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. [...]
Volvo YCC, Volvo YCC, when women design
Female designers and engineers are no longer a rarity in automotive design. And they’re no longer confined to Colour and Trim duties either. Today, women can be asked to design the exteriors and interiors of [...]
General Motors, contemporary vision
"Taking over from Wayne Cherry is an enormous responsibility but also a challenge I have willingly accepted". Against the backdrop of the 2004 Detroit Show, Ed Welburn, General Motors' new Design Vice President, paints Auto [...]
Ford, a reassuring heritage
Nostalgia for times gone by prevailed on the Ford stand at this year's Detroit Show. Apart from the GT coupè, a remake of the GT40 that is about to go into production, there were other [...]
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, borderline Granturismo
Lorenzo Ramaciotti, General Manager of Pininfarina Design, takes us through the process that culminated in the Ferrari Scaglietti, the new 4-seater out of Maranello that he himself describes as the least Ferrari Ferrari of them [...]
Bertone: Caprie, a new reality
Fabio Galvano, joined by some of the Bertone family and managers from their company, tells the story of Stile Bertone’s expansion and Bertone Engineering, the latest operation of a company that has never ceased to [...]
Ansaldo Breda IC4, interpreting the Danish rationality
From central Italy to Denmark and not on its natural track, but loaded onto special transporter trucks that took three weeks to drive across Europe. That was the journey made in August by the first [...]
Citroën C2, optical illusion
"It was really very hard to move from designing the C3 to the C2. Naturally enough, the first C2 sketches reiterated the rounded, bulbous look of the C3, so that what we got was almost [...]