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BMW names Marc Girard head of interior design

The field of car design has been about as stable as an active volcano lately, with several major automakers replacing their design chiefs in quick succession. Over the past couple of weeks, Volvo's styling guru Steve Mattin quit, and he was replaced by Ford designer Peter Horbury, whose post in turn was taken up by Moray Callum. Before that, Volkswagen designer Derek Jenkins defected to Mazda, while Mazda's chief designer Laurens van der Acker was replaced by Ikuo Maeda. But in advance of all that, Chris Bangle sent shockwaves through the ... Read more →

Porsche Panamera key looks like... Porsche Panamera Jonathon Ramsey

What you're looking at is a Porsche Panamera key. Arguably, it's better looking than the Panamera prototypes currently racking up more frequent flier miles than the Travelocity gnome. But we think it ...

The one thing your Ford GT is missing... Drew Phillips

On the long road from concept to production, some details inevitably fall off of show cars. We always hope the details that make a a concept a show-stopper carry over after the suits give the green ...

Spy Shots: Chevy Cruze shows off its interior Alex Nunez

Click above to enlarge We've got a bit of a wait ahead of us in the United States, but if this interior photo does indeed show the Chevy Cruze's passenger compartment, then maybe it'll be worth it. ...

First official shots of Opel Insignia interior released Alex Nunez

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel / Vauxhall Insignia The first official look at the Opel Insignia's interior leaves us with the impression that Opel / Vauxhall's new sedan is going to ...

Spy Shots: Mazda6 interior snapped 1 year ago on Autoblog

Move along, hardly anything to see here. Still, it's always interesting to chart the changes. KGP photographers demonstrated the importance of keeping the glovebox stocked with trailmix, which allows these sharp shooters to outlast their quarry driving around in preproduction mules of upcoming ...

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 interior pics leaked 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a gallery of the leaked Challenger images so far Some official photos of the Dodge Challenger's interior have been posted on Allpar's forums, and our spirits have been buoyed. It's always hard to get a read on the real-world look and feel of the interior plastics, but from what we ...

GALLERY: GM's future interior designs 2 years ago on Autoblog

Interior design is one area where GM is lagging behind its European and Japanese rivals, but there's hope just beyond the horizon. Fully aware of its shortcomings, GM has put a new, more focused emphasis on improving the style and quality of its vehicles' interiors and a handful of official ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Honda Accord interior from the inside 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to see the high-resolution image The 2008 Accord represents the biggest launch Honda has undertaken since the Civic in 2006, and everything from quality to design has to be just right for the Accord to maintain its lofty position in the midsize sedans pecking order. We've ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Honda Accord interior 2 years ago on Autoblog

A keen Autoblog reader has spotted the 2008 Honda Accord in an empty parking lot in Columbus, Ohio, and was kind enough to send us the pic he snapped of the car's interior. As the new Accord's official debut looms closer, more and more undisguised cars have been turning up, but this is really the ...

Spy Shots: Hyundai Genesis interior 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Hyundai Genesis is one of many highly anticipated vehicles for calendar year 2008, with high-end features like RWD and powerful V6 and V8 engines at a Hyundai price. One area of intrigue for the Genesis is the production interior, and the folks over at KGP snapped some very clear shots that ...

Would you like beans with that? 2008 Mustang to use soy-based seat foam 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2008 Mustang that appears in August will be full o' beans. Soybeans. Ford has teamed with automotive supplier Lear Corporation on the creation of soy-based seat foam. Car seats currently contain roughly petroleum-based foam, and the new soy-based variety will substitute nearly a quarter of that ...

Whaa? Big 3 wins big in Ward's Interior of the Year Awards 2 years ago on Autoblog

When did the day come that interiors designed by our own domestic automakers were being celebrated as the best in the biz? After decades of dull designs, cheap materials and poor fit and finish, that day would be today. Ward's Auto has released the results of its 2007 Interior of the Year ...

Spy Shots: Jaguar XF production interior 2 years ago on Autoblog

KGP Photographers have managed to snag an excellent spy shot revealing the production interior of the upcoming Jaguar XF sedan, aka Jaguar's Hail Mary pass, that's based on the C-XF (see gallery below). Somehow the new interior manages to capture that old-world Jag style and combine it with modern ...

BMW intros new technology with 2008 5 series door panel 2 years ago on Autoblog

It isn't just the outside of the 5-series that's been breathed upon for '08. Inside, new ground was broken by BMW and OEM Johnson Controls to create two color door panels using a single sheet of material. Typically, door panels that have multiple colors have multiple pieces. That adds weight and ...

America's Game, America's Truck: Rawlings baseball trim for Chevy trucks 2 years ago on Autoblog

Remember when Audi rolled out the baseball leather interior on the original TT convertible? That was nothing. For the real baseball fans, aftermarket trim specialists Katzkin Leather and sports equipment outfitter Rawlings have teamed up to offer a full, authentic baseball trim package for ...

Spy Shots: Nissan GT-R interior 2 years ago on Autoblog

Either the Nissan GT-R is a bit of a press hog, or it's just so cool that we talk about it every chance we can. We've seen plenty of the car on the outside, but now the folks over at KGP Photography have snapped some pretty good interior pictures of Nissan's upcoming flamethrower. Unfortunately, ...

BusinessWeek spills beans on '08 STS interior 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view a gallery of concept interior components from GM The entire Autoblog team was impressed with the 2008 Cadillac CTS when it debuted at the Detroit Auto Show last month. "You have to sit in it," was the command heard most among the crew, and indeed the interior is as ...

Your armrest is sooo 20th century 2 years ago on Autoblog

Johnson Controls has introduced a very unique looking idea for center armrest/consoles. It increases capacity over conventional floor consoles by 30- to 150-percent and can house such items as navigation, infotainment and security systems. It also includes a rear sliding storage drawer for ...

Detroit Auto Show: Ford releases more Interceptor Concept images 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image above to see entire high-resolution gallery with new images Our original gallery of Interceptor images was a big hit with the clicks last week, despite containing only six images of Ford's brash rear-wheel drive, Mustang-based sedan concept. If you liked those images, you'll be ...

2008 Chevy Malibu bowing in January, interior pic released 3 years ago on Autoblog

click on image to enlarge General Motors confirmed today it will be unveiling the 2008 Chevy Malibu at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit come January. In order to keep us interested, the General also released an official shot of the Malibu's interior, said to be dressed in ...

SMART fortwo officially unveiled in Stuttgart: highrez shots and video 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Sorry to republish this post, but all official highrez shots, video and SMART's press release have been added after jump. After a few sneak peeks of the new SMART fortwo, we have here the full catalogue of official shots showing the U.S.-bound city car for 2007. The changes made to the car ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Nissan Armada 3 years ago on Autoblog

It looks like Nissan will be giving its full-size Armada SUV an update for the 2008 model year. While the front end gets refreshened with a new corporate grille sporting two vertical bars that plunge down into a central dip, the real makeover will occur in the interior. A new dash can be seen in ...

Sibling Rivalry in the Autoblog Garage: Part 2 3 years ago on Autoblog

2006 Audi A3 2.0T and 2006 Volkswagen GTI in the Autoblog Garage Days 3-4 As we mentioned in the first part of our Sibling Rivalry review, we're comparing a base-model Audi A3 to an upper-end Volkswagen GTI. "What's best for VW is just the beginning for Audi" is the tagline we used earlier, and ...

2007 Saab 9-3 interior gets once over 3 years ago on Autoblog

Saab decided to leave well enough alone with the 9-3's exterior for the 2007 model year adding only a few new colors to the car's palette, but the interior received a lot of attention that focuses on the driver's experience inside the cockpit. The center console's button count has been dramatically ...

Spy Shot: 2008 Chrysler Town and Country interior 3 years ago on Autoblog

This shot of the 2008 Chrysler Town and Country's interior shows a marked departure from the current model's dash. As Straighline points out, notice the dash-mounted shifter between the gauge pod and center console, the new stereo head unit and upright, van-like seating. Though the source-site ...

Land Rover updates 2007 Range Rover 3 years ago on Autoblog

Land Rover announced a few key upgrades to its flagship Range Rover model over the din of international auto journalists at the Madrid Auto Show in Spain last week. Chief among the improvements is the inclusion of Land Rover's Terrain Response system that comes with five preprogrammed terrain ...

Auto Interior winners to be unveiled in June 3 years ago on Autoblog

The ballots have been cast and the 11 winners of this "Interior of the Year" awards will be announced at the Automotive Interiors Show on June 7-8 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The 53 nominees for the awards were selected by Wards's Auto World Magazine, the sponsor of the show. Voters ...

2006 Mazda MX-5 Grand Touring in the Autoblog Garage Day 3-4 3 years ago on Autoblog

We spent a lot of time inside our Mazda MX-5 Grand Touring with the top up, so we got familiar with the comfy confines of this convertible's interior. The all-new 2006 MX-5 is bigger than the car it replaces, but that hardly makes it a large car. How big of a difference do a couple inches here and ...

2006 Volvo S40 T5 AWD in the Autoblog Garage Day 3-4 3 years ago on Autoblog

Some automakers do things differently just to be different. Volvo is one of those brands, and the interior of the S40 bears out the company’s antiestablishment ways. From the ultra-slim center console to the Dynamic T-Tec seating material to the vertically stacked stereo and HVAC controls, ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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