All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 15
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ArticleVideo: Ed Welburn on the C7 Corvette Stringray
The new ‘vette is the big reveal here at Detroit. Car Design News bumped into Ed Welburn, Vice President of Global Design on the Chevrolet stand in the cobo hall and took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about the new car
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Lincoln MKC: Drinking the Audi Q5′s Koolaid
It’s by no means a bad piece of design, the MKC. But in its continuing efforts to set Lincoln apart and make it a true Luxury brand, it strikes us that the team behind the MKC small SUV concept being shown here in Detroit, might have been looking a little ...
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Why did Mercedes hide the CLA in a dark box, away from the showstand?
Why did Mercedes hide the CLA in a dark box, away from the showstand?
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Nissan Resonance Concept: even more than meets the eye
Nissan’s Resonance Concept is one of the surprises of the show and while it’s certainly a busy piece of design it’s nonetheless interesting for some of the things it represents
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Lexus IS interior: a new lead in the pursuit of perfection [w/video]
We’re impressed by the new IS. We’ve repeatedly criticised Lexus for failing to live up to its premium aspirations and for falling way short of the standarda set by Audi and BMW in particular. But with the IS interior, the company now has a core architecture and form language that makes the 3-Series look boring and the A4 old.
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Panorama: Nissan’s cantilevered show stand spectacular
Panorama: Nissan’s cantilevered show stand spectacular
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Maserati Quattroporte: bigger on the outside, better on the inside
Maserati’s Quattroporte disappointed us in the press photos. The car’s grown quite a lot, and appeared to have lost some of the previous generation’s character
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Acura (Honda) NSX Concept finally gets the interior it deserves
Mixed reviews of the Acura NSX concept that debuted here last year (we were relatively impressed, many designers thought it was dull and a missed opportunity) were always couched by the fact it had no interior
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Panorama: GM’s world, as seen from above in Detroit
Panorama: GM’s world, as seen from above in Detroit
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Ford’s Atlas concept snorts in the face of GM’s new pick-up trucks
For those of you that have been paying close attention to our twitter feeds over the past few days (@JoeSimspon and @OwenReady if you want to follow the ramblings of a pair of car designers turned critics), you’ll know we drove from CES in Vegas to the auto show here ...
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Audi foresees a less-dazzling night drive
It’s perhaps ironic for a company that’s become synonymous with blinding (LED) lights, that one of Audi’s most ‘near future’ technology demonstrations here at CES was a headlight that’s designed to be, quite simply, less dazzling
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Lexus: it’s not about self driving, it’s about self preservation
It’s been the dominant auto-related tech news coming into this CES show, so we made the Lexus stand – and the much-lauded self-driving LS600h – our first stop this morning
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Hyundai’s next gen Bluelink: premium aspirations?
There are numerous, somewhat disparate future technology demonstrations on the Hyundai stand
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Favourite thing on the Ford stand? A home thermostat
Favourite thing on the Ford stand? A home thermostat
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When is a touchscreen not a touchscreen?
This is QNX’s ‘car platform 2.0′ demonstration concept – its latest technology integrated into a Bentley GTC
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Delphi impresses, confuses in equal measure
Having all been on the edge of bankruptcy mid-way through the last decade, it’s clear that the auto-electronics revolution has provided a new lease of life for the automotive component suppliers and Tier 1s
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Qualcomm brings wireless car charging closer, with halo
Qualcomm’s chips power much of the exciting new gadgetry here at CES