Concept Car of the Week: Renault Vel Satis (1998)

The approach to the design of top end models varies greatly depending on the manufacturer's heritage and the cultural differences of each country. It might be a conventional combination of wood and leather for some, power and technology for others, but it is generally packaged into a three-box four-door sedan or two-door fastback. Renault on the other hand had a much more cutting edge vision of what a luxury automobile could be.

Italdesign Giugiaro tweets first glimpse of new concept

Italdesign Giugiaro has released the first of a series of teaser images of its new Geneva-bound concept car, exclusively to its Twitter followers. The Volkswagen Group-owned Italian design house has announced that from today it will be posting teaser shots of the unnamed prototype in the build-up to this year's Geneva show. When the show gets up-and-running on  6 March, Giugiaro will be tweeting directly from their booth with pictures, news and videos.

Toyota Aygo gets a nip and tuck for 2012

2012 Toyota Aygo gets a Facelift Toyota has joined Peugeot and Citroen in giving the Toyota Aygo a mild workover to freshen it for 2012. Cosmetic changes and improved economy. In perhaps the least surprising announcement of 2012 so far, Toyota has revealed they’ve given the Aygo a facelift for 2012.