CCS Auto Cultural Immersion Workshop 2012

7 Car designers from Japan + 4 Care designers from China in Motown.

This summer, 11 Young Car Designer have visited the "Concours D' elegance of America" in Plymouth, Detroit last week. In a collaboration with Japanese major car companies, CCS, celebrating its 106th anniversary this year, invited young car designers to an intensive "CCS Auto-cultural Immersion Workshop" lasting approximately one month. It is the exciting event for us to contribute the brides between Japanese industries and CCS.

CCSのSpecial Event " Summer Auto-cultual Immersion Workshop"、つまり「アメリカ自動車文化研究会

」とでも言いましょうか、日本から有望な若手自動車デザイナー８名と同じく中国からの若手デザイナー４名を一ヶ月お預かりして、この時期に開催される盛りだくさんのイベントに参加しながら、デザインを勉強します。勿論、宿題も盛りだくさんです。先週は、”Concours D'elegance of America"を見学しました。日本ではなかなかみられない１９５０年代のステーションワゴンを沢山観ました。アメリカは第二次大戦後、その工業力を謳歌して、贅沢なワゴンを造っていました。昭和３０年代、日本がまだまだ戦後から立ち直っていない、、僕が小学生の頃のことです。

Concours D' elegance of America, Part 3

Excellent Design in Korea: i40 European version of Sonata.

Very sporty Concept and 

this is not Concept car, but production Car.

The price would be 1/3 of Mercedes Benz CLS Shooting break.

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Aggressive Design in Korea: The Hyundai Veloster 2012
 A compact 3-door car first produced in 2011 with sales beginning in South Korea in 2011 and in the United States since the 2011. It is the first of Hyundai's new Premium Youth Lab sub-brand, which is targeted for the young generation of drivers. It's available from $ 22,800 with Turbo. 
Very aggressive design!
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Excellent Design in Korea: KIA K-9.

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Hyundai Santa Fe xi45: Combined with yet another iteration of Hyundai’s “fluidic sculpture” design language, which seems to be dedicated to eliminating the slab-sided look of yesteryear, the revised dimensions lend more sleekness to the Santa Fe’s profile, continuing the crossover trend away from the blocky look once so popular in this class. 5 passenger and 7 passenger are available.

Excellent Design in Korea: Miss Universe 2012 in Korea.

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WCU Program 2012 has been implemented from May 21st to July 20th 2012 at Hongik Univ. 

in Seoul Korea.

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Original Manta was designed by Hideo Kodama at Opel, and I designed the Racing Sports version GT/E
 in 1979 in Germany.

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