For the past 15 years, Dacia has consistently rolled out contemporary, simple, and appealing vehicles. Relying on an unrivalled know-how, Dacia leverages the best proven and amortized technical solutions from Groupe Renault ...
At the presentation of Groupe Renault’s Renaulution strategic plan, Renault lifted the veil on its strategy for the next five years and beyond. With Renaulution, the Renault brand embraces the changes from the automotive ...
Having driven the Kia Stonic for a while in Europe, I was quite interested to see what the Kia Seltos in the US would be like. On paper their prices seemed to be similar and their sizes seemed to be as well based on the ...
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Since there did seem to be an interest among the Facebook Group "How Cars Start Pro" members, we will start a competition for the design of a 2025 mid-engine Corvette Stingray. All ...
For the VW Instagram #volkswagendesign2050 competition I wanted to see how quickly I could go from initial sketch ideas to presentation in VR and with renderings/animations. With this it could prove it to be a viable option ...
With the advances in computer technology and the development of affordable Virtual Reality technologies the automotive design industry has changed dramatically. Of course there are still those who like to cling on to ...
With the MachettE zero emission truck concept, Foresee Car Design’s CEO Cornelis Steenstra is showing his vision of where modern transportation should be going. Global warming has been a loudly received warning signal to ...
The Vision EQS, a milestone on the way to the future of Mercedes-Benz. At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt (12 September to 22 September 2019), Mercedes-Benz will show the challenges of the future: sustainability is ...
Porsche presented its first fully-electric sports car to the public today with a world premiere held simultaneously on three continents. "The Taycan links our heritage to the future. It carries forward the success story ...
Static photo Color: Solar sky Audi is completing its quartet of visionary vehicles and will be at IAA 2019 to showcase an electric off-roader for the future of road transport: the Audi AI:TRAIL quattro, a comprehensive ...
“With the Centodieci, we pay homage to the EB110 super sports car which was built in the 1990s and is very much a part of our tradition-steeped history,” says Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti. “With the ...
As the Trump administration prepares to roll back emission standards for light-duty cars and trucks, a consortium of automakers and California have agreed on a voluntary framework to reduce emissions that can serve as an ...
Dynamic photo, Colour: Pulse orange A fresh, self-confident road stance, plenty of room for customization and extensive connectivity: all are hallmarks of the Audi A1 citycarver. The most progressive model in the new A1 ...
2019 - Nouveau Renault CAPTUR As a pioneer on the urban SUV market, the Captur has sold 1.2 million units since its launch in 2013. It rapidly became the best seller in its segment, both in France and in Europe. It retained ...
Design Sketch Audi is adding a compact SUV in coupé shape to its model range: the Audi Q3 Sportback. The new model combines the strong presence and versatile everyday convenience of an SUV with the sporty elegance and ...
De Tomaso “One of the greatest untold stories in automotive history.” The brand was founded in 1959 by racer and visionary Alejandro de Tomaso. Widely recognized for the most popular model, the Pantera, this merely ...
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Chevrolet fulfills the long-term promise of the iconic Corvette with the introduction of the 2020 Stingray, the brand’s first-ever production mid-engine Corvette. The sum of everything ...
Bentley Motors celebrates its 100th birthday today by unveiling its vision of the future of luxury mobility at The Home of Bentley in Crewe. The Bentley EXP 100 GT is a physical embodiment of the future Bentley brand, ...
I had been looking forward to driving the latest Toyota Camry. I've seen it in various guises, especially with the blacked-out c-pillar it looks the part, and was wondering how it would compare to the fierce competition in ...
We finally had a chance to drive the current Ford Explorer in this Limited 4WD version. It had been a long while since I last drove one of these and I must say, I was pleasently surprised. The Ford Explorer has truly become ...
The new BMW X6 blends the agile and versatile driving properties of a Sports Activity Vehicle with the head-turning looks of a coupe. The third-generation X6 employs a clean, exclusive design language to ...
https://youtu.be/GH2xPIadfnI In future, drivers will be able to choose whether they wish to be driven or do the driving themselves. With the BMW Vision M NEXT, the BMW Group is revealing its take on how driving ...
Since we had driven the Ford Mustang both in Coupe and Convertible versions we wanted to compare those with the current Chevrolet Camaro and it was time we did so. As said, I was pre-judging the Mustang because it had ...
The Dodge Charger has been around for quite some time, going back to those good old days when the Chrysler Group was part of the Daimler Chrysler organization. Of course there have been some face-lifts going on and there ...
We drove the 2019 Ford Mustang Convertible in the Greensboro, NC area for a while. I had been quite skeptical about the Mustang, since if presents itself with this HUGE front end overbearing everything else on the car, where ...
Any first responder will tell you that the first 72 hours following a natural disaster are the most crucial to saving lives. However, often times due to the nature of the disaster (forest fire, earthquake, hurricane, or ...
"This bold Nissan IMs concept represents the birth of an entirely new segment of vehicle – an elevated, electrified sports sedan," said Denis Le Vot, senior vice president, chairman of Management Committee, Nissan North ...
Making its debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show today, the INFINITI QX Inspiration mid-sized SUV concept serves as a precursor to the brand's first fully-electric vehicle. As a company with ...
It is really interesting to see how Hyundai has become scared of their own courage in putting excellent quality cars on the market that look different than the competitors, and be succesful with that. The knee-jerk reaction seems ...
Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer, has released information about the first of its two Electric Adventure Vehicles™ the R1T™, an all-electric, 5-passenger pickup. The automaker will introduce its fully ...
The all-new Mazda3 unveiled at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show will play an important role in raising this driving pleasure to new levels and beginning a new era in which Mazda Premium will become a reality. What is ...
At the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show today, Kia Motors America (KMA) introduced a better way to roll with the world debut of the all-new 2020 Soul, a completely new yet familiar version of Kia’s beloved and award-winning urban ...
Hyundai today introduced its new flagship premium three-row Palisade SUV to global media at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The 2020 Palisade rides on an all-new SUV chassis with exceptional second- and third-row roominess coupled ...
Audi e-tron, the third: The brand with the four rings is presenting one of the stars of the 2018 Auto Show in the movie capital Los Angeles. With the electric powered Audi e-tron GT concept a four-door coupé is making ...
Today Mercedes-Benz Vans presents its Vision URBANETIC, a revolutionary mobility concept that goes way beyond existing ideas on autonomous vehicles. Vision URBANETIC eliminates the separation between people moving and goods ...
Because boredom is not part of our DNA, because independence does not rhyme with monotony, because the energy transition will not erase 120 years of automobile history, PEUGEOT reveals e-LEGEND CONCEPT. This exciting vision ...
Groupe Renault introduced the world premiere of Renault EZ-PRO, an autonomous, electric, connected and shared robo-pod concept, for the future of agile, last-mile delivery solutions for every type of professional. Last-mile ...
How much time will we save in a city with autonomous cars, ride sharing and smart traffic management? Answers are given by the Audi study “25th Hour – Flow”. Partnering with the traffic experts at the Karlsruhe ...
The Audi e-tron is the first fully electrically powered series production model from the brand with the four rings. The company will present its sporty full-size SUV – which is suitable for everyday use – to the world ...
Given the fact that we're right in the middle of the Global Climate Action Summit, I was a bit hesitant to put up a review of a gas guzzling pickup truck. That seemed insensitive of course. The reason why I did with this ...
At the BMW AG Annual General Meeting in May 2018, Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management at the BMW Group, described iNext as follows: “The iNEXT project will provide our building blocks for the future, from which ...
We were planning to attend a full week's schedule at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco this past week, and had arranged an appropriate clean energy vehicle for that. Sadly that vehicle was suddenly unavailable, so ...
It has been quite a while since I last drove a Toyota Camry, and I mist say, it has grown up a lot, very reminiscent of the Lexus interiors of some years ago. I love the sense to quality it exudes. On the exterior I am still not ...
This is a mere glimpse of a myriad of scenarios and questions raised by Volvo Cars’ new Volvo 360c concept, revealed today as part of the company’s vision for the future of travel – autonomous, electric, connected and ...
https://youtu.be/q7lFG5wHHV8 As the first Mercedes-Benz model under the new product and technology brand EQ, the Mercedes-Benz EQC has many trailblazing design details and colour highlights typical of the brand. Both inside ...
We've been working on the new video version of our Online School Course, but it is taking longer than expected. So for now we're offering through here our full course as a downloadable PDF file. It has 119 pages describing a ...
Logically, the fastest, most expensive, unique and attractive cars get the most attention in the articles I publish here on Car Design TV. Therefore I try to do my best to mix these in as much as I can, since that will improve ...
There is only one thing I do not like about the Kia Niro, irrespective of the version, and that is the rear end. It is too simple, too unsophisticated, to rectangular, too simply cut off. If you look at the rest of the vehicle, ...
At Pebble Beach in California, Mercedes-Benz is unveiling the Vision EQ Silver Arrow show car during Monterey Car Week, which is being held from 18 to 26 August 2018. The event attracts car aficionados and collectors from ...
Bridging past and future, the INFINITI Prototype 10 recaptures the spirit of early speedsters for an era of electrified performance. Revealed today for the first time at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the concept ...
For the first time, Audi is presenting a design and technical concept car at Pebble Beach Automotive Week in Monterey, California. The all-electric Audi PB18 e-tron presents a radical vision for the high-performance ...
I am not going to tell you big stories about how great this car was to drive and how I took it right to its limits on public roads. None of that. I didn't drive the Ferrari LaFerrari. Be honest, if you would have one of these, ...
BMW unveiled the all-new 2019 BMW Z4 M40i First Edition, the latest chapter in the history of BMW Z Roadsters which began thirty years ago with the production of the BMW Z1. With athletic proportions and a new emotional design ...
Curtains up for the Divo1. Today, at the exclusive automotive event “The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering“ in Monterey, California, Bugatti has presented its latest model as a world premiere. With the Divo, the French luxury ...
After experoencing the VW Golf GTI and Passat recently, and last week experiencing the new VW Jetta, I would've expected the best base for a stationwagon version of a VW would be the Passat and the Jetta. I've seen many ...
Don't get me wrong, I love this 2018 Kia Stinger GT. The looks are great, the interior is great, the fit and finish are great, the fuel consumption could've been better.. But I don't get it? I would love to be ...
The 2019 model Jetta replaces a Jetta model that has been a very successful part in the VW lineup in the US. From it's origins the Jetta was always the Golf with a boot, but it has developed into a car all on his own, a smaller ...
As you may have noticed, I spent a lot of time over the past year in Europe, and while there I was seeing quite a few VW Passat's. A very nice care, good stance, and a touch of BMW in it. So when I returned here I asked the ...
The last time I drove a Toyota Avalon Hybrid was on February 4th, 2013. The reason why I remember that so distinctly was because I was rear-ended on the 5 freeway near the 133 overpass by a speeding 85 year old in a big GMC ...
I admit that I am a sucker for convertibles ever since I participated and won the internal design competition for the Volvo 480 Cabriolet, the one that was supposed to have been shown at the 1987 Amsterdam Motor Show, that there ...
Text and photos by Gabriela Gorvena Galvan The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has proven to be a very spacious car with a lot of versatility options, and it was more luxurious than the more standard versions, and it is a very good ...
Text and photos: Gabriela Gorvena Galvan Back in Europe we drove the Hyundai Ioniq in September 2017. That was the Hybrid version and was already shocking since it had an available range of nearly 1,000 kilometers on one tank ...
The first time we had the Kia Soul EV our Gaby had a really testing experience of running out of juice in the middle of the night, with not an open charge station to be found. The 2018 Kia Soul EV features an increased range, so ...
Do you spot the differences? Do you see now why this is such a controversial design? It literally brought out passionate reactions from a lot of renowned design professionals when we posted about this on our Facebook pages. ...
Stepping out of the Kia Sportage from before and into this Kia Rio EX was admittedly a bit of a downer. Literally as well as figuratively. In the Sportage I sat comfortably high and in well upholstered seats with a demanding view ...
Like before, purely coincidentally the new 2018 Kia Sportage was scheduled right after the previously reviewed 2018 VW Tiguan. They clearly operate in the same market segment, aim for the same audience, so it was very ...
With the Steenstra GCM Styletto starting development in all seriousness, an update is warranted of the original 2010 design. Here are some initial ...
I never claim to be objective. I do tell the truth the way I see it. So here it is: I LOVE THIS VOLVO!! I honestly never thought I would ever say that about a Volvo. I used to work for Volvo and back in those days we had to ...
Of the three Volkswagen's we experienced recently, this 2018 VW Atlas was the most surprising. It is a new category for VW to operate in, and for it's first offering in this segment, it is very impressive indeed. During our ...
I’ve been wanting to drive the VW Golf for quite a while. I remember when the first GTI’s came out in Europe. A friend of mine took part in the first racing series of that as well, so the total was an impressive ...
Having driven the Ford Fiesta in Europe for the previous 3 months, to see the new Tiguan was actually an eye opener. I last had a Tiguan in 2009 so I was really expecting a Golf sized car. This was so much bigger than that. ...
Our own Editor in Chief Cor Steenstra has been busy working on starting his Zero Emission Supercar company. Over the past few months he has traveled the globe to set up proper planning and work out the financial side of things. ...
Genesis unveiled its groundbreaking Essentia Concept at the New York International Auto Show. The all-electric, high-performance concept elevates and reimagines the “Athletic Elegance” design paradigm, while providing a ...
Hyundai Motor today unveiled the ’Le Fil Rouge’ concept car at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, marking a new beginning for Hyundai design and providing a glimpse of its future design direction. As its name ...
One year after the global debut of the luxury sedan H600 at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, followed by the unveiling of the five seater SUV K550 and seven seater SUV K750 at the 2017 Shanghai Motor Show, Pininfarina presents the ...
The new Koenigsegg Regera is specifically designed to be a luxury Megacar alternative to Koenigsegg’s traditional extreme, light weight, race-like road cars. The Koenigsegg Regera combines a powerful twin-turbo V8 ...
Just a year on from the presentation of its future-focused NEXT 100 vision vehicles, the BMW Group is introducing the electric mobility of the much more immediate future at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt. The BMW i ...
We first saw the Toyota C-HR while visiting the Art Center College of Design campus at the beginning of the year, where it was being reviewed by design students on a Saturday morning. I went over to see what car it was, since ...
Designer Cor Steenstra made use of the latest VR tools when he was tasked to design the unique and futuristic aerodynamic long distance zero emission coach for Thunder Sky Winston Energy Group and GFMI Metalcrafters Inc. featured ...
Bentley’s EXP 12 Speed 6e makes its debut in China today at the 2017 Auto Shanghai. The concept showcases the British brand’s ambition to define the electric luxury segment and will allow Bentley to gauge public opinion and ...
Text and photos by Gabriela Gorvena Galvan Car Design TV has had evaluated the Hyundai Santa Fe several times throughout the past 11 years, and each time the Santa Fee keeps on getting better. When comparing it to the similar ...
In 2016, its centenary year, the BMW Group is looking further into the future than ever before and developing a series of Vision Vehicles to address people’s mobility needs in about three decades from now. Its solutions are ...
With the electric vehicles becoming more and more popular and being produced by more and more companies, there is an interesting conundrum that designers face: "What to do with the face?" The original VW Beetle stood out ...
In 2010, the DeZir concept car embodied the renewal of Renault’s brand identity by inaugurating a new styling signature founded on simple, warm and sensuous lines. As the worthy successor to the DeZir, TREZOR marks the ...
By Dan Ellis, Michele Straniero Purely coincidentally the new 2016 Kia Sportage was scheduled right after the previously reviewed VW Tiguan. They clearly operate in the same market segment, aim for the same audience, so it ...
Text and photos by Cor Steenstra I must admit that I was floored. The Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription's first impression was of a big V8 SUV in the line of the similar products from GM and Ford, oversized gas guzzling mammoths with ...
To go from 2D ideation to 3D concept model, Foresee Car Design specializes in the use of Autodesk Alias software. Since its inception in 1994, Foresee has used all iterations of the erstwhile Alias-Wavefront 3D software to ...
I know, I know, this car is an GM Europe Opel Development, and produced in GM's Poland facilities, It's not perfect in fit and finish and uses quite a few carry-over parts from the GM parts bin, but man, I really do love this ...
Text and photos by Cor Steenstra I have to admit that it has been quite a few years since I last drove a Volvo. For full disclosure, I was employed by Volvo's Dutch subsidiary Volvo Car B.V. in the Netherlands at the beginning ...
Text and Photos by Cor Steenstra As you may or may not know, I used to work for Mazda Design in their European R&D center. I joined the team from Mercedes-Benz at the start of 1991, just after Mazda had introduced the MX5 ...
2016 sees the BMW Group celebrate its centenary under the motto THE NEXT 100 YEARS. Throughout its history, the company’s image has been defined by a future focus and pioneering action – all made possible by its ...
Trash is a dirty business, clearly, but also a highly profitable one. Humans have a tendency to create a lot of waste, more than we should, and it has to be taken care of. This taking care of the parts we like to conveniently ...
Design, text and images by Cor Steenstra. Motor racing is a dangerous sport. It always has been and always will be. But it is also a lot of fun. It's a passion that is nearly impossible to avoid. Professional racing these days ...
In the market of luxury limousines it has been a habit to just take a current production vehicle, lengthen the chassis and put a horizontal extension between the front door and the rear door. Dominant were the Lincolns, but ...
Monte Carlo, Monaco - At the home of the world-famous Monte Carlo Rally and on the Col de Turini, site of some of racing’s most memorable moments, Groupe Renault today announced plans for a new Alpine sports car, and ...
Text, Design and VRED rendering by Cor Steenstra, Digital model by Kevin Gilles. Back in the early 1990’s when Alias-Wavefront was first making a pitch to the automotive design studios, one of their big talking points ...
I'm still experimenting with the usage of Virtual Reality, like here with the Lotus 72D John Player Special lotus. I know, still mistakes in there, but making headway. Watch this test animation of Emerson Fittipaldi's 1972 ...
Photos by Gabriela Lefevre, 360 video by Cor
In presenting the Mission E at the IAA in Frankfurt, Porsche is introducing the first all-electrically powered four-seat sports car in the brand's history. The concept car combines the unmistakable emotional design of a Porsche ...