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Audi Gives Up Control of Italdesign After Selling Majority Stake

It’s the end of an era in the automotive corporate world. Audi has offloaded its majority stake in Italdesign to a tech company you’ve likely never heard of. California-based UST is taking control of the iconic design house, which had been part of the Volkswagen Group for well over a…

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How Ferdinand Piëch Invented the Bugatti Veyron

A legend of the automotive industry, even six years after his death: Ferdinand Karl Piëch, born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, was fascinated by technology from an early age—a passion that would define his entire life. He studied mechanical engineering in Zurich and began his career at Porsche, where…

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The Wedge Is Back: How Designers Revived an Icon

The wedge. Is there another automotive design philosophy that’s held up so well? Consider for a moment the OG Lamborghini Countach, arguably the most iconic wedge that ever wedged. Designed in the early 1970s, it became the iconic poster car of the 1980s despite being six years old at the…

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The Man Behind Hyundai's Design Revolution: Interview With SangYup Lee

Over the last decade, Hyundai has emerged as a design leader in the automotive industry, and its luxury arm, Genesis, is upending the traditional hierarchy with distinctive, beautiful cars. Much of that credit goes to SangYup Lee, who joined Hyundai as design chief in 2016. He’s one of the most…

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The Man Behind Hyundai's Design Revolution: Interview With SangYup Lee

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Capturing the Lexus GX and Washington's Beautiful Backcountry On Film

Much, much earlier in the year I tagged along with Brian Silvestro, Motor1's Deputy Editor, in the backwoods of my home state of Washington. He picked me up from Seattle in a Lexus GX Overtrail and we headed to the WA Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR) that runs along the peaks…

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Restomod Italian cars: Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat and more classics reborn for modern roads

In the world of restomod Italian cars, everything from 1960s race cars to cult city vehicles can be restored, reshaped and updated for modern driving and fastidious collectors

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The Tesla Cybertruck ‘Will Surely Be Successful,’ Says DeLorean Designer Giugiaro

Prolific Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro is sure the Cybertruck will find its audience. But will controversy sell?

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The legendary designer of the DeLorean has something to say about Tesla's Cybertruck

Giorgetto Giugiaro, the legendary car designer behind the DeLorean DMC-12, weighs in on Tesla's Cybertruck and its polarizing design.

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Harris Mann obituary

Designer of the Austin Allegro and radical ‘wedge-shaped’ cars including the Triumph TR7 and the Austin Princess

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Giotto Bizzarrini obituary

Italian car designer hailed for his undisputed masterpice – the Ferrari 250 GTO

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1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe Concept Revived For Villa d'Este

The 1974 Korean concept has been restored by Giorgetto Giugiaro and is on display at the Concorso d'Eleganza.

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Bizzarrini Giotto Debuts With Naturally Aspirated V12, Giugiaro Design

The supercar boasts a carbon fiber body and a dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

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Hyundai And Giorgetto Giugiaro To Rebuild 1974 Pony Coupe Concept

The precursor to Hyundai's first mass-produced vehicle will continue to influence.

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Italdesign's 20 Most Iconic Designs

Since the late 1960s, the aptly named Italian design firm Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A has been putting its signature styling touches on everything from Lancias to Bugattis. Just a few years ago, the iconic shop celebrated its 50th anniversary with a handful of new designs. Now, in a twisted turn of fate, the company…

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