CDN Newsletter March 2011

If you cannot view this email correctly, please click here March 2011  Home  |   Features  |   New Cars   |   Forums   |   Membership  |  Advertise   |   Contact   Welcome to the Car Design News Newsletter for March 2011 We've just returned from the 2011 Geneva motor show with renewed optimism. Unlike Detroit, which generated a lot of hype for what turned out to be rather less new products than we'd hoped, the Geneva show was a true return to form, with debuts of all-new vehicles occupying various market segments. But Geneva wouldn't be complete without the seemingly never-ending stream of concept cars filling the halls of the Palexpo. Every year the Swiss show's neutrality is the perfect breeding ground for the French, Italian and German automakers to strut their future visions for mobility. And while this 81st recurrence of the Swiss motor show not only saw Jaguar celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic E-Type and the first Italdesign vehicles created under the stewardship of Volkswagen, it also heralded a significant step forward for Car Design News' coverage of motor shows. Our new 'CDN Live' section provides the exclusive motor show coverage you've come to expect from Car Design News, but also opens up a whole new world of interactive content - including videos and comments we've never previously featured on CDN. Our coverage from Geneva was so well-received this time around that we'll be continuing to bring you motor shows in this format. But feel free to pipe up if you don't agree - send me an email to editor@cardesignnews.com Eric Gallina, Editor Go to Car Design News    Car Design of the Year Awards and CDN-Opel/Vauxhall interactive competition Geneva also saw the Car Design of the Year awards presented to Pininfarina and Land Rover's design teams at our 4th annual Car Design Night, and it also marked the culmination of the CDN-Opel/Vauxhall interactive competition, with winning students awarded internships at Opel/Vauxhall's European Design Studio in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Check out our coverage of these events at the links below: Winners announced in 2010 Car Design of the Year competition Winners announced in CDN-Opel/Vauxhall interactive design competition      Design Jobs Car Design News is not only the leading automotive design resource; it's also a great place to find the next step in your career. Here are a few of the automotive design positions currently available: Honda R&D Americas, Torrance, California - Color & Trim and Automotive Modeler General Motors, Various locations - Various design positions Magna Steyr, Graz, Austria - CAD CAS Modeller McLaren Automotive, Surrey, UK - Alias Designers Technicon Design, Shanghai, China - Senior Designer and Automotive Designer Chrysler Group LLC, Michigan, USA - Various design positions If you are interested in advertising a job vacancy with Car Design News, please contact us for rates and information at: advertising@cardesignnews.com See more in the recruitment section  RTT Excite 2011 RTT will host RTT Excite in Munich, May 19-20. Tradition meets high-tech in Munich's 'Haus der Kunst', and the latest technologies and trends in 3D visualization will be presented to an international audience of experts. Find out more at www.rttexcite.com    2011 Interior Motives China The challenge of being different: establishing a local design direction for China's maturing market is the theme of this year's most important annual conference on car design in China. It will bring together senior design heads from foreign and domestic OEM studios, independent studios, Tier suppliers, design technology companies, materials suppliers and design schools to tackle the big issues, discuss, learn and network at our 2011 Interior Motives conference being held 17-18 April at the Millennium HongQiao Hotel, Shanghai. Ensure your place - register today. http://china.interiormotivesconference.com/  CDN Webinars As part of our successful ongoing series, CDN will host a new webinar entitled Realtime Design & Engineering Reviews Using High-End 3D Visualizations, on Wednesday 6 April 2011.   New visualization and simulation technologies are minimizing dependence on physical prototypes, which in turn create massive cost and time savings. Manufacturers can perform comprehensive reviews of design and technical concepts directly on a virtual model in realtime and with life-like quality; a virtual process that allows for more rapid and reliable product development and enables short-term decision making. Presented by RTT experts Jan Bodenstein, Senior Engineering Consultant, and Boris Koller, Product Manager, the webinar will provide comprehensive insight into different techniques for conducting efficient design and engineering reviews. They will include comparison of variants, geometry analysis, simulation of fluid dynamics, ergonomic evaluations and immersive applications in their presentation. The webinar will start at 16h30 CET, 15h30 UK time, 10h30 EST, 07h30 PST and 23h30 in China. Ultima Media Ltd, Lamb House, Church Street, London W4 2PD, UK If you do not wish to receive information about this product, please click here