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Hyundai has hinted at its future design direction with this single teaser shot of its ‘i-oniq’ concept car. Further details will be revealed in the run-up to next March's 2012 Geneva show, but judging by this glimpse, the concept will take the form of a large coupe with a hatchback tail. It stops short of the full shooting-brake silhouette, but ...

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Hyundai reveals i-oniq concept teaser

Tim Kendall, 15 December 2011 17:19

Subaru BRZ (2012) - more on FT-86's shy sister

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Mark Hamilton, 26 September 2011 09:42

Since the joint venture between Toyota and Subaru was announced in 2009, we've seen four concept cars from Toyota of its version, the FT-86/Scion FR-S. But barring some unfortunate-looking Impreza based engineering mules, we've yet to see the Subaru edition. That situation didn't change at the recent 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, where Subaru once again exhibited the rear-drive platform of ...

Peugeot EX1 concept (2010) sets 'Ring record

Mark Hamilton, 04 May 2011 16:26

Peugeot is not the first brand you'd suspect of testing at Germany's Nurburgring circuit. But not only has it taken its 2010 EX1 concept sports car to the infamous German circuit, but it's claimed a lap record. I'm sick of Nurburgring records. Why should I care about the Peugeot EX1? Because the EX1 concept car is an electric car. Under that rakish and ...

Mini Rocketman concept (2011): a guided tour

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Mark Hamilton, 07 March 2011 12:43

Anders Warming, Mini's new chief designer who took over from Gert Hildebrand in December 2010, spoke to CAR about the new Rocketman concept car at the 2011 Geneva motor show. Here's the Danish designer's guided tour to the Rocketman - and thoughts on Mini design in the future. CAR: Mini Rocketman: tell us about the front view Anders Warming: 'The front view of the ...

CAR interviews Mazda design chief Ikuo Maeda (2010)

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Tim Pollard, 02 September 2010 13:30

CAR has been out to Italy to see the world premier of the new Mazda Shinari concept car. It's the car that ushers in chief designer Ikuo Maeda's new Kodo design mantra, a sharper, faster stylistic treatment that will take over from Laurens van den Acker's Nagare vision. Maeda is the first Japanese design boss for a generation – it ...

Mazda's new design strategy revealed in autumn 2010

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Tim Pollard, 22 June 2010 21:56

Mazda will show off its first 'post-Nagare' concept car in autumn 2010 – providing a glimpse into the future design strategy under the new styling boss. Nagare has been the design mantra at Mazda since the series of concepts kicked off in 2006 with the eponymous show car, each influenced by flowing waves and patterns from nature. But since the ...

British EV prototype competes for $10m prize

Sam Burnett, 08 March 2010 16:05

A Silverstone-based company has emerged as the only British (and European) contender for the $10m Automotive X-Prize, a competition to find the most environmentally friendly car on the planet. Delta Motorsport’s E-4 Coupe concept has been accepted into the next stage of the X-Prize competition and the company now has to prepare a fully functioning prototype. What’s the Automotive X-Prize ...

Peugeot confirms BB1 for production

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Ben Pulman, 13 January 2010 12:30

Peugeot has confirmed it will build a production version of the BB1, the concept car that's a cross between a car and a scooter. Coming less than a week after it unveiled the SR1 – a roadster concept car that’s supposed to be a line in the sand for Peugeot design – the announcement came as the 200-year old French ...

CAR interviews new Renault design chief Laurens van den Acker (2009)

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Guy Bird, 15 October 2009 10:29

CAR: How did you get the top design job at Renault? LvdA: From what I’ve been told [outgoing design boss] Patrick le Quément was asked to come up with three candidates, two internal and one external, and somehow I bubbled to the top of the external candidates. I think the criteria included international experience, being relatively young and having a ...

CAR interviews Shiro Nakamura: Infiniti's future (2009)

Tim Pollard, 22 July 2009 15:48

CAR recently had a one-to-one with Shiro Nakamura, design director for Nissan and Infiniti. We were talking about the new Infiniti Essence GT concept car fresh from its Geneva motor show debut – and Nakamura san was talking us around his latest creation. Read the full transcript below, as we cover everything from future Infiniti design, how new cars can ...

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