HeyJaredThis Month in Car Design
A monthly podcast from the CDN editorial team delivering sharp insight into the stories, people and trends shaping global automotive design - from concept cars and production launches to leadership moves, emerging talent and the technologies redefining how cars are created.
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August: The new McLaren 6GT, an Italian road trip, and a chocolate car? (opens the original)
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This month the team reflects on key stories from Monterey Car Week, namely McLaren’s dramatic new form language following two new design leaders, plus an unexpected concept from Acura. There has been plenty of people news to keep us busy, no less a new global design boss at Nissan, and the team unpick some of those new appointments – including a surprise arrival at Porsche.Over on the website the main theme has been holistic design, which led us to explore everything from app design to 1960s Bro
July: Goodwood, shooting brakes and cowboy hats (opens the original)
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This month the team looks back on Goodwood which as always was more than a festival of speed and a celebration of design both old and new. It was also a chance to see both the Audi Nuvolari and Ferrari Luce in a new context. Between expensive ice creams we caught up with plenty of designers, one of whom sported an impressively on-brand cowboy hat. Away from the show we drew inspiration from the master of the shooting brake, Niels van Roij, and concocted our own long-tail versions based on the Ro
June: Audi Nuvolari, JLR’s new concept and all change at GM (opens the original)
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This month it is the Audi Nuvolari that had chins wagging across the car design world. The CDN team give their take on the unexpected hypercar and the direction of Audi’s form language under now not-so-new design chief Massimo Frascella. We also reflect on ‘Project Cornerstone’, a new concept (and initiative) from JLR to create recycled components and reuse materials, and share some takeaways from our various interviews on the theme of Advanced Design. Our resident student correspondent Lucy rep
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