Italian magazines Quattroruote and Virtual Car have revealed that Flavio Manzoni, currently Director of Creative Design at Volkswagen, will be Ferrari's new Head of Design, with the goal of creating a Styling Center and building a new identity for the brand.

The second part of the report from the Swansea Metropolitan University Summer Degree Show 2009 with the final projects made by the students of the Automotive Design BA and BSc Courses.

A comprehensive report form the 2009 Degree Show of the Automotive Design students at Swansea Metropolitan University, held on last July 2009 at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, UK.

After three years since its launch, DesignerTechniques has become a well-known resource for exclusive car design tutorials and information, The instructional website founded by Allan MacDonald has recently undergone a graphic and content update.

General Motors has announced that Bryan Nesbitt - currently vice president of GM North America Design - will be General Manager for the Cadillac brand, effective 1st August 2009 and reporting directly to vice chairman Bob Lutz.

A excerpt from a documentary that shows some stages in the car design process, from tape drawing to 1:1 scale clay modeling. Film shot at BMW facilities.

Trebor Media has launched The Vehicle Designers Review, a yearly online magazine for vehicle design professionals which contains over 180 pages of articles, interviews, case studies, movies and design trends. Permanent access is free of charge upon registration.

Milan-based Scuola Politecnica di Design has organized a one-week workshop with Chris Bangle with the title “Future Personal Emotional Mobility”. It is open to design graduates and professionals and will take place from September 18th to September 24th.

An official document and a video released by MINI on its Design Director Gert Volker Hildebrand, who became General Manager of the Design division in 2001 and supervised the development of the modern version of the iconic car.

Chrysler Group LLC has announced new appointments within its Product Design organization, led by Ralph Gilles, Senior Vice President of Design. The new Heads of Design for Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep will be respectively Brandon Faurote, Joseph Dehner and Mark Allen.