All articles by Rufus Thompson – Page 6
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Renault and Caterham to develop affordable sports cars
Renault and Caterham are to join forces to create new, more affordable sports cars under the Alpine badge.
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Concept Car of the Week: Audi Quattro Spyder
The Audi Quattro Spyder. It might not be as avantgarde as some concepts we've explored so far in this weekly series becasue this was a sports car designed with production in mind. It would have marked an entry into a market Audi was yet to explore during a time it ...
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Ex-Morgan Chief Designer forms Matthew Humphries Design
The former chief designer at Morgan, has formed his own design consultancy, Matthew Humphries Design, in a bid to branch out into the worlds of bespoke cars and product design.
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Nissan to show GT-R crossover in Sao Paulo?
Nissan has teased a concept car to be unveiled later this month at the Sao Paulo motor show in Brazil with two renders.
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Kia and BMW claim 2012 Red Dot Design Awards
Kia and BMW have been recognized by the 2012 Red Dot Design Awards judging panel, picking up the ‘best-of-best' awards in the transportation product design category.
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Kia scoops three design awards
Kia has won three design awards in this year's Automotive Brand Contest, continuing its strong showing in last year's competition.
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RTT Student Awards contest launched
Students from around the world have been invited to enter the annual RTT Student Award, sponsored by NVIDIA and Wacom.
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Video: The making of Forza Motorsport 4
Turn 10, the studio behind the design of Forza Motorsport 4 video game, has produced a video to revealed the lengthy process behind the creation of each car in their virtual pit garage.
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Chevrolet updates Impala logo
Chevrolet has announced that its 2014 Impala will feature a redesigned emblem as the latest evolvement of the range's African antelope logo.
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Autonomous emergency braking mandatory in Europe by 2014
Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) is set to become mandatory as a result of new European regulations.
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New Denza EV brand to be launched by Daimler-BYD joint venture
Mercedes-Benz sources have confirmed that Daimler and BYD Auto's Chinese joint venture is set to launch Denza, a new zero-emissions brand.
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BASF annual color trend report
Materials giant BASF has presented the findings of its annual color trend report, created by a team of designers scouting out global textile and furniture trade shows for information.
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Lincoln gets own design studio
Ford is creating a dedicated design studio for its luxury brand Lincoln in an ongoing bid to rejuvenate the brand and position it further apart from the core Ford offering.
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College Exhibition: LTU Degree Show 2012
Colin Bonathan (exterior) and Jeeho Cha (Interior)2025 Lincoln Continental
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College Exhibition: LTU Degree Show 2012
Third and fourth year Transportation Design students from the Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in Michigan showcased their 2012 projects earlier this month, forming the fifth annual degree show at the US college.
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Magna Steyr MILA Coupic revealed
Magna Steyr - an independent engineering and manufacturing company - will be revealing the MILA Coupic concept study at the rapidly-approaching Geneva motor show.
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Ford creates ‘driver workload estimator’ to reduce driver distraction
Ford researchers have created a ‘driver workload estimator’ help reduce driver distraction by filtering infotainment and communication distractions.Researchers at Ford are working on a system that would use information submitted by the vehicle and the driver's body to prioritize what information can be displayed and at what time.With the ever-increasing ...
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Nissan previews Resonance Detroit show concept
Nissan has teased its Resonance crossover concept ahead of its official debut next week in Detroit.
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Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina CNR-PF (1978)
In the 1970s alarm bells were ringing in the energy sector as a series of energy crises and rising fuel prices spiralled. The car industry was forced to produce a new generation of more efficient cars and designers were putting new models through wind tunnels to optimize their aerodynamic performance ...