All Concept cars articles – Page 15
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NewsClever compacts coming to Tokyo from Nissan, Suzuki
Nissan and Suzuki have repeased initial images of their Tokyo motor show debutants in the compact car space. The Nissan IMk is a subcompact electric car with a stress-relieving interior, while Suzuki will display five different concept cars: an autonomous cottage, a retro kei two-seater, a pair of crossover kei vans and a baby-friendly kei minivan
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ArticleFirst sight: Yanfeng XiM20
Yanfeng’s Red Dot award-winning XiM20’s concept focuses on making a connection with people using a vehicle for short-trip travel, within a framework of the users being a group who value experiences over posessions
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ArticleFrankfurt 2019: Cupra Tavascan design team reveal show car secrets
Brand-new brand Cupra showed its second concept car of 2019 in the shape of an all-electric for-door crossover coupé called Tavascan at the Frankfurt motor show, as it aims to forge a new identity more clearly separate from the Spanish Seat marque that bore it.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Hymer VisionVenture RV (2019)
Experimental all-terrain motorhome, the Hymer VisionVenture, makes the American RV recipe look even more stale
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: Mercedes’ Vision EQS
The all-electric Vision EQS concept limousine was Mercedes’ flagship unveil at the 2019’s Frankfurt show. It’s also significant as the first design on a new EV architecture which will spawn other premium electric models as the firm moves to become carbon-neutral by 2039. CDN had a one-to-one chat with overall design boss Gorden Wagener, who explained the new EQS proportions and why a regular S-Class will still sell alongside it.
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: Hyundai unveils Concept 45
Hyundai unveiled the next iteration of its electrification journey with the Pony-inspired 45 Concept at the Frankfurt 2019 international motor show
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InterviewKen Okuyama on the Aiways U7 Ion
Working with the Aiways internal teams from his studio in Japan, Ken Okuyama has been working with the Chinese EV brand Aiways on the design of the company’s Shanghai show stand, a line of lifestyle products, and their newest concept car, the U7 Ion. He says that in the future, his design influence will likely extend to branding, stores, and even the website. After seeing the investment the company has made in their fully-automated production facility, he was convinced that Aiways had a big future, and he wanted to be part of it. In late 2018, he was named Chief Advisor of Design & Art, and his influence at the startup is already being felt. The immiment arrival of two Aiways U5 prototypes at the Frankfurt motor show on September 9, which left Xi’an in China on 17 July, seems a good time to take another look at this ambitious Chinese brand.
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ArticleExclusive: Roberto Giolito on the 2004 Fiat Trepiuno
In the second of our series exploring the Fiat Heritage Hub, head of the new facility, Roberto Giolito, reveals a few secrets behind one of its most influential exhibits and his most famous design, the trailblazing 2004 Trepiuno…
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: ATNMBL (2009)
The autonomous concept study that ripped up the car design rulebook
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ArticlePebble 2019: first sight of the Acura Type S concept
This week at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Acura will introduce a new expression of the Precision design language in the form of the Type S concept sedan. We take a look at the design language and consider how it will feed into future models
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Lo-Res and The Consumer (2016)
Two remarkable concepts explore the ‘Form Zero’ of automotive design
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ArticleBentley EXP 100’s designers reveal early inspirations
As Bentley celebrated its 100-year anniversary on July 10th 2019 with a stunning concept car unveil at its Crewe, UK HQ, Car Design News was there to talk to its key designers
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ArticleShanghai 2019 overview
Now the dust has settled on the biggest auto show of the year, we asked Drew Meehan join the dots of what we saw in April in Shanghai
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ArticleStudent’s design review of Shanghai 2019
Winner of CDN’s CDAC award 2019, Liu Dong, walked the halls for CDN and reviewed the cars that caught his eye at the Shanghai’s motor show 2019
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ArticleCitroën’s full-comfort concept: 19_19
On a gloriously sunny day at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019, design director Pierre Leclercq met with Car Design News to discuss the new Citroën concept
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ArticleDesign interview: Benoît Jacob, Byton
“We have the start-up culture of agile and quick decisions, but that does not offset the need for structure and good management”
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ArticleTradition meets technology in Buick’s GL8 Avenir Concept
Buick’s GL8 Avenir Concept brings ancient Chinese crafts together with the latest in high-tech, yielding a spacious MPV with emotional impact
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Quasar Khanh’s Unipower City Car
The Unipower City Car, a tiny rolling glass box, was introduced in the 1960s, and designed by an unlikely engineer-turned-car and furniture designer, Quasar Khanh
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ArticleYuhao Li's Mobile Reading Space
A highly original concept from the recent Coventry degree show
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ArticleDesign interview: Samuel Chuffart, Icona
“We need to evolve and nurture ideas. It is a collaborative process. For me, the design process is about bouncing ideas around”