagato Diatto Ottovù, seventy years after
Andrea Zagato who, together with Norihiko Harada, created the Ottovù presented at Geneva in a bid to revive the prestigious Turin marque Diatto 70 years after its demise, talks of a “neoclassical theme”. The Japanese [...]
Mazda Taiki, three dimensional flows
All of Mazda’s recent family of concept cars were lined up in chronological order on their stand at Tokyo, culminating with the latest addition, which was also one of the stars of the show. Nagaré, [...]