Tag: suv

• Practical cars. Rationalism, or not.

  

  Consumerism and useless product design… This blog is titled autoSTYLING for a reason. I couldn’t get a car design URL…. but seriously it is important that the word styling was used. I am a design lecturer, but when I started this blog I just wanted to talk about cars as a passionate hobby and only…

  Lee

  August 4, 2020

  design analysis, industry comment

  car design, car styling, crossover, design history, design trends, Ford, Ford Bronco, Jeep, Land Rover, New Ford Bronco, Nissan, off-road, Range Rover, suv, T-Roc, Volkswagen, VW, VW SUV

• Crossover evolution

  

  Way back in 2007 Nissan decided to abandon the battle that they were losing against the VW Golf and Ford Focus (C-segment). The Almera was a good car, but a sales/profit disaster. To replace this model, they looked to their brand new London “think-tank” design studio. That team came up with a radical and fashion…

  Lee

  November 14, 2013

  industry comment, my cars, news

  2014 Qashqai, automotive design, copycat, crossover, Nissan, same design, soft roaders, suv