A leak photos of the 2013 Santa Fe. This could be the most angular interpretation of Hyundai fluidic front end design, while the rear follow the same trend as the new Elantra with elegantly wrapped around tail light.
Jan 26, 2012
Jan 18, 2012
2012 Kia Cee'd - Live photos
After a set of studio photo for the Geneva-bound 2012 Kia Cee'd, the car is out in the wild. The design is immediately recognizable as a Kia, with a latest evolution of their Tiger grille, now in more elaborate and rounded at the corner.
All of the contemporary Kia has well laid-back Tiger grille, but the latest iteration on the 2012 Cee'd is more forward slanted than before, giving it a more snout like appearance in this angle. The crisp but angular lines from the Forte and Optima K5 has been softened, giving it a more harmonic instead of brash looks.
Jan 3, 2012
Youngman SUV spied again - with Gen2 audio and Persona seat?
The prototype of the Lotus Engineering designed Youngman SUV has been spied again. While the spyshot revealed no new details, it become clearer that the resemblance to the Proton MSX is minimal. The entire front end is totally different. For one, underneath the camouflaged, the headlamp shape is rectangular instead of triangular. The hood lines and front grille outlines form a plunging U instead of sharp V like the MSX/APX. Hence, from now onwards, I think, the Chinese (or world media for the matter) should stop relating this SUV to the production version of the Proton Group uber-SUV.
The interior shot shows a cohesively designed centre console, with a classy audio and climate control systems. There are aplenty of chrome surrounding the dials and buttons. The steering and gearknob looks like from the Youngman L5, another LEM-designed car.
The mule interior funnily adopt an old Proton Gen2 audio system in place of the cohesively designed ICE+climate panel as above. The exposed door inner shows the door inside handle + lock knob assy adopt the cable connecting instead of the primitive rod solution. The weather film can be seen too together with its adhesive pattern. Finally, isn't the front seat is from the original Proton Persona?
Dec 30, 2011
Proton P3-21A interior spied for the first time!
It has been long time coming, but finally the interior of the eagerly-awaited Proton P3-21A has been snapped. The car was spied at Genting Sempah parking with the other two P3-21A's. The other two cars were blanketed, while this one wasn't and they meter binnacle seems illuminated. The tester photo-ed the car themselves?
We can see a pseudo European design with a kick of Asian detailing. Check out the upper part of instrument panel (IP), it has some VW-look in the flattened top. The centre console is silver accented, quite thick in its application like Chevy Cruze. The aircond vent is rectangular, gone are the fancy circular item featured in the outgoing Proton.
The steering wheel is borrowed from Exora, expected as so far it is the sole model utilizing it. However, the steering control button are of different arrangement. I expect it to be utilizing the same concept as Myvi SE, with nicely protruding button for easier fall to the thumb.
The gearknob seems to be carried over from Exora too. However, the door trim and door inside handle are an all-new item. As for the door trim, the door inside handle is housed in a downward-pointing case, and the fixture is aligned with the line that separate the upper and middle portion of the door trim. The door handle lever, although similar in silhouette like Persona/Exora item, it actually is a bit contoured, unlike the flat surface of Persona/Exora item. The lever is slanted down-frontward too, unlike Persona/Exora application which it sits straight horizontal.
Enlarging the phot, one can see that just above the gear console are the aircond dials, perhaps there are three of them (middle one unseen), the audio system sits up high, flanked by the a row of button accented with silver outer lining.
All in all, preliminarily, the neew interior design exudes class. It has some VW, germanic restrained look to itm, unlike the exuberant and flamboyant approached modelled by Hyundai these days. It is however, expected as a product from Italdesign, which is very well known for its subdued and restrained approach that is easier to the eye in the long term.
Elsewhere on the car, one can also see the strakes on the delta panel near the wing mirror. The new Toyota Camry Hybrid has this feature too, to streamline the airflow around the side window panel.
More photo after the jump.
Dec 13, 2011
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