All Exterior design articles – Page 3
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ArticleEyesOn Design Awards 2025: the winners
As a proud sponsor of the EyesOn Design awards, Car Design News can reveal the winning cars at this year’s event in Detroit
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ArticleCar design round-up: Brussels auto show, new Michigan studio
Welcome to the first car design news-in-brief for 2025
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ArticleHonda ‘0’ Series makes debut at CES
New electric series brings a fresh philosophy and design language – but also channels Honda’s heritage
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ArticleInterview: Madalina Marcu, head of product quality, McLaren
What are the nuances for perceived quality between high and low volume car brands? We spoke to someone who has worked on both sides
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ArticleJanuary focus: perceived quality
This January Car Design News will be placing perceived quality under the spotlight
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Article“A true crossover” – Chery’s design boss on the Omoda 5
The crossover segment was hardly wanting for new entrants, no less an electric one. But to paraphrase the wisdom of Partridge: “People like them – let’s make more of them.” Omoda, via Chinese giant Chery, is the latest to expand in Europe with early success in key markets such as ...
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ArticleFirst Sight: Nio launches new Firefly brand
Nio has unveiled new brand Firefly with a B-segment vehicle featuring a European-led design, a distinctive look, and iconic ambitions. Toby Clarke was there for CDN to speak with senior VP of design Kris Tomasson
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ArticleMake Lancia great again
Brutalist architecture, classic italian furniture and bold geometry are the nucleus of Lancia’s revival. Car Design News paid a visit to Centro Stile to hear from new design boss – and brand super fan – Gianni Colonello
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ArticleDS goes luxury chic with flagship No.8
Since Stellantis launched the DS brand back in 2009, you could say the models have been somewhat over-designed. Now the design team are reining things back in, starting with a brand new flagship model, the DS No.8. Mark Smyth travelled to the DS Studio in Paris to take a look
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ArticleNuro’s head of design talks autonomous pods
Autonomous vehicles need not be as cold and uninviting as we might first think, providing the focus lands on humanisation and smooth UX design
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ArticleThe world is getting phygital, and so is car design
With a phygital approach to design, Granstudio’s transdisciplinary creative team ensure that context and individual needs are at the heart of every project
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ArticleIn pictures: the 2026 Hyundai Palisade
The all-new full-size SUV has been given its global reveal
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Article“This concept is not just one of those empty show cars”
The breathtaking Mazda Iconic SP concept might be into production. We hope. Car Design News caught up with Mazda’s design manager Masashi Nakayama to hear more
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ArticleJaguar takes a bold leap with concept Type 00
Jaguar sparked controversy with its rebrand, but will its new concept, the Vision Type 00, silence its critics? Mark Smyth attended an exclusive preview with the design team
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ArticleAudi revives Auto Union Type 52 Schnellsportwagen
Ninety years since the idea was first dreamed up by Porsche’s designers, Audi has finally built the Auto Union ‘Schnellsportwagen’
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ArticleGiovanny Arroba on the design of the new Nissan Murano
Nissan’s senior design director speaks with CDN about the long-awaited update to the brand’s signature midsize SUV
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ArticleState-of-the-art wind tunnel hits the open market
Tucked away in the anonymity of the Cambridgeshire countryside is a championship-winning facility that promises to use its racing pedigree for the next generation of electric vehicles (EVs)
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ArticlePininfarina CCO on restoring Honda’s first ever concept car
The Honda HP-X has been beautifully restored by Pininfarina, capturing an iconic glimpse in time. But instead of feeling nostalgic, the design team is looking ahead to challenge market convergences
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ArticleMahindra’s new SUV shows concepts can make it to production
The concept we saw over two years ago has made it through to production virtually unchanged, a testament to the advanced design studio that does far more than purely creative work