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ArticleSmart restarts brand with #1 compact electric SUV
The German marque best known for its tiny urban cars is breaching out into the electric SUV segment. Michael Nash reports on the smart #1
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WebinarWatch: What does the luxury car interior of the future look like?
This CDN livestream featured speakers from BMW, Polestar, ELeather, Italdesign and Automobili Pininfarina. We discuss the current definitions of luxury, how consumer attitudes are changing and how design can lead the way to a better future.
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ArticleTata throws a Curvv ball into the Indian market
Tata Motors is introducing the next stage of its Impact Design language with its Concept Curvv. Mark Smyth spoke with the design team that create it
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ArticleELeather brings its sustainability mission to the automotive world
A well-established name in the world of airline and public transport design and boasting high profile clients such as Nike, ELeather is turning its attention to the automotive world with a promise that premium materials can still be sustainable
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ArticleFirst Sight: Eletre kickstarts Lotus lifestyle range
Lotus launched its first SUV – the Eletre – to the world on Tuesday 29th March 2022 in an evening event in west London, UK. Luckily, Car Design News had already been invited to a series of previews of the large luxury lifestyle EV and interviewed its key designers. What follows is our first impressions and their thoughts…
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ArticleGrecale blows in from Modena
Maserati has revealed its second SUV, the Grecale, which aims to deliver unique design and competitive performance
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ArticleDriven: The 2022 Lincoln Navigator
The stately Lincoln Navigator receives a few exterior design tweaks, but it is the interior where the mid-cycle revamp is most keenly felt. Laura Burstein gets behind the wheel
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ArticleFirst Sight: Mazda CX-60 signals new platform and interior quality
Japanese maverick brand Mazda launched its new CX-60 SUV in the virtual world, but Car Design News’ Guy Bird got an early sit in its cabin in a secret location in Germany to talk through the production car’s design with Mazda’s European design director Jo Stenuit
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ArticlePolestar Unveils O2 Concept
The Polestar O2 is a sporty roadster which aims to be a “halo statement” for the electric luxury brand
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ArticleCar Design Dialogues: Data-driven Interiors
An expert panel including designers from GAC, Hyundai, Lincoln and Stellantis examine how data is shaping the design of car interiors
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ArticleDriven: Infiniti QX60
Infiniti’s best-selling vehicle in the U.S., the QX60, has been updated with a new design and refined driving dynamics
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ArticleFirst Sight: Ford F-150 Lightning Pro
The commercial grade of the full-sized pickup is one piece of Ford’s ambitious new plan for business owners
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ArticleFirst Sight: Production Alfa Romeo Tonale heralds “new era”
The Alfa Romeo Tonale finally unveiled in production form on Tuesday 8th February 2022, with CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato declaring the compact SUV as the “first of a new Alfa Romeo era”
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ArticleFord expands its design centre in Shanghai
American automotive giant Ford has expanded its design centre in Shanghai to include a clay modelling studio and showroom
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Interior MotivesInterior Motives Winter 2021 Digital Edition
The winter edition of Interior Motives features in depth coverage of the Range Rover MK5, BMW i VIsion Circular, Mullen Five and Hyundai Seven. Plus, we bring you the latest colour and trim trends and highlight the most significant latest launches
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ArticleMore 80s than a neon disco – the Hyundai Grandeur
Hyundai continues to explore its heritage with a fully electric version of its 1986 flagship the Grandeur
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ArticleWatch: SangYup Lee on winning Car Design Review Production Car of the Year
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 emerges as a clear winner in the Production Car of the Year in respected industry journal Car Design Review, as voted for by a panel of expert car designers
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ArticleInterview: Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW Group director of design
Mark Smyth chatted to BMW Group’s head of design, Adrian van Hooydonk about responding to criticism, circular design, why designers need to use fewer parts
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ArticleInside the studio: SAIC Design Advanced London
With exciting digital concepts like the eye-catching MAZE, SAIC Design Advanced London is the sharp end of the stick for the Chinese automotive giant, SAIC. Car Design News paid design director Carl Gotham a visit at the team’s Marylebone studio
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ArticleBMW opens Materia exhibit on biomaterials
Sustainability is at the core of a new exhibition from BMW, highlighting potential uses for biomaterials in vehicles and beyond