Munich - The presentation of the red dot award 2010 confirms the outstanding quality of BMW Group design.
Six current models of the BMW Group will receive the award this year, with the new Rolls-Royce Ghost winning the special "red dot: best of the best" award for the highest level of design quality in the category Automobiles, Transport and Caravans.
Other BMW Group models to be awarded the red dot as a mark of outstanding design are the new 5 Series Sedan, the X1 and the motorcycle model F 800 R.
There were also honorable mentions from the international jury of experts for the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo and the motorcycle model BMW S 1000 RR. The awards will be presented at the gala held at the Alto Theatre in Essen, Germany, on July 5, 2010.
The red dot award is an important award for product design. It was first awarded in 1955 and recognizes outstanding design work in a wide range of categories including, not only automobiles, but also architecture, household and home electronics and fashion, life science and medicine.
This year the jury, made up of design experts, rated 4,252 products from 57 countries and regions.
Their assessment is based on 17 criteria ranging from degree of innovation to functionality and ecological compatibility. In the category automobile, transport and caravan the jury issued 24 red dot awards this year - three of the award winners received the special "best of the best" rating.
This highest red dot seal of quality is given for recognition of unusually high-quality and groundbreaking design.
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BEIJING - FAW Group, the second-largest Chinese motor group, plans to increase R&D spending on its own-brand vehicles by 50 percent over the next five years.
THE TRUMPCHE MID-SIZED SEDAN, the first own-brand passenger car model from Guangzhou Automobile Industry Corp (GAC), is making its global premiere at the Beijing auto show. Equipped with a self-developed 2.0-liter four-cylinder petrol engine and a five-speed automatic transmission, the Trumpche has a power/liter of more than 60kW and torque/liter of 100Nm. The model will roll off the assemble line in September and be put on sale at the end of this year. GAC runs two tie-up with Honda and Toyota.
An Audi e-tron concept car is displayed at Auto China 2010 in Beijing April 24.
A Porsche 918 Spider concept car is displayed at the Auto China, in Beijing April 24, 2010. This is the concept car's Asian premiere.
