All articles by Tom Phillips – Page 19
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Geneva 2015 - Trends and overview
Although it's a cliché, Switzerland's neutral territory, plus its convenient location right between Europe's major car markets, means that a trip to the Geneva Motor Show is unlikely to leave you disappointed. Add in the fact that the Palexpo exhibition space is relatively compact, and you end up with a ...
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Michelin Challenge Design at NAIAS 2015
Michelin Challenge Design is a collection of events and activities that reflect Michelin North America's commitment to innovative design. The objective is to gain knowledge of future automotive trends and their impact on tires.
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Concept Car of the Week: Peugeot Quasar (1984)
Peugeot's fortunes began to improve in the early 1980s when the Peugeot 205 became a sales hit. That car's form was perhaps the most successful work of then head of exterior design, Gérard Welter, while the interior was overseen by Paul Bracq, who joined Peugeot in 1974 following stints at ...
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Haval Concept R and Concept B to debut at Shanghai Motor Show
Following the successful Coupe Concept shown at last year's Beijing Motor Show, Great Wall Motors head of design, Pierre Leclerq, has confirmed to Car Design News that the firm's top-selling SUV Haval brand will show two new concepts at next week's Shanghai Motor Show.
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Car Design Awards Global replaces Interior Motives Awards, now open for entries
The new, expanded Car Design Awards Global 2015 competition is now open for entries. Anyone enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate design degree program can enter, and the competition runs until 24 April 2015.
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Mercedes offers insights into the interior design of its future autonomous cars
Mercedes has confirmed that it will show a technology-focused showcar at the CES in January, and has given a few insights into its interior design. The ‘luxury-class interior concept' offers an initial look into the firm's thinking with regards to function and user experience once autonomous cars become socially and ...
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Geely Emgrand concept celebrates Chinese new year
The replacement for Geely’s Emgrand sedan is still a couple of years away, but the concept shown in Shanghai introduces some of the themes that can be expected on the production model
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“Have you seen the Havals?”
If there’s a question we’ve been asked by designers more than any other as we’ve walked around the show it’s “have you seen the Havals?”
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Mercedes GLC Coupe suits dropping a size
At last year’s Beijing show, Mercedes unveiled the Concept Coupe SUV that previewed the recently launched GLE Coupe
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Qoros 2 concept thinks lateral by going vertical
In a show awash with cars that are emphatically horizontal, Qoros offered a refreshing change with its nicely proportioned show car, the 2 SUV
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Audi Prologue Allroad gives us déjà vu
Recent auto shows have been marked by Audi experiencing the awkwardness of being caught between its present and future; launching production cars designed under departed design head Wolfgang Egger, while showing Prologue concepts that are ushering in Marc Lichte’s direction for the brand
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VW and Audi hit the brakes
While we were getting close up with the VW C Coupe, we spotted that the concept was using brake discs that use crenellations to increase surface area and thus cool more efficiently
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Honda Concept D leaves us struggling for words
We’re struggling to work out the thinking from Honda design here
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Volkswagen C Coupe GTE is a vision of precision
VW’s Shanghai show car is the latest in an ever-growing line of incredibly precisely finished concepts
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Buick takes car design from studio to show stand
Buick’s new show stand caught our eye in Detroit for providing a splash of architectural drama to accompany the debut of the new Avenir