All articles by Owen Ready – Page 29
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Seat IBL – right car, wrong brand?
The design strategy of the VW Group continues to confuse here in Frankfurt and nowhere is this more apparent than when looking at the Seat IBL concept
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Checking out the opposition
Just bumped into Takeshi Nakajima, Infiniti’s design director who, like us, was checking out the new Lexus GS
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Video: Volvo You concept interior with Conny Ewe Blommé
We saw the Volvo Concept Universe in Shanghai earlier this year, where it was displayed without an interior. Here in Frankfurt the name has changed
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Video: Bonzanigo decodes the Tubik
The Citroen Tubik concept – all 2x2x5 meters of it – is one of the biggest talking points of Frankfurt ’11 and every word we’ve heard has been positive
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Video: Peugeot HX1 – relevant luxury, Parisien-style
Many we’ve spoken to have gushed with praise over the Peugeot HX1. It’s not altogether clear why initially – can a super-long, super-low luxury sedan really be all that relevant when all around abound new mobility, urban pods? Yes
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Chevrolet Code 130R Concept – the BMW 1 Series wannabe
Chevrolet is showing two very different coupe concepts at Detroit. This, the Code 130R, is the more traditional of the two, with its three-box proportions
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Mercedes SL – simple, sensual
No, not the new SL, but the glorious original that joined Dr. Zetsche on stage to announce its sixth-generation relative
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Smart for-us – yet another strong showing from the resurgent brand
It may be big for a Smart – at 3,547mm it’s a full meter longer than the ForTwo – but the ‘for-us’ (for the US, geddit?) is small enough to piggyback on most domestic pickups
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Come on Kia, you can do better than this
One of the stars of last year’s Detroit show was the Kia KV7 minivan so it was disappointing that the only thing the company had to show this year was an Optima modified by West Coast Customs
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van Hooydonk admires “wild” Lexus LF-LC
It’s always interesting catching designers checking out other brands’ products and so bumping into the ever-affable Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW Group’s design chief on the Lexus stand I was keen to know what he thought of the LF-LC concept
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Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top concept previews cabrio, attempts to piggy back on hipster culture
The Hyundai Veloster C3 Roll Top ‘concept’ adds a couple of new strings to the asymmetric hunchback/coupe’s bow
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Toyota Avalon: the cut-price Lexus fastback
It feels like we’ve seen the Toyota Avalon before, not only because it was previewed at the New York Auto Show earlier this year, but also because it incorporates so many industry-standard features
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Q: Who the hell brings a dog to a motor show? (A: People in LA)
Q: Who the hell brings a dog to a motor show? (A: People in LA)
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Detail: Acura RLX lamps
There’s a surprising amount to like about the new, full-size fancy Honda if nothing to truly dazzle except, that is, its lamps
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Subaru Forester almost makes the new RAV4 look decent
Not one person we spoke to at the LA show had anything positive to say about the new Subaru Forester
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Video: BMW Active Tourer concept with Marc Girard
Video: BMW Active Tourer concept with Marc Girard