All articles by Joe Simpson – Page 3
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Beijing 2016: Audi Connected Mobility concept — is that it?
Putting a skateboard in a Q3 seems rather cynical to us
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Design Review: Audi E-Tron Quattro concept
Unpicking the all-electric crossover that signals Audi's future strategy
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ArticleCES 2016: Hands-on with Audi’s new 3D VR configurator
How Audi plans to use virtual reality to tempt you to spend more on options when you buy
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ArticleCES 2016: Driving into the future with Rinspeed’s Etos
Rinspeed shows exactly what the point of the cloud-connected car might be
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CES 2016: Nvidia autonomy – what it sees, and what you get
Display shows the passenger exactly what the self-driving car can see
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CES 2016: Ford gets Carplay, Android Auto integration right
System still has issues but this refinement is welcome
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CES 2016: Voyager Dashboard is Harman’s millennial solution
Modular sound system offers new opportunities
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ArticleCES 2016: Rinspeed Etos is a romantic, digital antidote
Swiss firm’s autonomous car is awash with delightfully analogue touches
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CES 2016: VW e-Golf Touch debuts new digital interface but misses the mark
New 'buttonless' HMI introduces new issues
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ArticleFirst Sight: Volkswagen Budd-e concept
Early impressions of VW's CES concept, and how it forms part of the New Volkswagen
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ArticleDesign Development: Yamaha Sports Ride concept
From motorcycles to musical instruments; how the design team used Yamaha's full product range to create its Tokyo Motor Show concept
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2012 CDN - Opel/Vauxhall Interactive Competition shortlist announced
Interior ShortlistWhile the judges arrived at the exterior design shortlist of four quite quickly, there was more debate about the interior entries. One entrant who everyone was keen to see more from was Vlad. Engler liked the "super-sharp, precise elements combined with the soft forms - it's the two extremes ...
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2012 CDN - Opel/Vauxhall Interactive Competition shortlist announced
With a hugely impressive 263 entries in total, the judges of the 2012 Car Design News - Opel/Vauxhall Interactive Competition had an unenviable task ahead of them when they gathered at the firm's head quarters in Russelsheim, Germany on Monday 21 May.
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Interview: Peter Horbury, Vice President Design, Volvo Cars
Currently Vice President Design at Volvo Cars, Peter Horbury has a long and illustrious association with the Swedish brand. Educated at Newcastle Polytechnic (now the University of Northumbria) and the Royal College of Art, he began his career with Chrysler and subsequently Ford in the UK, before his first association ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2009 Trends and Overview
The DS Inside turned out to be something of an enigma, as Citroen rather strangely decided to preview it inside a box at the back of its show stand, which made it easy to miss. Additionally, only members of the press were being allowed access, resulting in most designers being ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2009 Trends and Overview
An odd mood hung in the air of the Palexpo in Geneva this year. 2009 looks likely to go down as a historic year for the auto industry for the wrong reasons, but the 79th Geneva Motor Show provided the year's first real barometer of where things stand, and what ...
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2009 Trends and Overview
Many of these elements are shared by Volkswagen's L1. The tandem concept has a scarcely credible Cd of just 0.195 (the BMW is almost as impressive at 0.22) and, like the BMW, the boundaries of what is possible with technology today are being pushed, resulting in a new form. A ...
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2009 Trends and Overview
Recent auto shows have been dominated by green issues and, on the face of it, the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show was no different. It was barely possible to pass a stand without seeing a green concept center stage, to the extent that the topic feels no longer newsworthy. Dig a ...
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First Sight: Audi A3 Interior Revealed at CES [w/video]
It says a lot about where the automotive industry is today that Audi chose to unveil the new A3 interior here in CES, rather than a few days earlier at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.