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How New Buicks Took Shape in China

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The General Motors design studio in China has worked to adapt various global models for the Chinese market, and took the lead in creating the new Buick LaCrosse.

The Electric Car and the Road Not Taken

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Designers of electric cars are wasting a unique chance to rethink the way we drive.

From Race Track to Road, a Sports Car Is Born

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Frank Stephenson, the designer of the Mini and Fiat 500, creates a car for McLaren.

Designer’s Goal Was a Buff Bull

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

As he set out to restyle the Ford Taurus for 2010, Earl Lucas, the car’s chief exterior designer, had a mission: to make the high-set sedan more macho and muscular.

Inspired by a Boar With a Backpack

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Soul has a quirky squared-off design, a low starting price and a long list of options to personalize the vehicle.

The Punctuation at the End of the ’50s

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The soaring tailfins of 1959 cars put an exclamation point at the conclusion of an exuberant decade of unchecked optimism.

Before Creating the Car, Ford Designs the Driver

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

In building the new Fiesta, Ford relied upon an imaginary woman named Antonella to guide its design process.

Jaguar XJ Is Back With Some Bite

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The new XJ signals the end of Jaguar’s retro period, replacing a sedan whose basic shape had not changed since 1968.

Bulldog in a Box, in Shades

Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The designers of the Nissan Cube seem to think that symmetry is overrated.

At VW, the Italian Accent Gets Stronger

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

As he did at Audi, Walter de’Silva, design director of the Volkswagen Group, is giving a more romantic look to VW’s Teutonic geometry.

Upheaval Among Designers

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The opening of the New York show will find several major designers working for different companies than those that employed them a year ago.

It’s Macho, Without the Men

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The redesigned BMW Z4, which will be displayed at the New York auto show, was praised for its “masculine” looks, although its principal designers are women.

Scaling Down the Rolls for the Realities of Today

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The vaunted automaker will introduce the 200EX, a new sedan that is smaller than its Phantom flagship, at the Geneva Motor Show.

Dream Cars Meet Harsh Reality

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dark economic clouds seem to have cast a shadow over the designers showing off their ideas.

Philip Egan, a Designer of a Fabled Sedan, Dies at 88

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mr. Egan was an industrial designer and author who was one of the last surviving members of the Tucker ’48 design team.

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