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AW Design Forum: Nissan design boss challenges cookie-cutter design

Using provocative words such as “guilty” and “fearful,” Nissan Design America chief Bruce Campbell was blunt in his assessment of the current state of car styling: There's too much sameness. Speaking at the AW Design Forum on Thursday morning in Detroit, Campbell pulled no punches, pointing to the bad economy, global design--and fear--as reasons for blandness in sheetmetal. “We are guilty of this sameness.

Ford Focus redesign revealed ahead of New York auto show

Ford is set to reveal a redesigned 2015 Focus sedan at the New York Auto Show next week, on the heels of the debut of the Focus hatchback in Geneva last month. The automaker will present the whole range of Focus cars, which are due to go on sale later in the year. The Focus sedan will feature a heavily reworked exterior design, adopting the hexagonal corporate grille of the larger models, a redesigned front fascia, and new headlights.

Range Rover Evoque Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition with Black Design Pack

Land Rover has revealed the Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition Range Rover Evoque complete with the new Evoque Black Design Pack. But that changes with the arrival of a new special Edition Range Rover Evoque – the Sicilian Yellow Limited Edition Range Rover Evoque – that comes with bespoke paint jobs and debuts the arrival of the Black design Pack for the Evoque. Based on the 2013 Range Rover Evoque Dynamic, the Sicilian Yellow Evoque comes with a striking paint job in Sicilian Yellow with a contrast black roof and door mirrors (or you can have it the other way round – black bodywork with yellow roof) with yellow contrast stitching inside and a yellow finisher across the dash.