All Editorial articles – Page 64
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ArticleLamborghini Bravo (1974)
For many, the recent crisis of 2008 through to 2012 was the worst downturn for the automotive industry in many years. But the mid-1970s were in many ways just as grim, though many of the players in the industry were stronger then and could weather the economic storm better than in recent crises. For makers of fine cars, however, those were desperate times indeed. But many of the designs of those years, some of the best ever, seem to defy the desperation and might fool one into thinking it was an automotive golden age.
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ArticlePontiac Phantom (Madam X)
William ‘Bill’ Mitchell spent his entire 42-year career at General Motors, much of it served under the leadership of the flamboyant Harley Earl, GM’s Vice President of Design for over three decades. Earl appointed Mitchell as Cadillac’s first design chief in 1936. In 1954 he was promoted to Director of Styling, serving directly under Earl. Finally, after Earl retired, Mitchell stepped into Earl’s place and was Vice President of Design from late 1958 until his own retirement in 1977.
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ArticleCadillac Personal Luxury Car Concepts
In 1960, General Motors found itself on top of the industrial world. It was the largest corporation with the greatest reach and broadest product line of any corporation in the world. It produced everything from home appliances to cars and trucks, to heavy industrial machinery and military vehicles. True to its name, if it had a motor, General Motors probably produced some version of it.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Jacqueline (1961)
When John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States in 1961, he and his wife Jacqueline were not just state dignitaries, they were celebrities. Their image was one of a young America entering a new era. Jacqueline herself was an instant fashion icon – an American beauty, only 31 years old at the time of her husband’s inauguration. She became famous for pink Chanel suits, pillbox hats and a glamorous lifestyle inherited from her wealthy, old-world family. No other First Lady, before or since, has captured the American and international imagination so completely.
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ArticleDriven: Volkswagen Golf VII (facelift)
More screens and gesture control available, but is more necessarily better? We test the VW Golf VII HMI options
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Hillman Zimp [1964]
The Hillman Imp was manufactured from 1963 to 1976 for the Rootes Group, then later for Chrysler’s European group. It was sold in the lineup of a number of marques – Hillman, Singer, and Sunbeam – and in a number of configurations; coupé, saloon, estate (the Husky), a van and others. It was meant to be a direct competitor to the BMC Mini, and the two cars did fight it out for supremacy in the subcompact/starter car market, at least for a few years.
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ArticleDesign Week 2017 - Finding Connections in Milan
What did car makers show, and what can they learn?
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler 70X (1969) and Cordoba Del Oro (1970)
Defining the “Fuselage” Aesthetic for a New Decade at Chrysler
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ArticleNational Institute of Design, India, Spring 2017
This year’s NID annual transportation and automobile design degree show covered a diverse range of topics including Le Mans race cars, drones and micro cars
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ArticleQ&A with Antony Villain, Alpine
Alpine’s first production car for more than 20 years is set to launch at the 2017 Geneva motor show. CDN talks to its design director, Antony Villain
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ArticleConcept Car (OK, Truck) of the Week: Siemens Innotruck (2012)
Luigi Colani, Siemens and T.U. Munich showcase their vision of tomorrow’s truck
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: General Motors Bison (1964)
The Bison concept by General Motors explored a trucking application for gas-turbine technology
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: GM LeSabre (1951)
The car that defined auto design in the 1950s in America was the General Motors LeSabre of 1951. Conceived by the flamboyant GM design chief Harley Earl, it was meant to set out the programme for the cars of the new rocket age
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Norman Timbs Special (1948)
Like a Hollywood take on a German race car, this sleek road-legal roadster was both out of place and time
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Buick Centurion (1956)
The centrepiece of General Motors legendary Motorama shows, the Buick Centurion was the combined talent of Harley Earl and Charles ‘Chuck’ Jordan
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage (2006)
In the late 1950s Maserati launched a series of lightweight racing cars to conquer the 24 hours of Le Mans as well as other famous races. Known as ‘Birdcages’, the cars were constructed of a latticework of chromium/molybdenum steel tubing and covered by light sheet metal.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler ecoVoyager (2008)
Not quite the future of the luxury car, but an interesting experimental monospace
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