Local Motors has announced its Carolina Motors Competition, which challenges participants to create a vehicle taking inspiration from the Carolinian key aspects and contrasts. The submission deadline is 31 March 2009.

Local Motors has announced its first interior design competition, which asks participants to create the interior of the Rally Fighter, the off-road vehicle project currently under development for production. The submission deadline is 3 March 2009.

DesignerTechniques has started the 3rd edition of its design competition. Participants are asked to create a commercial truck choosing a non-automotive brand and expressing its values in the design. The submission deadline is 31 March 2009.

Car Design News has announced the results of the Car Design of the Year Awards 2008. The first places in the Concept and Production categories were respectively won by the BMW GINA Concept and the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.

L'argus has announced the winners of its 7th design competition: the first prize were won by ISD Valenciennes students Damien Grossemy, Thibault Dereymacker and Maxime Dimarcq, with their Link Concept.

The Faculty of Architecture at the University of Trieste (Italy) has launched an international car design competition open to design students worldwide. The submission deadline is 30 April 2009.

Local Motors has announced the results of its Chicago car design competition, which has been won by Giulio Partisani with his Socom AC Biposto, a two-seater supercar which combines a futuristic bold design with a hybrid propulsion.

The results of the Toyota iQ Design Challenge 2009, a product design competition based on the theme of Intelligent Urban Living and hosted by the Royal College of Art.

Local Motors has announced the Chicago Car Design Competition, with the brief 'Driven by Humanism, Gangster by Design'. The submission deadline is next 20 January 2009.

Autocar magazine in partnership with Ford and Hot Wheels has started the Hot Hatch 2020 Design Competition, which asks participants to create a sustainable hot hatchback for the year 2020.