All Editorial articles – Page 72
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Italdesign Machimoto (1986)
The Machimoto might look and sound like a Japanese concept, but it was developed in Europe in the Turin-based Italdesign studio, and was based on a Volkswagen Golf GTI platform. The name actually derives from MACHIna (car in Italian) and MOTOciclo (motorcycle) as the perfect hybrid between the worlds of two- and four-wheelers.
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Driven: Toyota GT86
Everything that could be written about the way the Toyota GT86 drives has already been extensively committed to both print and HTML. And while its superb driving experience alone will be enough for some, you and I know that for a car to be truly desirable it must also connect ...
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Johnson Controls engineer presents 'Driven Mavens' free design tutorial videos
Free online video tutorials on the car design process are being presented on an interactive blog launched by a Johnson Controls lead engineer.
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2014 EyesOn Design Vehicle Categories Announced
The vehicle categories for this year's EyesOn Design exhibition have been announced. Each of the seventeen categories has been selected to complement the theme of this year's - 'Automotive design's influence on popular culture'.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Mercedes F200 Imagination (1996)
The F200 Imagination was designed at Mercedes’ Advanced Design studio in Tokyo, in response to the question ‘does the car of the future still have a steering wheel and foot-operated controls?’
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Volvo Tundra (1979)
In 2013, Volvo unveiled the Concept Coupé – a good reason for Flavien Dachet to take a look back at another Volvo coupé concept from 1979 – the Tundra
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Lancia Bertone Sibilo (1978)
The second half of the ‘70s saw automotive design fall into an era of uninspired and uninspiring economic cars finished with cheap plastic add-ons and stuffed with beige itchy fabrics. Working from the little Bertone studio in Turin, it seems Marcello Gandini didn’t get the memo and carried on drawing futuristic wedgey supercars.
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Driven: Toyota Aygo (2014)
Out on the road, the three-cylinder engine that sits beneath the bonnet isn't quite the ball of potential energy the Aygo's looks imply. However, its modest acceleration is more down to the five, long gear ratios intended to reduce fuel consumption, rather than the engine, which sounds smooth and gives ...
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Driven: Toyota Aygo (2014)
When the original Aygo launched in 2005, it shared the A-segment with nine rivals, including its sister cars, the Citroën C1 and Peugeot 107. In 2014, there are 20 small city cars on the European market, placing extra pressure on the Aygo's designers to ensure it offers something unique and ...
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ArticleRCA students open Clerkenwell Week Design with Jaguar-inspired artwork
Two Royal College of Art students have designed a Jaguar-inspired sculpture to celebrate the opening of Clerkenwell Design Week in London.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Citroën Karin (1980)
With the 1980 Paris Motor show approaching and no new model to unveil, Citroën needed something to wow the crowds on its home turf.
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ArticleJag designers light up London’s Clerkenwell Design Week
Clerkenwell Design Week might not mean much to car designers more used to motor shows like Tokyo or Geneva. But the five-year-old event is fast becoming a fixture in the broader design calendar, and has been sponsored by Jaguar for the past four years for good reason.
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Driven: Mustang by Giugiaro
Once on the road, the Mustang reveals that despite the clear canopy and the rear vision displays, it is indeed one very powerful muscle car with plenty of ways to get into trouble. By the time second gear is summoned, Fabrizio is explaining how this car is also no "trailer-queen". ...
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Driven: Mustang by Giugiaro
The sky is cerulean blue, there's a cool breeze coming from the ocean and the sun bathes The Lodge at Pebble Beach in a golden yellow blanket of light. It's August 17th and in the run-up to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance we've had the good fortune of meeting Fabrizio ...
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Driven: Chevrolet Volt
Meeting the Chevrolet Volt could easily have been an anti-climax. This is a design that ‘feels' nearly four years old — the concept first seen in Detroit in 2007. Together with the online hype surrounding it, and the part it plays in GM's renaissance, the weight of expectation is alarmingly ...
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EyesOn Design Awards 2010
There was no doubt that a new sense of optimism was in the air at the Detroit Auto Show. William ‘Willie' G Davidson, Senior Vice President and Chief Styling Officer of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and one of the chief judges of the awards, spoke of "a renaissance in design taking place ...
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ArticleDesign review: Mazda Furai concept
The Mazda Furai concept was developed at the Mazda North American Operations design studio
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Driven: Alfa Romeo 4C
One of the most exciting cars of 2013 from a design and driving perspective is the Alfa Romeo 4C, so Car Design News was more than a bit excited to get behind its wheel to see if initial promise could match real-world driving reality.
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2014 theme: ‘Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow’s Automobiles’
Michelin has announced the theme for the 2014 Michelin Challenge Design competition - ‘Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow's Automobiles'.
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Driven: BMW i3
Near-misses and truly surprising acceleration aside, the only other aspect that will raise an i3 driver's heartbeat above a rest is that elephant in the room of all EVs - range anxiety. BMW has gone to great efforts to alleviate this however, with an holistic approach to the issue. Key ...