Citroën C4, inside Citroën culture
“Right from the start, the plan for the new C4 envisaged a car to outperform its class, an exceptional model in every way. For the styling, we focused on official brand values like quality, comfort [...]
The China syndrome
There's something truly portentous about China's expansion in the automotive sector; something amazing about the pace they are moving at and their commitment to making China a major world player. That thought launches Fabio Galvano [...]
Design story – BMW 1-Series, Bangle’s ideas
Take a closer look, walk round it a couple of times and you're bound to notice the unmistakable hand of Chris Bangle. The look of the new 1-Series is indisputably BMW: for all those sharp [...]
Lancia Musa, grafting ideas
How to make a 5-door Ypsilon in record time and at no more than modest cost. That was the challenge implicit in the brief presented to the Lancia design team. Their response was the Musa, [...]
The three faces of Pininfarina
An overview of Pininfarina's highly diversified activities to celebrate its 75 years in business as well as a uniquely important display on its stand at the Paris Motor Show. The Cover Story in this issue [...]
Opel Trixx, packaging e architettura
Il packaging intelligente contraddistingue da anni la maggior parte dei concetti di design avanzato Opel. La Trixx che ha debuttato a Ginevra rappresenta quindi il successivo passo logico verso la creazione di un package interno [...]
Audi Group: three brands, three sporting images
An overview of the current sparkling array of Audi Brand Group products, starting with the leading player himself, director of design Walter De’ Silva. The cover story of issue 147 of A&D leads us through [...]
Mitsubishi Colt, the search for identity
“To get to the Colt we have undertaken a process, taking our clients from the DNA of the concept car up to the production model”. The satisfaction of Olivier Boulay, director of design at Mitsubishi, [...]
Aston Martin DB9, a “hand-made” supercar
A car which came to life on the drawing board, carefully sculpted first on paper and then with a full size model, with the aim of creating a unique object in terms of style and [...]
Kinki Sharyo, un simbolo rinverdito
A quindici anni dal lancio della prima generazione, sulla linea diretta Nagoya Osaka, la compagnia ferroviaria privata Kinketsu ha inaugurato una versione completamente rinnovata del suo treno Urban Liner, puntando in gran parte sul design. [...]