All General Motors Design articles – Page 3
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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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ArticleConcept Car of the week: The Chevrolet Nomads
Our final Concept Car of the Month for 2019 is, in fact, three different GM concepts cars, all inspired by the Chevrolet Nomad’s design
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ArticleGuangzhou auto show report 2019
CDN walked the floor at Guangzhou to report back from China’s second-biggest auto show of the year
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ArticleFCA–PSA fusion: first of the electric shock waves?
The merger attempt by FCA and PSA will be complicated but makes economic and operational sense, including for R&D investment. Whether or not it goes ahead, more consolidation is likely as the automotive industry gears up for electrification
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InterviewInterview: Valuing Venucia design with Taiji Toyota
Car Design News spoke to Taiji Toyota, deputy managing director of Nissan and Dongfeng’s Chinese joint venture, Venucia, about the brand’s evolution and increasing product independence
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InterviewEnovate - interview with Hakan Saracoglu
Enovate is one of a raft of electric car startups in China which supposedly reached 450 at their zenith. “They’re consolidating now, it’s the right thing to do there were way too many” says Enovate vice president of design, Hakan Saracoglu. The Turkish born German national has fifteen years’ experience with Porsche along with shorter stints at Ford and Chery
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NewsChevrolet launches Corvette C8 Convertible, C8.R
At a lauch event GM held at Cape Canaveral, Chevrolet has launched the mid-engined Corvette C8 Convertible, the first folding hardtop Corvette in its 66-year history, as well as the C8.R racing car that will compete at Le Mans and in the American IMSA series drom 2020 onwards
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InterviewDesigner Interview: Ken Parkinson, GM China
Ken Parkinson, vice president of General Motors China design and GM international design, tells Car Design News about how he got into design, his current role with GM cars, what he wants to see in a young automotive designer
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ArticleIn Memoriam: Luigi Colani (1929-2019)
CDN takes a visual look back at the life and career the mercurial and deliciously controversial German designer Luigi Colani, following news of his death at the age of 91
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NewsWho’s Where: Harry Sze becomes GM’s China Advanced Studio director
Outgoing BMW Designworks Shanghai studio director moves across town to join GM
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ArticleChevrolet unveils the long-awaited, mid-engine Corvette
The all-new C8 boasts a radical new design and vastly improved interior materials
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ArticleDesign interview: Sharon Gauci, GM
“In its purest form, design should be a sensory journey of discovery,” says GM’s executive director of industrial design
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ArticleRandy Rodriguez moves to GM Patac
Now based in Shanghai, Rodriguez is helping to build Buick’s new design philosophy
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ArticlePrefix: Fit at 40
Prototyping and bespoke build specialists Prefix are celebrating an anniversary – here’s how they got there, and where they’re going next
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ArticleDesign interview: Larry Erickson, Magna
Larry’s impressive career informs both his approach to design and to encouraging the next generation of creatives
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ArticleMagna Global Bold Perspective Award: meet the judging team
Students entering Magna’s design competition will have their work judged by a world-class panel boasting production car, motorcycle, custom car and feature-film design expertise
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ArticleCar Design Awards winners revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched
Car Design Awards winners for 2018 revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Buick ‘Y’ Job (1938)
Designed by the legendary Harley Earl, the Buick Y-Job was the first ever concept car. Car Design News delves into the back story of this landmark car
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pontiac ‘Ghost Car’ (1939)
The transparent Pontiac Ghost Car was unveiled at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York as part of General Motors Futurama exhibit