All Cars articles – Page 54
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Ford Iosis MAX
The relevance of this Ford concept is not too hard to decipher: sized firmly in the Focus segment with a high-ish roofline and ‘MAX' in the title, its proportions pretty much give it away.
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Ford C-Max / Grand C-Max
Like the Galaxy and S-Max, the new Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max are two vehicles produced for one segment, yet aimed at different demographics of buyer.
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Ford Focus
The US-spec Ford Focus never had the sales success of its European namesake, for obvious reasons: the ungainly vehicle always had the appearance of a spartan economy car that simply lacked the perceived quality of its European counterpart.
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ArticleCitroen Survolt [Geneva 2015]
Hot pink butting up to gloss blue; matte gray nestling closely with orange and chrome detailing. Add a riot of layered surface interplays as well as extreme, mini-supercar proportions, and extended exposure to the Citroën Survolt concept sounds like a recipe for a migraine, or a page out of Tommy Hilfiger’s Spring/Summer catalogue. So why the double-whammy of complex form and the bold use of color and textile?
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ArticleDesign Development: Volkswagen Sport Coupé Concept GTE
How VW’s four-door, four-seater Geneva Motor Show concept was created - exterior in harmony with interior to form a dynamic coupé
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Ford Explorer
Although the Explorer made its debut some months ago (via Facebook and an exclusive event in New York), this is the car's first public engagement. Along with the Hyundai Elantra, it is arguably the most significant production car to be unveiled at the show.
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Ford Vertrek Concept
There is the odd gem at Detroit this year and the Ford Vertrek is one of those; it just tends not to be shouting for your attention. It elicits almost the opposite reaction to many previous ‘Kinetic Design' vehicles. Designed in Cologne, this concept is relatively close to a production ...
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Zig and Zag (1990)
The Ford Zig and Zag concepts were shown at the 1990 Geneva motor show
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The Designers Pt9 – Chris Svensson, Ford
Director of Ford US design on how, thanks to the internet, global tastes are converging
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ArticleXeno III - The Personal Concept Car
The Xeno III, the culmination of a decade of design and engineering development, was unveiled at Art Center College of Design on January 26.
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ArticleNew Car: BMW 7 Series (2015)
Lightweight construction, new technology and a host of luxury features for BMW's new flagship
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Fiat VSS I.DE.A (1981)
The Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering, or I.DE.A for short, was founded in Turin in 1978 by the entrepreneur Franco Mantegazza and the architect Renzo Piano. The institute’s first project a commission by Fiat, who invested $3.25-million in exploring how the cars of the 1990s could be designed and built more efficiently.
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ArticleNew Car: Toyota HiLux (2015)
Eighth-generation HiLux adds luxury to the car's functional brief
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Why opting for youth over experience ensured Ford got a 21st century GT
Moray Callum on how Ford uses new graduates to challenge the status quo
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ArticleNew Car: Opel Astra (2015)
Latest Astra shows evolution of Opel’s sculptural artistry design philosophy
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ArticleDriven: Volvo XC90 (2015)
Getting to know Ingenlath’s first Volvo in the real world, the XC90
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ArticleBMW GINA concept - 2008
In 2008 BMW Group Design revealed a revolutionary new concept car which utilises a flexible textile cover to form its outer skin. Called the ‘GINA’ Light Visionary Model - an acronym derived from the principle of Geometry and Functions In “N” (Infinite) Adaptions - the concept offers dramatically different solutions that affect the design and functionality of future cars. One of Chris Bangle’s most famous cars.
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ArticleBMW i3 Coupe concept
It may be dubbed a concept but this BMW i3 Coupe is ostensibly the debut of the production version of the innovative new B-segement EV at the LA auto show.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Fiat Scia (1993)
Although based on the Punto, the Fiat Scia looked so much more with its boat-like body shape and enticing stature