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A new type of 'premium' centred on advanced digital tech (Part 3 of 3: China ↔ Europe; New Reflections on Automotive Design)
As China’s NEV industry matures, the question for ambitious brands isn’t just how to compete in Europe, but how to redefine what 'premium' is today …
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Top 5 concept car designs of 2024
We continue to review 2024's top designs - this time it is the 'best' concept designs.
Top 5 production designs of 2024
2024 has been a turbulent year for car design - but which designs weathered the challenges to bring something unique and special?
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CES 2024 — won by Korean design and lost by AI
CES is one of the most important dates the automotive calendar, 2024 saw a strong showing from Korean Auto and Tech brands and a heap of AI enabled…
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(Your) Car Design of the Year - Part 2 - Concept designs
We continue to review 2023's top designs, this time it is the 'best' concept designs.
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(Your) Car Design of the Year - Part 1 - Production designs
2023 was a bumper year for new car designs, but which is the ‘best’?
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'Two-screen T-shape' interior design architecture
A fast emergent, novel interior design architecture for the mid-late 2020s (and beyond)
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The uncanny valley that BMW takes us to with its new VPA
A brilliantly argued critical view by Drew Smith on the new Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) called Dee in the BMW i Vision Dee from CES.
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The Aston Martin design that is most James Bond
The DBS is licence to kill.
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A new type of auto show
The IAA Mobility in Munich (Munich auto show in old money) this week was a bit different; a mash-up of classic trade show halls and stands out of the…
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Chery QQ Ice Cream
A Chinese design taking the lead from a Chinese design
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Genesis GV60: the third triplet
First we saw the Hyundai Ionic 5, then the Kia EV6, and now the Genesis GV60 — all three cars share the same ‘E-GMP’ electric platform from Hyundai…
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