June: Audi Nuvloari, JLR’s new concept and all change at GM

This month it is the Audi Nuvolari that had chins wagging across the car design world. The CDN team give their take on the unexpected hypercar and the direction of Audi’s form language under now not-so-new design chief Massimo Frascella.

We also reflect on ‘Project Cornerstone’, a new concept (and initiative) from JLR to create recycled components and reuse materials, and share some takeaways from our various interviews on the theme of Advanced Design.

Our resident student correspondent Lucy reports on recent travels to design school degree shows, and shares alpine tales from the Skoda Peaq launch. Freddie recounts a visit to Rome with smart, and the enviable task of creating a Gulf livery Escort RS. Meanwhile, James has mixed feelings about the new electric Mazda but enjoyed an exclusive interview with GM’s latest retiree Andrew Smith.

Stories mentioned in this pod include:

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cars/the-audi-nuvolari-shows-what-frascella-has-in-store-for-audi/2676110

https://www.cardesignnews.com/designers/june-focus-advanced-design/2676033

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cars/smmt-test-day-2026-manuals-muscle-cars-and-a-gti-masterclass/2675687

https://www.cardesignnews.com/designers/umea-uid-2026-degree-show-highlights/2672969

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cars/first-sight-skoda-peaq/2692706

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cmf/we-designed-a-gulfinspired-boreham-motorworks-escort-rs/2692733

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cars/reimagining-an-icon-wayne-burgess-on-the-new-ford-escort-mk1-rs/2678390

https://www.cardesignnews.com/designers/design-something-people-genuinely-want-pratap-bose-mahindra-cdo/2685997

https://www.cardesignnews.com/cmf/jlr-we-have-a-duty-to-rethink-how-we-make-our-products/2688585

https://www.cardesignnews.com/interiors/product-and-fashion-combine-for-new-smart-2-interior/2686864

https://www.cardesignnews.com/designers/interview-renaults-new-advanced-design-chief/2685758