All articles by Guy Bird – Page 18

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    Infiniti JX makes global debut in LA

    2014-11-04T10:09:32Z

    For a car that overall design boss Shiro Nakamura calls the most practical of the luxury brand’s range, the JX sure garnered a lot of attention at the LA show

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    Who let the air Escape?

    2014-11-04T10:09:01Z

    The excellent Vertrek concept at the 2010 Detroit auto show promised too much. Namely to hint that the next Ford global compact SUV would harness some of the modern style of the European Ford Kuga and combine it with the space and practicality of the US-market Escape

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    Honda CR-V impresses in LA

    2014-11-04T10:08:09Z

    Two significant global compact SUVs unveiled at the LA auto show, the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape

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    Stunning Lincoln show stand

    2014-11-03T17:18:46Z

    Not to say there aren’t some good vehicles launching at the 2012 Detroit show but one of the best things revealed so far isn’t a car at all but the new Lincoln exhibition stand

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    Maserati Kubang gets closer to its design freeze but…

    2014-11-03T17:18:20Z

    On the first press day of Detroit there was a small buzz about what might be lurking under the satin sheet on the Maserati stand

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    Video: Lincoln Stand Sculpture

    2014-11-03T17:17:48Z

    Video of one of the pair of expanding and contracting hanging sphere sculptures either side of the stairs

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    Lincoln MKZ concept prefaces production car “within four months”

    2014-11-03T17:17:27Z

    Lincoln’s MKZ concept is not just another show car but a pre-production teaser that will be revealed in showroom-ready form within four months according to Ford Group design boss J Mays

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    Toyota NS4 hints at next-gen hybrid

    2014-11-03T17:16:57Z

    Apparently, the ‘4’ in Toyota’s NS4 concept doesn’t stand as an unsubtle reference to what the next (fourth) generation Prius might look like

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    1950s wheels for VW Beetle Cabriolet

    2014-11-03T15:36:23Z

    Global unveils of cars you already know about with their roofs removed seldom create much extra excitement

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    Smart wings it with Jeremy Scott concept collaboration

    2014-11-03T15:31:31Z

    When Car Design News got wind of Smart preparing a concept car with fashion designer Jeremy Scott just after the Paris show there was considerable concern

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    BMW i3 Coupe concept the star of LA

    2014-11-03T15:08:21Z

    Arguably the most future-relevant concept at the LA show was the BMW i3 Coupe

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    Finally getting to grips with the Lincoln MKZ

    2014-11-03T15:01:36Z

    It was a virtually untouchable pedestal-swivelling pre-production concept at the January 2012 Detroit show, and having personally missed its virtually ready production debut at New York in April, it was good to finally see the smart and well-proportioned new Lincoln MKZ in LA

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    Lighting up the Renault stand

    2014-11-03T10:13:56Z

    Motorshow stands can be dull, generic and often harshly lit places so coming across the subtle soft light-filled Renault space was a visual relief to the retinas

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    Gallery: Mercedes Aesthetics S

    2014-11-03T09:49:16Z

    In the absence of all-new concepts or production models to show – most were eco variants of existing models

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    Driven: Mercedes 190E and Evolution II AMG

    2012-11-15T09:55:00Z

    It’s not often you get a chance to drive mint-condition classic cars carefully restored and garaged by someone else, so when the opportunity arose to captain two very different Mercedes 190s back to back – a less-is-more 1984 190 and its definitely more-is-more 1990 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II cousin – we grabbed both steering wheels with all hands available