All Concept cars articles – Page 14
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Lamborghini 400 GT Flying Star II (1965)
Revisiting the shooting brake that proved the swansong of an Italian coachbuilder’s heyday
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NewsThe DS Aero Sport Lounge proposes satin, straw and ultrasonic gesture control as the new French luxury
Parent company PSA’s bid to make the historic DS name feel like a truly standalone new brand took another conceptual step in the right direction with its Aero Sport Lounge unveil this week. With the threat of virus contamination stopping real-world Geneva Motor Show proceedings Car Design News got on the phone to DS’s design director Thierry Métroz instead to talk through its importance.
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ArticleHyundai Prophecy wows the internet (if not the crowds)
The Hyundai Prophecy concept has to be one of the (virtual) stars of the 2020 Geneva Motor (No) Show. A cursory glance at social media conversations – from grown-up experts, not trolls – reveals a stream of very positive comments, with favourable comparisons to the classic 1947 UrSaab and also modern-day Teslas, as well as perhaps a sprinkling of 70s Porsche 911 in the rear wing. None of which is to suggest this concept is derivative, but just confirms what we already suspected: that Hyundai’s current design team have good taste, a broad palette and an increasing licence to be creative.
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ArticleAiways shows production-ready U5 and U6 Ion concept
Chinese automaker Aiways launches the production version of its U5 SUV and unveils its U6 Ion concept. The latter could be shown at Beijing auto show later in 2020
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NewsFirst Sight: Up close with Renault’s shape-shifting Morphoz
Luckily Car Design News had already seen Renault’s Geneva Motor Show concept car up close and personal in Paris a week before the Swiss event got cancelled. Now the embargo has lifted here’s the lowdown on the remarkable vari-sized vehicle and its innovative interior direct from some of the key designers behind the project…
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VideoVideo: Hyundai Prophecy concept EV
A striking concept from Hyundai – our design story is to follow – but here’s a video and gallery to whet your appetite
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NewsBMW reveals Concept i4
BMW has launched the near-production Concept i4 gran coupé which, as expected, builds on the design language set out in the Concept 4 from Frankfurt 2019
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VideoPolestar Precept design video
Thomas Ingenlath goes into some detail about the sustainable approach to the interior materials and decries the ‘excessive use of virgin plastics’ in standard interiors. This video also includes an explanation of the animated proximity sensor in the UX
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ArticleGordon Murray Design’s Motiv concept
The Gordan Murray Design Motiv concept was recently shown at the MOVE 2020 mobility show in London. We speak to one of the lead designers involved in the project
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Interior MotivesInterior Motives: Hyundai Concept 45
From the Winter 2019/20 edition of Interior Motives magazine: Simon Loasby and SangYup Lee talk Car Design News through the interior design of the electric Hyundai Concept 45
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Opel Experimental GT (1965)
In the guiding hands of a young of Erhard Schnell, this month’s concept car, the Experimental GT, marked a turning point for Opel Design
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NewsFirst sight: Tata’s new take on the classic Sierra launches in Delhi
Tata’s new Sierra concept has just been unveiled at the Delhi auto show 2020. We got a preview of it last week when we spoke to Martin Uhlarik and Pratap Bose
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ArticleChanging supplier business models will influence car design
A squeeze on automotive suppliers, together with the adaptation of new technology, will lead some major players to play a bigger role in overall vehicle design and in shaping customer user experiences
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Opel GT2 (1975)
Opel’s crisp and geometric GT2 concept car was Jean-François Venet’s breakthrough project
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NewsCES 2020: Fisker Ocean
The new Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), promises to be far more affordable
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ArticleCES 2020: Mercedes-Benz releases the AVTR concept
Mercedes-Benz aims to blur the lines between human and machine with its new Vision AVTR concept, shown at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in partnership with film director James Cameron, whose 2009 blockbuster Avatar gets a sequel next year
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ArticleCES 2020: Is Sony’s Vision S a scary sight, or a revelation for carmakers and suppliers?
Should automotive manufacturers fear or embrace this surprise announcement from the consumer technology giant?
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NewsCES 2020: the best design stories from the show
The BMW i Interaction Ease is a concept envisioning a future two-seat interior design for autonomous vehicles
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NewsCES 2020: Chrysler Airflow Vision concept
New Chrysler CES concept shows the brand’s possible new direction
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NewsAutomotive design stories fresh from CES 2020
Sony sparked speculation that it was entering the car market by unveiling an impressively well-finished prototype electric car, the Vision S, at the CES show in Las Vegas this week.