FERRARI 296 SPECIALE, THE BEAUTY OF LIGHTNESS
‘Describe it in one word? Impossible. In three? I can try: muscular, light and mean'. Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari's Chief Design Officer, describes the latest creature to take shape from the pencils of the Maranello Style Centre. It is called the 296 Speciale and is the most exclusive and powerful variant of the 296 GTB presented in 2021. ‘More than a variant I would speak of a completely new [...]
JEEP COMPASS, STRONG CHARACTER
Jeep has unveiled the new Compass, the C-segment SUV that has won over 2.5 million customers worldwide since its debut in 2006. Built to symbolise the off-road capability, ruggedness and distinctive approach of [...]
TOYOTA APPOINTS KEVIN HUNTER DESIGN DIRECTOR NORTH AMERICA AND IAN CARTABIANO PRESIDENT OF CALTY
CALTY Design Research, Toyota's North American design group with offices in Newport Beach, California, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced a change in management. Kevin Hunter, who has been with CALTY for more [...]
LEGO MAKES TEN F1 FOR THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX
Lego created ten 1:1 size Formula 1 cars that drove around the track at the Miami Grand Prix. All 20 drivers completed a lap in the top cars of their respective teams at [...]
GAC ULTRALUXURY, HOMAGE TO (EUROPEAN) ICONS OF THE PAST
Two and a half years have passed since the inauguration of the GAC R&D Centre Europe, a style centre that GAC opened in Milan's Via Tortona to prepare the ground for its European [...]
KATHARINA SACHS, VOLVO: A SOLID FOUNDATION
Never before has Auto&Design collected so much evidence from car design managers on how important it is to continue to create physical models. We had further confirmation of this from Katharina Sachs, a [...]
MAZDA 6E, A NEW CLASSIC LOOK
Mazda has accustomed us to choices that go against the tide, at times even courageous but always in keeping with its philosophy, and the new Mazda 6e, the subject of a Roman preview [...]
DESIGN TALK, THE FUTURE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND EMOTION
During the Car Design awards ceremony, Auto&Design held a Talk in Milan on the theme "Emotional connections". As in previous editions, the discussion took place within the prestigious ADI Design Museum, alongside the [...]
FIAT GRANDE PANDA KARTELL, TIME FOR CONTAMINATION
At the centre of the large Kartell stand, surrounded by the latest products of the well-known furniture company, the new Fiat Grande Panda Kartell was unveiled to the public at the Salone del [...]
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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 [...]
RENAULT TWINGO, AN EMOJI FOR THE CITY
From concept to prototype the step was – apparently – very short. Twingo concept at the Paris Motor [...]
ZEEKR 7X, 7GT & MIX, HIDDEN ENERGY
Numbers should not confuse. 007 or 7? The answer, in the case of Zeekr, is simple: 007 in [...]
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: [...]
