Kia Presents Ray’s Interior Design Story
16 Feb 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Korean car manufacturer Kia decided to present the story behind the interior design of the Ray Plug-in Hybrid, a concept on which the company will build its first production hybrid later this year. ...
Volkswagen Corrado Reborn. Sort Of...
11 Feb 2010, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not sure how many of you remember the 1990 Scirocco successor built by Volkswagen back in the mid 1990s, but the recent revival of the Scirocco line has made at least one designer remember it. Graph...
Bentley Announced Future Concepts Design Finalists
1 Feb 2010, 15:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Four of the eighteen Royal College of Art (RCA) students have been shortlisted to refine their designs together with Bentley’s team, including Head of Exterior Design Raul Pires who played a k...
Bavaria Yachtbau, BMW Designed Yachts Awarded
1 Feb 2010, 10:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, a leading yacht manufacturer in Europe, have been strongly repaid for their efforts in 2009, gaining several yacht industry design awards. There ...
The Fiat Uno Might Really Be Back
15 Jan 2010, 07:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rumors about the Fiat Uno’s comeback to some emerging markets seem to be true, as we can see in the pictures posted by Novidades Automobiles, which have apparently been obtained from the Brazi...
2011 Michelin Design Competition Theme Announced
11 Jan 2010, 14:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new design challenge is revving up, Michelin announced today at NAIAS. The 2011 Michelin Challenge Design (MCD) theme has been revealed, giving entrants a chance to share their transportation conc...
Audi Design Chief to Address Students in Detroit
7 Jan 2010, 11:39 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker Audi announced yesterday their Head of Design Stefan Sielaff will address students at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit on January 10, before the 2010 NAIAS event kic...
Hummer HB Concept: How a Romanian Hummer Would Look Like
29 Dec 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Hummer brand almost in Chinese hands, everybody is wondering how would the Asian ownership would influence the brand's products in terms of design and engineering. What no one is wonde...
New Design Directors Appointed at Peugeot and Citroen
21 Dec 2009, 14:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The PSA Peugeot Citroen Group announced today it has appointed two new design directors for both Peugeot and Citroen, effective January 4, 2010. Gilles Vidal and Thierry Metroz, the new design direc...
Donato Coco, Lotus' New Director of Design
16 Dec 2009, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Lotus Group announced yesterday the appointment of Donato Coco, former Director of Design and Development for Ferrari, as the company's new Director of Design. He will take full charge of L...
Chevrolet Camaro Gets Popular Mechanics Excellence Award
14 Dec 2009, 07:44 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / One of the stars of the Transformers: Revenge of the fallen got the Popular Mechanics Excellence Award. Despite what you might be thinking, we are not talking about Megan Fox, but about the new Chev...
Nissan V2G, Youthmobile 2030 Design Challenge Winner
4 Dec 2009, 13:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2009 LA Auto Show Design Challenge announced a winner yesterday, with Nissan’s V2G project chosen for its holistic approach in answering the future's design questions and the new gene...
Aston Martin Test Center at Nurburgring Wins Design Award
16 Nov 2009, 14:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aston Martin’s testing facility at Nurburgring, Germany, has been awarded with the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) Architekturpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2009 design award for the unique developme...
Bentley Art Auction for Charity
6 Nov 2009, 07:54 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Bentley is trying to help The Christie, a cancer hospital from Manchester, by holding an art auction at Bonhams. The project was sustained by 22 designers from Bentley’s design team that turne...
Walter de Silva Praises Audi A5 Coupe Design
4 Nov 2009, 10:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Audi A5 Coupe is a really state-of-the-art model, at least when talking about its design. This is the opinion of several car analysts out there and the German Design Council strongly agrees with...
Audi Customizing Club Chooses Winners
23 Oct 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Audi's design contest, set up by the German carmaker to help inspire the future Audi show car, has concluded today with the announcement of the three concept winners. Drawn by Alexander Christ,...
Audi Jacksonville Dealership Opens Today
7 Oct 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The American division of Audi announced that its Audi Jacksonville Store (Florida) opens today with a gala event that will be attended by the top management members from Audi of America. The Jack...
More Metallic Colors for Volvo Trucks
4 Sep 2009, 12:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The common perception of a truck is far away of being related to design issues, but that’s not what Volvo thinks. The Swedish carmaker realized the importance of standing out from the crowd, t...
New Concept Yacht Based on Automotive Design
31 Aug 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The team at Drive, a company that is renowned in Marine and Automotive design, have been working on a concept that reunites the customary things for the rich and the famous: luxury cars and superyac...
Ronaldinho Pictured in Car Dirt
13 Aug 2009, 07:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / We’ve seen a lot of dusty cars in traffic, but some of them are wearing the funny ‘clean me’ text on them. This is certainly not the case of a 50-year-old driver from Texas, Americ...