Murat Günak’s influence on Group design becomes more and more evident every time a new Volkswagen model appears. This charismatic designer, who came to Wolfsburg two years ago and today heads up the design function [...]
Not just a new daughter at Mercedes, a whole new family. Indeed, in the words of Stuttgart design chief, Peter Pfeiffer, ‘a new segment of the car world’. We are talking about the Sports Tourer [...]
There are people in Europe who would like to see them banned in urban centres; in America their users claim the right to drive around in them with no concern for fuel consumption; in Japan [...]
Maranello's latest brainchild is the result of a three-partner effort involving Ferrari, Pininfarina and Fioravanti. Driven by a need to gratify an American market that, above all in the Sunbelt states running from Florida to [...]
The idea behind the Villa concept on the Bertone stand in Geneva is as simple as it is neglected. We see more of our car from the side than from the front. So why is [...]
The car that marked a new departure for the Mercedes-Benz range has come of age, and having learned from experience it can now present itself in "adult" form. The design of the new A-Class, also [...]
"A sports car with a surprise in the tail”. That’s how Örjan Sterner, the Exterior Design Manager describes one of the salient features on the 3CC concept that Volvo has made into a “technology demonstrator” [...]
Twenty-five years and 150 issues have come and gone since the introduction of Auto & Design and this issue’s cover story is entirely devoted to that anniversary. The first to have his say is Robert [...]
Just under six months ago, Lamborghini acquired its own in-house style centre, staffed by a small team that will be designing and developing the brand’s future dream cars. The man in charge is Belgian designer [...]
A completely new building constructed to hold the entire PSA Peugeot-Citroen design operation, the ADN is as imposing in appearance as it is in its mandate and underlines the core role the French Group attributes [...]