Design Sketches Offer First Glimpse of 2020 Hyundai Venue Crossover
Hyundai doled out another tiny dose of information about its new 2020 Venue crossover today, showing off a handful of design sketches ahead of the vehicle’s official debut later this month. Hyundai is touting the Venue as the smallest crossover in its lineup — even more diminutive than the subcompact Kona. The new sketches bear […]
Mazda CX-3 Design Sketch Foreshadows LA Auto Show Debut
Regardless of how you feel about the Japanese brand, you have to admit: Mazda makes some damn fine concept sketches. Admittedly, the final products don’t always live up to the hype generated by the originally-released artwork. But, the mastery of fading color shades, lines of motion, and dynamic curves is practically worth hanging on the wall. Who wouldn’t want […]
2020 Drive for Design Lets Students Sketch a Ram Truck
FCA is kicking off the 2020 Drive for Design contest, which allows U.S. high school students to imagine their own designs for the next Ram truck. This is the eighth year that the exciting competition will take place. The 2020 Top Rated Truck: The 2020 Ram 1500 Contest background and details Drive for Design first […]
Ford Using 360-Degree Sketching for New Vehicle Design
Pens and paper? Blah! So 20th century! Ford is spurning the conventional tools and medium for sketching and turning to a new 360-degree sketching system that allows vehicle designers to render their ideas in greater detail. The new 360-degree sketching system skips the step of having a two-dimensional sketch converted to 3D computer-aided design models, […]
Gravity Sketch Helps Ford Bring Vehicle Design Into the Future
Ford is all about the future, whether it’s projecting the idea of a City of Tomorrow or building a massive new campus in Detroit for up-and-coming talent that will help it grow its electrification and autonomous driving division or just looking ahead to the upcoming Bronco. The automaker is bringing a bit of that future […]
Hyundai Releases Sketch of Redesigned Hyundai Elantra
The Hyundai Elantra quickly became one of America’s favorite sedans over the past years, yet the automaker has plans to heavily redesign it. The next generation Elantra–which will be appearing at the next LA Auto Show–has many fans holding their breath. The Elantra will still remain a compact sedan as it is today, but its […]
Does This Sketch Reveal the New Design of the Hyundai Tucson?
We’re all excited for the debut of the revamped Tuscon crossover SUV in March at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and Hyundai is feeding off that frenzy by releasing a glimpse of the new design of the Hyundai Tuscon. In a revealing video just released, the automaker teases viewers with sketches showing the promising approach taken […]
All-New Hyundai i20 Sketches Hint at Design
The all-new Hyundai i20 supermini car will be unveiled this October at the Paris Motor Show, but Hyundai generously revealed two sketches of the i20 ahead of the debut. Check ‘em out: All-New Hyundai i20 Sketches The Hyundai i20 was designed in Rüsselsheim, Germany, at Hyundai’s Design Centre Europe. The B-segment model will now embrace […]
Datsun Concept Sketch Reveals Future Direction of Nissan Design
Nissan boasts three global brands; two of which we are quite familiar with here in the United States with Infiniti and Nissan itself, but the third is a little more obscure. Datsun vehicles aren’t sold in North America, but it is that nameplate which could be giving us our first look at the next […]
Hyundai Santa Cruz Pickup Shown in New Sketches
After years of anticipation, the wait is almost over for the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz truck. Hyundai released the first teaser images of its new “Sport Adventure Vehicle” at the end of March, and a full reveal is scheduled for April 15. Redesigned and Ready to Roll: Meet the all-new 2022 Hyundai Tucson SUV Santa […]
Gale Halderman, Designer of the Ford Mustang, Dies at 87
The man whose sketch inspired the iconic look of the Ford Mustang has died. Gale Halderman passed away on Wednesday following a short battle with cancer. He was 87 years old. Halderman spent 40 years with Ford, during which time he served as the director and executive director of the Ford Design Studio. According to […]
Gravity Sketch and Ford Add Co-Creation Feature for Global Collaboration
Gravity Sketch and Ford at the start of 2019 announced a collaboration aimed at significantly expediting the vehicle development process. The 3D virtual reality tool that generates a life-like and immersive prototype out of thin air now adds Co-Creation, a feature that will allow designers to work together from across the globe. Co-Creation enables designers […]
FCA Announces Seventh Annual Drive for Design Contest
This year, young automotive designers from across the country will be tasked with designing the ultimate status vehicle from any of FCA's brands
Year after year, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has invested in the future of automotive design with its Drive for Design contest. The contest invites high school students in grades 10-12 with a passion for automotive design to submit their own vision of what FCA’s vehicles might look like in the future. During this year’s Drive for […]
Galhotra Confirms No Bronco Debut in 2019, Hints at ‘True to Its Roots’ Design
Ford North America President Kumar Galhotra was a guest speaker at Wednesday’s 43rd annual Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, and he took the opportunity to elaborate on Ford’s future design direction with respect to key products like the upcoming Bronco and Mustang-inspired battery-electric crossover (formerly?) known as the Mach 1. Speaking with KC Crain, president […]
Dodge Designer Releases Concept Art for the Dodge Demon’s Logo
Dodge considered several demonic designs before settling on a sigil for its drag-racing Challenger variant
With its incredible capabilities and performance on the drag strip, the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is easily one of the most iconic cars to come out of the past decade. One of the Demon’s most iconic features is the iconography that adorns the vehicle: a custom Dodge Demon badge. The badge itself has several similarities […]
UPDATE: FCA Names the Winners of the Fifth Annual “Drive for Design” Competition
Earlier this year, The News Wheel reported that FCA was holding its Fifth Annual “Drive for Design” competition. Hosted through April 28, the contest allowed young automotive enthusiasts between the 10th and 12th grades to design and submit their own vision of what the future of cars will look like. Over the past two months, […]
Exclusive Interview: Hot Wheels Head of Design Jun Imai Shares Inside Look at Design Process
Behind every Hot Wheels car you purchase and play with lies an incredible amount of work: a team of talented designers painstakingly labored to create every nuance of that die-cast model. Jun Imai, Head of Design for Hot Wheels, and his team have a hand in all the die-cast vehicles–from Basics to Licensed Entertainment lines–released by the company. […]
Get to Know Jun Imai, Acclaimed Hot Wheels Designer and Car Enthusiast
If there’s one person who embodies the creative energy and innovative vision behind Hot Wheels, it’s the company’s Head of Design Jun Imai. Responsible for numerous die-cast cars produced by the company, Imai leads a team that develops over 150 brand-new vehicles each year, from licensed replicas to all-original creations. Hot off the heels of […]