Car Modification: 11/27/10

Ferrari Dino Concept Car

Ferrari Dino appeared on an Australian website on the 2nd of April 2008. According to the website, the Dino will be shown off at the Paris Motor Show.It has been confirmed that the new Dino will have around 400 to 500 horsepower (370 kW) and rumours of a top speed of 218 mph (350 km/h).It will be shown at the Paris automotive show in 5 months. There have been spy shots of what seem to be chopped down F430s and 599 Fioranos. Ferrari continually denied the existence of a new "Dino", and eventually the spied car was revealed to be the new Ferrari California (internally referred to as the F149).

The Ferrari Dino engine is a line of mechanically similar V6, V8, and V12 engines produced by Ferrari for the past 40 years. The Dino V6 was Ferrari's first V6 engine. The Dino V8 engine was introduced later. The V8 engines all used a flat-plane crankshaft configuration.

Renault Egeus car concept pictures

Renault Egeus car concept design

Flavio Manzoni is VW’s Head of Creative Design

Flavio Manzoni has been appointed Head of Creative Design at the Volkswagen Group. He will report to Walter Maria de’Silva, the new Head of Group Design.

Lancia Fulvia Coupe Concept – Interior sketches

About Flavio Manzoni

Flavio Manzoni was born in Nuoro (Sardinia, Italy), on January 7, 1965, and holds a Degree in Architecture, specialising in Industrial Design, from the University of Florence.

After gaining professional experience in the fields of architecture and industrial design, Manzoni joined Fiat Auto in 1993 as a designer at the Lancia Styling Centre, taking responsibility for interiors in 1996.

From 1999 to 2001, Manzoni filled a similar position at the Seat Styling Centre in Spain. While he was at Seat, Manzoni worked on the interiors of the Tango, Salsa, Leon/Toledo and Altea.

In November 2001, Manzoni returned to Fiat Auto, as head of the Lancia Styling Centre. In March 2004, he took responsibility for the Fiat Styling Centre.

Among other elements, he has developed the interiors of the Lancia Lybra, Thesis, Maserati 3200 GT and the Dialogos concept car, coordinating the projects for the Lancia Ypsilon and Musa and the Granturismo, Stilnovo and Fulvia Coupe concept cars. Where the Fiat brand is concerned, he has worked on the projects for the new Stilo, the Multipla, and the Palio face-lift.

He then performed the same function at SEAT until 2002, when he resumed responsibility for Fiat Design, Lancia Design and Fiat Group Light Commercial Vehicles Design.

Manzoni moved to Design at the Audi brand group on December 1, 2006.

Peter Horbury is new Volvo Head of Design

Volvo has announced that Peter Horbury will be the new Vice President of Design, filling the position left by Steve Mattin. Horbury, who is currently Executive Director of Design at Ford Motor Company, already directed the design for Volvo from 1991 to 2002.

Volvo SCC Concept (20017

Ford Interceptor Concept (2007)

About Peter Horbury

Born in Alnwick, Northumberland, UK, Peter Horbury received his master’s degree in Automotive Design from the Royal College of Art in 1974 and an undergraduate degree from Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Art and Industrial Design in 1972.

He was named Autocar’s Designer of the Year in 1998. During his 35-year career, he has been involved in the design of more than 60 cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles.