Transportation
Take a considered look at the fast-moving world of transportation, from new innovations, conceptual designs to revived classics. If it moves us then you’ll find it here
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Brompton Bicycle and David Millar’s CHPT3 brand reveal new folding bike
The Brompton x CHPT3 v4 is a minimalist folding bike fit for the city streets, with Brompton’s signature compact frame, pared back for added performance
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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The third generation of Porsche’s SUV readies itself for another reinvention
The Porsche Cayenne was borne out of necessity but ended up leading the pack, transforming the brand’s fortunes by putting the ‘sport’ into SUV
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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New Polestar design studio in Gothenburg reshapes and restores an icon of corporate architecture
Polestar’s Thomas Ingenlath and Maximilian Missoni tell Wallpaper* about their company’s brand new Gothenburg studios and future direction
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Luvly is a new Swedish mobility brand hoping to reinvent the role of the car in the city
The Luvly O is a dinky electric urban run-around, born in Sweden and pitched at cities around the world as a way to downsize the car’s impact on the city
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Bizzarrini Giotto is a future-statement supercar from a reborn brand
Representing the apex of Italian automotive design, the proposed Bizzarrini Giotto blends heritage with dramatic style
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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This conceptual pairing of eVTOL and electric superyacht is a new expression of stealth wealth
Silent Yachts has teamed up with British eVTOL manufacturer VRCO to integrate the Xcraft XP4 into the flagship Silent 120 electric catamaran
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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The Audi Activesphere is the fourth in a series of genre-defying concept cars
The Audi Activesphere concept offers up the SUV of tomorrow, a sleek luxury coupé that can dress down and transform into a pick-up truck
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Lotus Emira is a bold slice of old-school engineering magic
The last Lotus to be fitted with a traditional engine, the Lotus Emira is a fitting farewell to the company’s long line of compact sports cars
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Porsche Vision 357 is a conceptual celebration of 75 years of Porsche sports cars
Marking the 75th anniversary of Porsche’s original 356 No.1 Roadster, the sports car manufacturer has built this one-off concept as a gift to itself
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Subaru Solterra is the brand’s EV debut
We sample the Subaru Solterra, a striking new electric car designed to bring the Japanese brand into the zero-emission era
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Polestar Snow Space: showroom built of snow joins the Arctic design landscape
The new Polestar Snow Space in Finland is not only a retail showroom, but a temple to architecture, design, engineering and the circular economy
By Naomi Moriyama • Published
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Honda Civic Type R 2023: the hot hatch evolves into its ultimate form
Wallpaper’s Jonathan Bell takes the latest Honda Civic Type R for a spin at Thruxton
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Peugeot Inception concept is a dream-car showcase for its good design genes
Long, low, angular and innovative, the Peugeot Inception concept is a futuristic vision of a super saloon from this most design-minded of manufacturers
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Candy-coloured BMW i Vision Dee is a compact concept swathed in an E Ink skin
BMW i goes full colour with its bold new concept car, combining E Ink exterior paint with minimal trim and a direct connection to the digital world
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Sony Honda Mobility’s new Afeela brand promises to deliver the car of tomorrow
The Afeela EV prototype underlines automotive futurism’s rapid forking away from old-school performance and into a new realm of technology, autonomy, and connection
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Auto giant Stellantis gets in on eVTOL aircraft boom in partnership with Archer Aviation
Archer Aviation’s Midnight is a frontrunner in the race to become the first eVTOL aircraft to take to the skies. A new partnership with Stellantis will speed things up even further
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Porsche’s brilliant Boxster continues to shine as it enters its twilight years
Four generations of Porsche Boxster have redefined the open-topped sports car. As electrification looms, we check out what could be the last – and best – of the current line
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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New Cake Åik is a utility e-bike capable of long-distance load lugging
Swedish mobility specialist Cake unveils the Åik, a rugged electric urban utility bike designed to deliver right into the heart of town
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Aehra is Italy’s first all-electric luxury car brand. We preview its forthcoming SUV
Aehra’s proposed electric SUV is brimming with cutting-edge technology. The Italian company hopes to shake up the high-end EV market in 2025
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Remembering the life and work of designer Tom Karen, who has died at the age of 96
Tom Karen (1926 – 2022) was an industrial designer who delighted in the power of design to transport and transform, and shaped some of the most idiosyncratic icons of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Year in review: top 10 transport stories of 2022, as selected by Wallpaper’s Jonathan Bell
Top 10 transport stories of 2022, from minimalist motor cars to next-generation campers: transport editor Jonathan Bell’s picks
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Flexjet takes to the skies with Bentley
Flexjet brings exclusive Bentley interiors to its new Gulfstream G650 jet and Sikorsky S-76 helicopter, in the smoothest of transfers
By Jessica Klingelfuss • Published
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Everrati announces a transformed, all-electric Range Rover Classic and Land Rover Defender
British company Everrati now transforms the iconic Range Rover Classic and Land Rover Defender into high-end, go-anywhere electric vehicles
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Limited-edition Cake Makka Polestar e-moped shows sky-blue thinking
Electric car specialist Polestar furthers its partnership with e-moped expert Cake, creating a new limited edition of their Makka Polestar urban moped
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Cupra Born: new arrival is one of the best compact EVs on the market
The new Cupra Born embodies characterful design and the spirited zip of electric driving
By Jonathan Bell • Published
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Lexus keeps creative in Miami with a collaboration with Suchi Reddy
Suchi Reddy’s ‘Shaped by Air’ installation at ICA Miami’s sculpture garden was inspired by the Lexus Electrified Sport Concept
By Guy Bird • Published
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Competizione Ventidue is a concept restomod blending Ferrari style with hydrogen power
Forge Design has created the Competizione Ventidue, a contemporary interpretation of an iconic 1960s Ferrari inspired by the decade’s art, music and architecture
By Jonathan Bell • Published