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40 YEARS OF INNOVATION Auto&Design no.3 Fiat Panda turns 40. Here is an extract from the design story published on Auto&Design no.3 (April-May 1980). "To design the Panda we started out [...]

On the day of its 90th birthday celebrations, Pininfarina announces that Kevin Rice will be its new Chief Creative Officer from March 1. The British designer takes the place of Carlo Bonzanigo who [...]

Now in its third generation, the BMW X6, has kept intact the physiognomy that confirmed its success. The “propeller brand’s” new SAV has grown in dimensions and acquired some distinctive elements, which further increase [...]

When the first issue of Auto&Design was published, in the Autumn of 1979, no one yet imagined the profound transformations that the arrival of digital technology would stamp on the magazine’s two relevant [...]

The ENO.146 is the new GAC concept car which was developed as a global collaboration between the brand design studios in Guangzhou (headed by Zhang Fan Vice President of GAC R&D), Shanghai (guided [...]

The challenge of new technologies is to make sophisticated systems simpler and more intuitive to use, thanks to well-conceived and, above all, well-designed interfaces. An example of this is second-level autonomous driving, making [...]

“Innovating without distorting, preserving while improving”. Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen design, and, since April 2020, style boss for all the German group’s brands, points out that radically changing the Golf’s eighth generation would [...]

For over 50 years, Brembo's braking systems have been pervaded by a mix of technology, innovation and aesthetics, the latter aspect continuing to grow in importance as feedback from both customers and end users [...]

Now in its third generation, the John Cooper Works GP represents the “raciest” side of the Mini’s character. With only 3,000 units of the car produced, it distinguishes itself from the other, softer versions [...]