VOLKSWAGEN ID. BUZZ, HOW AN ICON IS REBORN (VIDEO)
The return of an icon. With the id. Buzz and the ID. Buzz Cargo (complete design story in Auto&Design no. 254), Volkswagen brings the T1 DNA into the present and the future. Like [...]
DACIA, AT THE ESSENCE OF GOOD DESIGN
In an automotive climate often prone to formal excesses, one immediately senses the difference in approach and language of David Durand, who since last 11 May has been head of style in Dacia, [...]
NISSAN QASHQAI E-POWER, BETWEEN HYBRID AND ELECTRIC
Nissan was one of the very first brands to believe in electric vehicles. Indeed, in 2010, it ushered in the era of modern battery-powered zero-emission cars with the Leaf. Today, it continues to [...]
TOYOTA BZ4X, ELECTRIC AND SUV
The bZ4X is the first Beyond Zero model, Toyota's family of all-electric cars, to hit the market. A family that promises to become quite numerous according to last December's mega-preview, when Akio Toyoda [...]
ETIOCA: A NEW WAY OF EXPERIENCING TAXI
Mobility changes and the related services evolve accordingly. From this general consideration the Etioca project was born. Etioca is a company of Israeli origin that has reinvented the concept of taxi with a [...]
DS 7, SUBSTANCIAL RESTYLING
The time has come for a restyling for the DS 7, the French premium brand's biggest SUV. A new version that changes in depth (and in name, abandoning the Crossback label), as Thierry [...]
TOYOTA DESIGN, IAN CARTABIANO AND LANCE SCOTT’S NEW ROLES
After spending the last four and a half years as President of Toyota Europe Design Development (ED2), a few weeks ago Ian Cartabiano moved to CALTY Design Research (Toyota and Lexus’s Advanced R&D [...]
ALCANTARA AND “THE INFINITE LANGUAGES OF STYLE” (GALLERY)
"We have always had a privileged relationship with design that is consistent with our strategy of combining the material's functionality with extreme customisation". Andrea Boragno, president and CEO of Alcantara S.p.A, describes the [...]
CITROËN C5 AIRCROSS: MORE MODERN AND TECHNOLOGICAL
Four years after its launch, the Citroën C5 Aircross is renewed and with the mid-career restyling it changes especially in appearance. Sylvain Henry's pencil intervened both in the exterior and in the interior [...]
CUPRA, THREE MODELS FOR THE FUTURE
Cupra unveiled during an event at the Terramar circuit (Spain) part of its strategy for the future that includes new models, the proposal of electric-only cars by 2030, and a doubling of the [...]