All Motor Shows articles – Page 4
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NewsTokyo 2019: Toyota debuts 2nd-generation Mirai
The new Mirai Concept hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, set to go on sale as 2021 model, looks production-ready in its new sedan-like form
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ArticleTokyo 2019: Yamaha’s vision of mobility
’Dezi’ Akihiro, Yamaha head of design, talks CDN around the concepts on the stand at the Tokyo motorshow
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NewsCar Design Forum Tokyo 2019 predicts the future (and it looks good)
Car Design Forum, held in Tokyo the day before the Tokyo motor show, is a biannual gathering of global and Japanese designers to present on and discuss the issues they are tackling in the studio.
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News2019 Tokyo Motor Show preview
All the big teasers, preview images and news announcements from Japanese car manufacturers ahead of the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show
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ArticleTrend Report: Frankfurt 2019
Analysing the biggest automotive design trends at Europe’s biggest motor show, before we head further afield – centring around the Frankfurt motor show that generated a certain amount of controversy from the start
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NewsClever compacts coming to Tokyo from Nissan, Suzuki
Nissan and Suzuki have repeased initial images of their Tokyo motor show debutants in the compact car space. The Nissan IMk is a subcompact electric car with a stress-relieving interior, while Suzuki will display five different concept cars: an autonomous cottage, a retro kei two-seater, a pair of crossover kei vans and a baby-friendly kei minivan
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ArticleFrankfurt 2019: Byton inches closer to massive screen production
Genuine unique selling points among the proliferation of new electric car brands are becoming harder to discern but Byton’s M-Byte still has one – and it’s a big one: its dashboard-dominating 48-inch screen. Gaining its world debut at the Frankfurt motor show, the design team behind the Chinese marque’s mid-size SUV EV gave Car Design News a run-through of its production-ready features
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ArticleFrankfurt 2019: The Round-up
The 2019 Frankfurt motor show signalled European mainstream car manufacturers going electric. We take a look at the show and some of its highlights
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ArticleFrankfurt 2019: Cupra Tavascan design team reveal show car secrets
Brand-new brand Cupra showed its second concept car of 2019 in the shape of an all-electric for-door crossover coupé called Tavascan at the Frankfurt motor show, as it aims to forge a new identity more clearly separate from the Spanish Seat marque that bore it.
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: Mercedes’ Vision EQS
The all-electric Vision EQS concept limousine was Mercedes’ flagship unveil at the 2019’s Frankfurt show. It’s also significant as the first design on a new EV architecture which will spawn other premium electric models as the firm moves to become carbon-neutral by 2039. CDN had a one-to-one chat with overall design boss Gorden Wagener, who explained the new EQS proportions and why a regular S-Class will still sell alongside it.
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: ID.3 confirms start of VW’s cleaner new chapter
Car Design News was on the stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show to see the most important new car for Volkswagen since the original Golf: the ID.3 electric people’s car. Klaus Bischoff, VW’s design chief, talked us through the design details
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: Taycan’s leap forward by Porsche interior designer
CDN talks to Ivo van Hulten, Porsche’s director interior design, about the new Taycan production EV
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NewsFrankfurt 2019: Land Rover officially debuts new Defender
After more leaks than, well, the old car actually… we can finally show you Land Rover’s reinvented icon properly, with the 2020 Defender making its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Car Design News takes a look at this design icon.
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InterviewKen Okuyama on the Aiways U7 Ion
Working with the Aiways internal teams from his studio in Japan, Ken Okuyama has been working with the Chinese EV brand Aiways on the design of the company’s Shanghai show stand, a line of lifestyle products, and their newest concept car, the U7 Ion. He says that in the future, his design influence will likely extend to branding, stores, and even the website. After seeing the investment the company has made in their fully-automated production facility, he was convinced that Aiways had a big future, and he wanted to be part of it. In late 2018, he was named Chief Advisor of Design & Art, and his influence at the startup is already being felt. The immiment arrival of two Aiways U5 prototypes at the Frankfurt motor show on September 9, which left Xi’an in China on 17 July, seems a good time to take another look at this ambitious Chinese brand.
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EventCar Design Forum Tokyo 2019
The Car Design News Tokyo Forum is being held the day before the Tokyo aotor show 2019 gets underway, with presentations and debates on the topics affecting the creative arm of mobility design, speakers from the world’s leading automotive manufacturers will assemble at the Toronamon Hills hotel on 22 October
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ArticleCartier concours
Cartier Style et Luxe lawn at the Goodwood Festival of Speed had a stunning array of classic cars
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ArticleVisions of tomorrow at Goodwood FOS’s Future Lab
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 Future Lab crammed together the latest auto and digital innovations
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VideoSimon Loasby walks CDN around the Hyundai range at Shanghai 2019
CDN caught up with Hyundai’s VP of Styling at the Shanghai motorshow 2019 for a design walkaround of the cars on the stand. Simon (formerly at Bentley and VW) has been working in Shanghai since 2017 and led Hyundai China design until taking a global role this past spring
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ArticleShanghai 2019 overview
Now the dust has settled on the biggest auto show of the year, we asked Drew Meehan join the dots of what we saw in April in Shanghai
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ArticleStudent’s design review of Shanghai 2019
Winner of CDN’s CDAC award 2019, Liu Dong, walked the halls for CDN and reviewed the cars that caught his eye at the Shanghai’s motor show 2019