Webinars: Using an ecological microfiber material for automotive interiors

CDN's third webinar 'Driving the Green Way: the First Ecological Microfiber for Automotive Interiors' was presented by Miko on 31 March, 2010. View the recorded webinar in our archive by clicking the above link. You can also find out more about the Italian company and its ecological production and manufacturing processes, plus the application of its Dinamica microfiber material on seating areas, door panels and roof lining – as well as on steering wheels, gear shifts and parking brakes – in the following article.

2013 Ford Mondeo debuts on Thursday – but is it time for a name change?

Ford will reveal the new Mondeo on Thursday at the ‘Go Further’ event in Amsterdam as well as news of major product acceleration. We saw the first photo of the new Ford Mondeo back in January, shortly after Ford revealed its North American sibling – the Ford Fusion – at the Detroit Motor Show. At that time, especially as the Fusion had already been properly revealed, we assumed the new Mondeo would debut at Geneva in the Spring, but it didn’t.

Video: Michael Mauer on the 991-series Porsche 911

Porsche has released a video featuring its Design Director, Michael Mauer, explaining how he and his team went about redesigning the 911, an ‘automotive, engineering icon' as he describes it. "What we as designers are striving to above all is to optimize the width to height ratio with the result that although the 911's width has not increased, the front axle area has become wider, and we've managed to make the roof a bit lower," Mauer explains via a rather dramatic-sounding voiceover.