KIA SPORTAGE, BESTSELLER REVISITED
Thirty years of history and over seven million units sold worldwide have made Sportage Kia's most popular model. Now the C-segment SUV returns to Europe in a completely updated guise, with the ambition [...]
PIEMONTE MEETS CHINA-TADA, IL TROFEO FIRMATO ITALDESIGN
Celebrating Piedmontese manufacturing and Chinese automotive industry at the same time. This is how the international award “Piemonte Meets China – Torino Automotive Design Award” was born, a recognition that highlights the value [...]
BUGATTI BROUILLARD: NON PLUS ULTRA
Exclusivity now has a new yardstick and bears the name of the Solitarie Programme, the new "tailor-made" program by Bugatti, which goes far beyond the classic concept of customization, focusing on the creation [...]
BOOK REVIEW | DESIGNING DREAMS
The Giant's dream If you're expecting yet another roundup of cars inspired by postwar American style, you might be disappointed—at least at first. But if what you're looking for is a perspective that’s [...]
SAIC ROEWE PEARL, WHEN LUXURY IS PURITY
“Radiantly pure, precious as a pearl”. It is no coincidence that the SAIC brand Roewe has named its latest concept car, a luxury super saloon with a commanding but elegant design, the Pearl. [...]
BOOK REVIEW | ITALDESIGN, ENGINEERS OF IDEAS
Design Beyond Design If there’s one company that has made industrial vision—more than style—its winning trait, that company is Italdesign. In over 50 years, the firm founded by Giorgetto Giugiaro has carved out [...]
RENAULT 5 TURBO 3E, WANTING TO RUN
The Renault 5 Turbo 3E was born out of a desire to reinterpret the appeal of the iconic 1980s Turbos through a contemporary vision marked by technical rigor and advanced design. This model, [...]
VOLVO: FROM ROAD TO RUGGED, AND BACK AGAIN
To any careful observer, a curious trend reversal has become apparent in the design of today’s cars: conventional vehicles are striving to look more like SUVs, while SUVs themselves are becoming increasingly car-like. [...]
BENTLEY EXP 15, THREE SEATS FOR ULTIMATE LUXURY (GALLERY)
Bentley has reimagined the sedan in a new electric concept that signals a more modernistic design language for the ultra-luxury brand. The EXP 15 is a higher-riding fastback more than five metres in length [...]
SUZUKI GSX-8T AND GSX-8TT, A NOSTALGIC TRIBUTE
At a time when vintage-inspired motorcycles are enjoying particular success, Suzuki pays homage to its past with two nostalgic variants of the brand-new GSX-8S (featured in the design story published in Auto&Design issue [...]