All articles by Nick Hull – Page 14
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Design Review: Bertone Pandion concept
Bertone and Pininfarina: two great names in carrozzeria but with very different approaches to design. Bertone was traditionally more outrageous, so it's good to see the company back on track with this latest polarizing design, which shocked a number of visitors at Normal ...
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Design Review: Citroën C-Metisse concept
The interior develops themes seen on the C-Airlounge and C-Sportlounge concepts but taken to a new extreme. Vidal explains the concept: "There are separated zones for the driver and the three passengers, with a different ambience in each zone. It's like a fighter jet and a business jet!" The passengers ...
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Design Review: Citroën C-Metisse concept
A successful showcar needs to be dramatic to capture the attention of the media and visiting public. Citroen have produced a string of recent concept cars that meet this aim, particularly the series of C-Airdream, C-Airlounge and C-Sportlounge designed since 2002 and the latest C-Metisse continues the series. The bones ...
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Essay: Tandem 1+1 Cars
It seems that smaller cars will form an increasingly important part of our future transportation scene and most car makers are looking at what kind of new product they might offer to entice buyers into this unknown territory. In car market terms, the whole category of ‘sub A-Segment' cars is ...
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Design Review: BMW M1 Hommage
The wheels are a development of the original 'spider's web' or 'boomerang' design, although they are more deeply dished and have more sculpture within them. Likewise, the dished rear deck with four black louvers references the original M1 but the theme also suggests raw power and, as before, the twin ...
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Design Review: BMW M1 Hommage
To mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1 super sports car, BMW Group Design presented a hommage to this legendary model at last month's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2008. The BMW M1 Hommage concept sets out to combine the proportions and graphic themes of the BMW M1 with the ...
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Show Review: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013
Next door, the Supercar Paddock offered a chance to see the latest showings from today's manufacturers including latest concept cars about to be given their baptism on the Goodwood hillclimb. New debuts included the Jaguar Project 7 concept, a roadster version of the F-Type, designed by Alister Whelan and Cesar ...
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Show Review: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013
With the temperature soaring over 30 degrees, Car Design News set off last weekend to the British south coast to check out the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This year's theme was simple: celebrating 20 years of the Goodwood Festival and how, in that time, it's grown from a small gathering ...
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Design Review: Pininfarina Duettottanta concept
While the Duettottanta is conceptually very different to the Bertone Pandion, we couldn't help noticing some similarities in their details. At the front, both teams have developed new 3D interpretations of the Alfa shield grille that allow it to break through the lower chin. There's also the strong use of ...
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Design Review: Pininfarina Duettottanta concept
The alliance between Alfa Romeo and Pininfarina is one of the most significant and durable in the history of car design, resulting in a number of great-looking cars over the years. Pininfarina's latest offering is the Duettottanta: a name that not only evokes the legendary 105-series Alfa spider ‘Duetto', but ...
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Design Review: Audi Urban concept
Up close, the Urban Concept abounds in beautiful details: the cast alloy headlamps, the suspension wishbones covered in delicate CFRP and the LED lighting on the mudguards are all treated in a sophisticated manner, whereas the corresponding items on the Nils take a more rational, product design approach, more fitting ...
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Design Review: Audi Urban concept
Small 1+1 mobility concepts were one of the key themes of last month's IAA but the VW Group models launched at the show - the VW Nils and Audi Urban Concept - are really outcomes of the VW L1 project shown two years ago. Both the Nils and Audi maintain ...
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Design Development: Fisker Tramonto and Latigo CS
Latigo CSThis first model uses the base vehicle architecture of the BMW 650Ci coupe, or M6, and clothes it in a new body of understated elegance. The whole screen, A-pillars and roof are carried over, as are the B-pillar and basic door, including the side glass plane and door handles. ...
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Design Development: Fisker Tramonto and Latigo CS
Spring 2005 saw the launch of a new Californian automotive design company that managed to complete two new concept cars for the company debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. CDN talked to Fisker Coachbuild about the background to these two cars and their plans for the company.Henrik Fisker ...
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Design Review: Renault Eolab concept
We were delighted to watch the Eolab's articulated lower rear fenders that extend on intricate machined struts to clean up the airflow at high speed, with fluoro orange used on the inside face to reflect back off the surrounding satin gray body surfaces. Citroën also used orange to highlight the ...
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Design Review: Renault Eolab concept
1 Shell Seat StructuresSeats formed from thin composite shells demonstrate the Eolab's lightweight ethos, with seat foams and headrests mounted separately from the shell. Hexagon shapes used in the 2-layer perforated cover pick up exterior motifs giving consistency throughout the design. Note the graduated underlying color that changes from fluoro ...
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Design Review: Renault Eolab concept
1 Broad ShouldersPronounced taper in greenhouse plan shape results in strong rear shoulder. Note C-pillar treated as yet another floating blade.
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Design Review: Renault Eolab concept
1 Moving PixelsGraduated pixel motif originated by Kia but now adopted by Renault. Hexagonal pixels in front grille move in and out as the car ‘breathes'. Lower hexagonal mesh is reversed - slightly recessed pixels with orange highlights.
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Design Review: Renault Eolab concept
First seen Paris motor show 2014 Vehicle type B-segment hatchback
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Design Development: Volvo XC90 (2015)
Interior design influences included Orrefors Swedish crystal, the sparkle of a cut diamond, Bowers & Wilkins Diamond speakers and the Hans Wegner three-legged Shell Chair from the 1960s.