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Global Automotive Forum hosts designer roundtable meeting in Chengdu, China

The second Global Automotive Forum took place last week in the Jiaozhi international conference center in Chengdu, one of the most important economic and transportation centers in Western China. The two-day event was based around the theme of 'Crossing from Producing to Innovation Country' and was attended by more than 80 people from the global automotive industry. While most of the sessions revolved around the greater automotive industry in China, Car Design News was asked to organize a session of the forum centered on design, which included a 'roundtable meeting' for designers.

First Sight: Ford Evos concept

Two weeks prior to the Ford Evos concept's official world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show, CDN traveled to Berlin for an exclusive preview of the Blue Oval's latest creation. In attendance were Martin Smith (Europe and Asia-Pacific), Moray Callum (North America) along with with J. Mays, Group Vice President, Design and Chief Creative Officer.

Skoda launch EIGHT Black Edition models – CitiGo, Fabia, Roomster, Rapid, Octavia, Superb & Yeti

The Skoda Octavia Black Edition – just one of 8 new Skoda Black Edition Skoda’s marketing department has had a bit of a brainstorm and decided what the UK needs – really, really needs – is a Black Edition of every car in the Skoda range with extra equipment and styling tweaks. So that’s what they’ve done. So we get the option  of a ‘Black Edition’ of every car in Skoda’s UK range suddenly with an extra option to punt and all with prices that offer great value compared to speccing a regular model up to the same level.