“The ideal combination for reflecting the intrinsic value of the VW brand: emotiveness and function at an affordable price. Bringing the dream car within the reach of everyone.” That's the way Murat Günak, design chief [...]
Six years ago the Europe-built Yaris was the Japanese company's entry-level model. Now it is its leading edge. Today the Aygo is playing the same entry-level role in the Toyota world; in future it could [...]
The recently marketed Punto is the model Fiat is staking everything on for its relaunch and it was one of the most acclaimed novelties at the last Frankfurt Motor Show. Silvia Baruffaldi met Flavio Manzoni, [...]
This, the last - and largest - piece in the plan to revitalise the Citroën brand, introduces a flagship to a range that has long lacked a car of imposing size and character. The C6 [...]
With the Q7, the German brand Audi adds its own vision of sport-utility to its range, “more exciting and sporty, less utilitarian”, as the design chief of Audi Brand Group, Walter de' Silva, defines the [...]
Just a few months from the launch of the 159, the new medium saloon from Alfa Romeo, Silvia Baruffaldi paid a visit to the brand's Style Centre at Arese to run through the stages of [...]
“Our aim was to re-discover things forgotten”. This is how Alfredo Stola put the concept that led to the RK Spyder, the off-roader that kick-started the activity of his new company, Studiotorino. “Cars manufactured by [...]
Following its launch at the Geneva Show and its market presentation, the Fiat badge can once again count on a big car, the new Croma. Auto & Design runs through how it all began and [...]
For more than a quarter of a century, Auto & Design has been reporting on the topical aspects of car design, the people involved in design, their creations and products, their industrial and cultural intrigues. [...]
The silent sports car. That's how Dirk Van Braeckel, Bentley Motors head of design since 1999, defines the essence of the brand's cars. Applied to the most recent Continental GT and Flying Spur, this definition [...]