All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 17
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Comment and Photos: BMW Vision ConnectedDrive Concept
BMW’s Vision ConnectedDrive Concept is one of the real show stars in Geneva
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Details: Show stands
It’s easy to be completely engrossed by the cars at the motorshow. Clearly, they should be the number one priority but, increasingly, stand design is important too
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Comment: Italdesign Giugiaro’s VWs (Tex and Go!)
This is the first show at which ItalDesign Giugiaro has exhibited since the Carrozzeria became part of the Volkswagen group
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Comment: Volkswagen Bulli – the surfaces, the scowl and the lie flat bed
The Bulli has proven to be a conversation-provoking concept in Geneva this year
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Video: Anders Warming shows us the Mini Rocketman
Mini Design Director, Anders Warming, gives a brief tour and overview of the Mini Rocketman Concept
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Detail: Zagato 500
Sitting next door to a Lancia stand, where Lancias were badged as Chryslers, and Chryslers as Lancias (yes – we’re confused too) the Zagato 500 coupe struggled for attention
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Comment: This is not a Lancia
It’s easy to be convinced by the Fiat-Chrysler group rhetoric about the future of brands, and what’s going on with badge engineering right now
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Comment + details: Nissan Esflow
The Esflow polarised opinion in Geneva. It clearly has a lot of Nissan Z-car language in it, and appears to demonstrate an intention to build an electric sport car before too long
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New Beetle: cool again?
Hold your preconceptions. In the flesh, VW’s new Beetle has a stance and set of proportions that, in hindsight, perhaps the last generation should have had all along
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Jawdropping: Citroen leaves Shanghai speachless with the DS5
Citroen’s DS5 is causing great controversy here in Shanghai. There’s so much going on, it’s almost impossible to take in
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Show stands: BMW, not getting any Joy in China?
Since BMW largely dropped their world famous ‘ultimate driving machine’ brand tag-line for the somewhat nondescript and unloved ‘Joy’, we’ve become used to the company’s show stands being plastered with the word, and all of its saccharine, brand-associative goodness
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Volvo Concept Universe: a lesson in Scandinavian design
Volvo pulled off quite a shock here today, unveiling the Concept Universe
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Nissan: drinking RenaultSport Koolaid?
Has Nissan’s performance arm – Nismo – been spending too long talking with alliance partner sub-brand RenaultSport
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Why *isn’t* this a Saab…?
The Icona concept car: a perfect example of how aerodynamics can be used as to create elegant, calm design form
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Trend: sliver door handles
It’s been around for a while now, but as the opening of doors comes to rely less on a mechanical latch and phyiscal human force, sliver-like door handles (either touch sensitive, or ones that push in to pop out and pull) are becoming increasingly common
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Ride height: local factors, or something else?
We’ve noticed that several cars on show stands with over-exaggerated ride heights
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Buick Envision – a vision of something else?
Buick is one of, if not the, most successful and well-known ‘import’ car brand in China
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Shanghai 2011: can someone turn the volume down please?
There’s a somewhat disturbing trend happening in Shanghai, that’s been making it incredibly hard for us to do our jobs
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BMW i3: good, but no i8
BMW’s i cars may be less ‘new’ than the new mobility offerings from the likes of VW and Audi (they were shown at a special event a couple of months ago), but that doesn’t make them any less radical or interesting