Posted in car, car design, design, design process on March 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CDN competition
Entering the CarDesignNews competition-first round of submissions is next week, then i think any that progress are given another month or two to develop their models. This time all the work has to be done in Alias AutoStudio, with no ‘traditional rendering’. I guess that reflects the way the industry is heading, but there’s [...]
Posted in car design on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Renault Megane Concept
A beautifully proportioned and resolved design from Mr. LeQuement. Renault’s concept’s are invariably exciting, and, until recent years, their production cars have been remarkably close in spirit to their concepts. The recent Twingo and Laguna are evidence of the odd ‘blip’ in the company’s fortune, but this concept suggests their sense of [...]
Posted in auto, car, car design, design on March 5, 2008 | No Comments »
An SUV described as ‘inspired by sports car design’ is usually an invitation see something hideous. And no, I didn’t mention the Cayenne…
The redesigned Inifiniti FX has broken cover and to be honest, I’m blown away. If this isn’t the best-looking SUV out there I’d like to know what is. The profile of the FX [...]
Posted in car design on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
From AutoCar:
‘The Bocanegra previews the hottest version of the new Ibiza, which will most likely wear the Cupra badge.
It’s powered by a 1.4-litre TSI turbo engine, tuned to offer around 200bhp. The concept gets a seven-speed DSG ’box, which should also make it into the production model, making the Ibiza Cupra the only car in [...]
Posted in auto, car, car design, design on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Just reading some comments about the Scirocco on a few other sites. Seems this car’s grille and light graphics are a bone of contention. According to one poster on a UK car-magazine site, the reason for the drastic concept-production change is:
‘If I may remind you, the ScIROCco concept was shown while Wolfgang Bernhard was still [...]
