Jaguar and Land Rover have revealed plans for a new design facility that will draw on advanced audio visual technologies with the projection power of eight cinemas to significantly speed up product development cycles.

Nissan has opened a new design studio in San-Yi, Taiwan. The Yulon Nissan Design Center (YNDC) employs 40 designers from Taiwan and around the world.

General Motors has opened a digital vehicle design studio in Bangalore, India. The new facility will focus on products for the Indian market as well as contributing to the development of various global projects.

Autoblog has published an image gallery of the Los Angeles Auto Show live clay modeling process tht turned the winning project of the Mazda Design Challenge into a full-scale clay model.

Wacom has launched a compact version of its Cintiq interactive pen display. The Cintiq 12WX combines the features of the full-size 21 inches model with compact dimensions similar to those of the Intuos3 A5 graphic tablet.

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.