The Jaguar C-XF has been named 'Concept Car of the Year' by Japanese design magazine Car Styling. It was selected for its use of new materials expressing a sense of high quality both in the exterior and in the interior.

GM designer Amaury Diaz talks about the design of its Hot Wheels designer's Challenge entry - the Chevroletor Concept - and shows off his own Hot Wheels collection.

Seat has inaugurated its new Global Design Center, located within the Technical Center in Martorell, Spain. The complex covers an area of 5,600 square meters and will accomonìdate a hundred among designers, engineers and modellers.

We report the exclusive translation of an interview with Flavio Manzoni made by Virtual Car. VW's Director of Creative Design talks about the Up! Concept and the brand's future design direction.

The new Fiat 500 has won the EuroCarBody 2007 award, the world's most prestigious prize for car bodies, organized by by Automotive Circle International and held in Frankfurt on 16-18 October.

Milan-based PRM Design company has organized a yearly Course in Car Design, aimed at the creation of a convertible concept car, which will cover all the developments stages, from market analysis to the final scale model.

Porsche has released its new range of wall calendars for 2008, which includes a new large-format style calendar, created by Porsche Development Center in Weissach.

Alfa Romeo has started a public contest aimed at giving a name to its next model, temporarily called 'Junior', a compact coupé that will go on sale in 2008. On the occasion some official sketches have been released.

Virtual Car has published a report about the 2006-2007 thesis presentation by IAAD. The theme of the project, started in partnership with Volkswagen and Piaggio, was to create environment-friendly urban vehicles, in both four-wheels and two-wheels forms.

An image gallery with 300 exclusive photos from the 2007 edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show.