Design

While most car manufacturers are scrambling to get economical hybrids and diesels onto the market, Hyundai has headed in the opposite direction with its new Genesis sedan, a large segment, 4.6L V8 sedan putting out 368hp through the rear wheels. In a market yearning for more fuel efficient...

German automotive parts supplier Webasto has given us a preview of its latest concept car just weeks away from its Geneva Motor Show debut. Webasto is a specialist in roof and convertible systems for cars and as such its latest concept features an innovative folding soft-top that adds just 13kg to...

Updated: Giugiaro's Italdesign firm is slowly leaking previews of the upcoming Geneva concept. Though they reveal little of the overall structure of the car, the pieces are beginning to fit together. The arrow-shaped taillights remind us a bit of those of the Giugiaro Mustang concept, although the...

One of the standouts at next month’s Geneva Motor Show will be the new Maserati Chicane Concept. The stunning design isn’t an official concept from the carmaker but is in fact the creation of a group of students from Italy’s famed Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). Maserati is...

For anyone unfamiliar with Webasto, it’s a German-based automotive parts supplier that specializes in roof and convertible systems for cars as well as heating and cooling systems for commercial vehicles. The company has been developing products for major carmakers for more than a hundred...

Cadillac’s presence in markets outside the U.S. is growing but there’s still a long way to go until the brand has the global recognition that rivals like BMW and Mercedes-Benz command. A major hurdle for Cadillac has been that for years its lineup has been developed solely with the U.S...

The original Renault Alpine Interlagos was a niche sports car built under license in Brazil during the 1960s. The car was based on the Renault Alpine 108 sports coupe but picked up its own unique ‘Interlagos’ title as homage to the famous circuit of the country in which the custom model...

The facelifted version of the Mazda3 due next year will showcase the carmaker’s new styling direction that will eventually feature across Mazda’s entire lineup. The new look will be dominated by a stronger front-end with a distinctive five-point grille in the shape of a shield, fluid...

Mercury may be on its last legs but that doesn’t mean Ford has given up on its pseudo luxury brand. Officials today announced the launch of a new line of trim for Mercury called the ‘VOGA’ series, reaffirming CEO Alan Mulally’s desire to see the brand remain in the Ford...

Here’s an interesting series of videos filmed during the 1950s showcasing the background of the design process in post war America. The second video takes us behind the scenes at Chevrolet’s actual development center, back when the brand was in its heyday and was a leader in automotive...

The new IS-F sedan has shown that engineers at Lexus can build performance cars that can go head-to-head with sport saloons from their German rivals, but convincing buyers the new ‘F’ brand can equal the more established ‘M’ and ‘AMG’ marques is a much tougher...

One of the key reasons Toyota has had such success with the Prius is the instantly recognizable green image the car projects. That’s one of the major reasons why the Prius has gone on to sell almost 140,000 units in the U.S. this year whereas the similarly efficient Camry Hybrid sold just...

For those who feel Lamborghini's styling has been severely softened by the impact of parent company Audi, the Lamborghini Embolado concept shows a possible design direction that’s anything but soft. The only problem is it’s not official. Created by Italian design student Luca Serafini...

Cadillac has appointed Clay Dean as its new global design director, who’ll be spearheading the design of several new Cadillac models over the next several years. Dean has been working for GM since 1988 and has been employed as its design director for small and mid-sized cars since 2004...

The 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid has officially been revealed at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Click here for all the details and images. Students at Italy’s Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Turin have created a series of quarter-scale models representing their own impression of what the...

In what appears to be more of a demotion rather than an advancement, the chief designer at Ford of Europe, Phil Simmons, will head over to Land Rover as the SUV company's first-ever studio director responsible specifically for the iconic Range Rover. Simmons joins the Land Rover design team on the...

Gordon Murray, the man behind one of the greatest cars of all, the McLaren F1 supercar, is now heading his own skunk works project, the self titled Gordon Murray Design Limited. He has gathered some of the best in the automotive and engineering design fields and has a close relationship with the...

In a push to streamline the number of platforms it uses and at the same time save costs, Ford will develop its future models using a single global engineering team. The first car to be spawned from the new program will be the next Fiesta, which the carmaker’s development Chief Derrick Kuzak...

Holden’s hot-rod Efijy concept car has taken top honors at the 2007 North American Concept Car of the Year awards held in Michigan’s Automotive Hall of Fame last week. The car was picked from a field of the 34 of the world’s top concept cars by a panel experts, with most cars...

Nissan is currently presenting its new X-Trail SUV to a field of journalists at an event in Greece, but the engineering that has gone into the new model has been around for a couple of years now. The X-Trail is based on a vehicle architecture known as the Alliance Platform C. This platform was...