Automotive Design
Alfa Romeo Junior: naming contest
Alfa Romeo has started a public contest aimed at giving a name to its next model, temporarily called 'Junior', a compact coupé that will go on sale in 2008. On the occasion some official sketches have been released.
IAAD thesis 2007: Green Wheels
Virtual Car has published a report about the 2006-2007 thesis presentation by IAAD. The theme of the project, started in partnership with Volkswagen and Piaggio, was to create environment-friendly urban vehicles, in both four-wheels and two-wheels...
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Frankfurt 2007: image gallery
An image gallery with 300 exclusive photos from the 2007 edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Continental tires for concept cars
Continental has released pictures and information about its custom hand-made tires, specifically developed for concept vehicles. Some of them will be visible at the next Frankfurt Motor Show.
Chrysler Design Internship Program
Winding Road has published an extensive image gallery from this summer Chrysler Design Internship Program. The students have created two four doors hatchback concept cars - the Dodge Decept and Chrysler Forte.
Interview with Patrick Le Quément
An interview with Patrick Le Quément about the Renault Nepta Concept, unveiled at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.
Renault Design India
Renault has announced that its "Design India" center, located in Mumbai, will design vehicles for the Indian and other regional markets. To explore the specific design cultures the manufacturer has launched "IndDesign", a car...
Interview to car designer Lon Zaback
An interview with Lon Zaback, a Ford designer who worked on the new Focus model. He speaks about the basic general principles of car design.
SPD thesis: Audi Max4 Project
SPD (Scuola Politecnica di Design) has unveiled the final projects for the 2006-2007 Master in Transportation Design, organized in partnerhip with Audi. The theme was the development of a stylish urban car with a maximum length of 4 meters.
IED thesis: the Prius of 2010-2015
The students of the Transportation Design Course of IED Turin have presented ten proposals for a next generation Toyota Prius as their thesis projects, with the title "Tomorrow's Hybrid vehicle".
Chris Bangle: Great Cars are Art
American designer Chris Bangle explains his philosophy that car design is an art form in its own right, with an engaging account of the BMW Group’s Deep Blue project, intended to create the SUV of the future.
Phil Simmons joins Land Rover design team
Land Rover has announced that Phil Simmons, currently Chief Designer at Ford of Europe, will join its design team on 1st August 2007. He will be responsible for future design direction of all Range Rover products.
Interview with Tommy Forsgren
A short interview with industrial and transportation designer Tommy Forsgren, currently Senior Designer at BMW Group DesignWorksUSA.
Fiat inaugurates new Styling Center
Fiat has inaugurated its new Turin-based Styling Center. The facility has a total area of about 20,000 square meters and will host all the design activities for the group's different brands.
CCS Student Show 2007: image galleries
The links to the main galleries that document the 2007 edition of the College for Creative Studies Student Show, including an extensive report published by CarDesign.ru.
Coventry University uses Virtalis StereoWorks
Virtual reality software company Virtalis has announced that Coventry University has purchased its 1:1 scale stereo visualisation system StereoWorks for the Automotive Design courses.
Peter Schreyer to be honoured by Royal College of Art
Kia Motors Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer is to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Royal College of Art in recognition of his contribution to automotive design on Friday 29 June 2007.
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