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GM Sponsors Design Competition for the Opel of 2050
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of UK's famed Royal College of Art (RCA) Vehicle Design course, GM is sponsoring a styling competition that will see some 19 students from 11 countries, including Germany, the UK, France, the Czech Republic, India and China, proposing their ideas for an Opel-branded vehicle of the future. The students must identify the potential customer of tomorrow and use their profile to create an aesthetic representation of what a future Opel might look like in 40 years from now.
All proposals will exhibited on Monday, April 27 at the London Transport Museum. The winner of the competition that will be chosen by a panel of judges that RCA professors and car designers like Peter Stevens, will have the chance to spend three months working at General Motors' European Design Center in Rüsselsheim.
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Ferrari World Design Contest: And The Winner Is….
For the past few months, design students from 50 universities across the globe took up Ferrari’s challenge of designing a future supercar for the famous Italian brand. Now, following the completion of the second phase in which seven schools were...
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Bentley Commissions Rca Students To Design Futuristic Concepts
In a special partnership with London's famous Royal College of Art (RCA), Bentley organized a design competition called "Bentleys of the Future" in which eighteen Vehicle Design Course Masters students took part developing a range of futuristic concept...
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Opel Insignia Tops The Charts In Europe, Over 100,000 Orders In The First Quarter
While in their home turf, General Motors as well as Ford and Chrysler are taking a beating from Japanese automakers in the sedan segments, across the pond, GM's Opel Insignia has topped the charts in the first quarter of the year surpassing all competition...
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Ford's 21st Century Model-t Contest Winners Announced
In celebration of the Model T's 100th anniversary, Ford challenged students at six universities from around the world to create a modern day Tin Lizzie that is simple, lightweight, practical and priced below $7,000. The winners of the competition...
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2008 Peugeot Design Competition - The 10 Finalists
Peugeot’s 5th Design Competition has entered its last phase as the jury picked out the 10 finalists from a total of 2,500 projects that were submitted from designers of over 95 nationalities. The winning project will be announced on 2nd October...
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