REMBERING MARIO FAVILLA
Mario Favilla, a friend and gentleman of car design, has left us. As soon as we heard the news, we leafed through some issues of Auto&Design from many years ago, not without sadness, [...]
FIAT GRANDE PANDA, FUNKY FUNCTIONALITY
At the Stellantis Style Centre in Via Plava, Turin, the atmosphere is that of the never-to-be-repeated occasion. At the entrance, as if Giugiaro himself had just laid down his pencil, stands a red [...]
RENAULT TWINGO, AN EMOJI FOR THE CITY
From concept to prototype the step was – apparently – very short. Twingo concept at the Paris Motor Show – October 2024 – and Twingo prototype already at the Brussels Motor Show, January [...]
ZEEKR 7X, 7GT & MIX, HIDDEN ENERGY
Numbers should not confuse. 007 or 7? The answer, in the case of Zeekr, is simple: 007 in China and 7 in Europe, where the Chinese number is blocked by a copyright linked [...]
DS N°8, THE POISE OF LUXURY
A word rarely found in the automotive universe flourishes around the N°8, the latest expression of French refinement: poise. An unusual notion that Thierry Metroz, Head of Design at DS, illustrates as “fundamental [...]
CITROËN C3 AIRCROSS: BOLD DESIGN, PURE SIMPLICITY
Who said that the design of an accessible product must be "compromised"? Citroën, always synonymous with originality and innovation, proves the opposite with the C3 Aircross, the latest addition to its lineup, a [...]
JAGUAR CHANGES SKIN
Forget the Jaguars as you have known them so far, the next Jaguar cars will be all electric and above all profoundly different. This is demonstrated by these images, which Auto&Design publishes in [...]
FOXCONN MODEL D: THE SEVEN-SEATER EV DESIGNED BY PININFARINA
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant, is increasingly focused on zero-emission mobility. With its automotive division, Foxtron has already shown cars such as the Model B, Model C and Model E. Now it unveils [...]
CITY TRANSFORMER CT-2, HALF CAR AND HALF MOTORBIKE WITH A BIT OF ITALY
The most curious feature of the City Transformer CT-2 is the variable track chassis that vary the width from 1 to 1.4 meters. The vehicle created by the Israeli startup with the collaboration [...]
PIERANGELO ANDREANI, AN ALL-ROUND DESIGNER (GALLERY)
Not on the outskirts of Turin, but in a strip of Lombardy that few people associate with motoring creativity, there is a design haven that is solidly rooted in over fifty years of [...]