The first car to be built under the Italdesign Automobili Speciali brand has been unveiled, although the Italian design house has yet to reveal the vehicle's name. Said to be built on a modular carbon-fibre and aluminium chassis, this car is powered by a naturally aspirated 5...
Italdesign's new Italdesign Automobili Speciali brand will make its official debut at the Geneva motor show in March. The new brand and logo will be used on future "ultra low series production, aimed at a number of selected collectors". Featuring a stylised bull's head, the logo is a link to the company's roots in the Italian city of Turin, which features four bulls on its flag...
The boss of Italdesign, the legendary design house now owned by the Volkswagen group, has gone on record saying he would like to expand the company’s clientele beyond the European giant’s umbrella. More, he would like to extend the studio's expertise beyond the traditional automotive industry client base, eyeing the likes of Google and Apple in particular...
“516Nm and silence, 402hp and zero emissions.” That’s the nutshell summary that Citroen’s luxury marque DS offers for its E-Tense concept, speaking to both its power and the ultra-green drive system that provides it. E-Mehari introduces a more retro-styled look to the Cactus formula, its doors finished with grooves and protruding hinge covers, while the silver-finished upright window and rollover frames add additional flair...
Famous automotive designer Giorgetto Giugiaro has left the company that he founded, selling his remaining stake to Audi. ItalDesign Giugiaro announced overnight that Giorgetto Giugiaro (above) had left his post as honorary president of the company he founded in 1968 "to dedicate more time to his passions and personal interests"...
With the Italdesign GEA, the famous Italian design house has taken a stab at what a luxury autonomous sedan may look like and contain. Riding on massive 26-inch alloy wheels, and measuring 5.37 metres long, 1.98m wide, 1.46m tall and sitting on a 3.33m wheelbase, the GEA promises its four occupants plenty of space...
The all-electric Italdesign Giugiaro Clipper has been unveiled in Geneva, combining Golf-like styling with people mover practicality. Named after 'clipper' ships of the late 19th century that transported cargo such as herbs and tea, the Italdesign Giugiaro Clipper is touted as being a sporty MPV with "a green heart"...
Italian design and engineering company Italdesign Giugiaro has released a video of its Lamborghini-based ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour all-terrain supercar. Powered by a 410kW/540Nm 5.2-litre mid-engined V10 borrowed from the Lamborghini Gallardo thanks to the company’s long relationship with the raging bull's owner Volkswagen Group, the ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour is not only capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h in 3...
Proton, in partnership with Lotus and Italdesign Giugiaro, is set to unveil an all-new hybrid city car at next week’s Geneva Motor Show that claims to break new ground in automotive design. Italdesign Giugiaro chairman, Giorgetto Giugiaro, said the unnamed concept is the outcome of several years of development and study by the trio...
Three Italian design studios plan to give Alfa Romeo a 100th birthday to remember, with Pininfarina, Bertone and ItalDesign all set to showcase brand new Alfa-based concepts at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. Bertone has released a rough sketch of its coupe to whet the world’s appetite before its Swiss debut...
