200 hours, 2000 pieces of paper and a 5th birthday, thats will be for the Nissan Juke crossover.

• British artist, Owen Gildersleeve, creates life-size Origami replica of Nissan Juke
• Unique paper sculpture uses 2,000 folded pieces of paper and took 200 hours to make
• The sculpture celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Juke, which is Nissan’s second best-selling model in Europe with over 700,000 sold since launch

They say the best ideas start with just a blank piece of paper. Celebrating the model’s 5^th anniversary – and its market-leading sales of over 700,000 – Nissan and a British paper artist have collaborated on a unique project to create a full-scale Origami Juke.

In a nod to Nissan’s Japanese heritage and inspired by the very first steps of car design – getting ideas onto paper – artist Owen Gildersleeve hand built the intricate replica model from paper to the exact dimensions of the current Juke.

Owen took more than 200 hours and folded more than 2,000 pieces of paper to create the detailed sculpture.

The Origami Juke features the same bold design cues – such as the wheel fenders, lights and grille – that give the real-life model its distinctive character.

Artist Owen Gildersleeve said: “This was a great project to work on – hard work but very rewarding. As a celebration piece it draws on so many influences, such as the origami focus inspired by Nissan’s Japanese roots. Using so many individual pieces of paper to create the overall structure also represents the thousands of people who helped bring the Nissan Juke into reality and the thousands who continue to do so right here in the UK.”

The Nissan Juke’s bold, standout styling has been a key factor in the model’s success. Nissan created a brand new ‘compact crossover’ sector with the launch of the car, offering motorists something completely different, in terms of design, to any other vehicle on the road.

The Juke, which is built in Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, reaches its fifth birthday this year. Since first deliveries began in October 2010, more than 150,000 Juke models have been sold in the UK alone, with over 700,000 total sales across Europe, making it the continent’s best-selling compact crossover.

The Juke’s longer-term future in Britain was recently secured when Nissan confirmed that the Sunderland plant would produce the next-generation Juke benefiting from a further £100 million investment in the Sunderland facility and securing the plant into 2020.

Darryl Scriven, Design Manager at Nissan’s Design Centre for Europe, said: “The first step of any car design involves putting pencil to paper. From that simple start, it’s a complex journey to production involving hundreds of skilled people, thousands of man-hours and millions in investment. So we think it’s very apt that on its fifth birthday, we celebrate the Nissan Juke with a tribute that harks back to that simple, but bold, first step, all carried out with Nissan’s signature innovation and excitement of course.”

The Origami Juke is revealed as ‘World Origami Days’ are celebrated across the world between 24^th October and 11^th November.

All new Skoda Superb gets Prague world Debut, an evolution of a great car, but better.

• Precision: crystalline lights, sharp edges and lines
• Striking new ŠKODA design
• New ŠKODA flagship makes its world premiere in Prague on 17 February

With its elegant design, the new ŠKODA Superb is set to once again be a highlight in the automotive mid-class. Shortly before the world premiere on 17 February in Prague, ŠKODA is showing the first exterior details of the new top model – details which underline the uncompromising, high design standards of the brand. 

The design details presented demonstrate the highest precision and a near-perfect finish, with great attention paid to the smallest detail.

The new ŠKODA Superb displays clear geometry, striking contoured surfaces, sculptural shapes and elegant lines from the front to the rear. 

A fine finish right down to the smallest detail’ was the motto for the development of the new top model – precise, sophisticated and striking as never before. The design of the new Superb’s lights has a new sharpness to it: the accurate cut, the precise workmanship, the use of geometrical shapes and the three-dimensional contours create a striking brand distinctiveness, modelled after the Bohemian tradition of glass art.

The world premiere of the new Superb will be held in Forum Karlín in Prague on 17 February – with international media representatives and senior guests from the Group, the company, from politics, business and society.

The ŠKODA Superb has been the flagship of the ŠKODA model range since 2001. To date, ŠKODA has delivered more than 700,000 first- and second-generation ŠKODA Superbs, making it one of the most popular vehicles in its class.

The third Generation Superb, fully disguised, but reaady to go.

• Expressive design, innovative MQB technology for “best ŠKODA ever”
• World premiere in Prague in mid-February
• New Superb successfully completes final technical inspection drives

The countdown has begun: The new ŠKODA Superb is in the starting blocks. The completely redeveloped ŠKODA flagship has recently completed the final test series in Southern Europe, among other regions. The new ŠKODA Superb is the top model in the ŠKODA model range. With its new design language, new proportions, space, innovative technology, driving dynamics and build quality, the car has shifted to the upper end of the automotive mid-class.

The new third-generation ŠKODA Superb offers the highest functionality with an improved package. The amount of space and boot size typical of a ŠKODA have once again increased, and set a new benchmark in the segment. Incorporating the Volkswagen Group’s MQB technology, the ŠKODA Superb brings qualities from higher vehicle classes into the automotive mid-class. The car offers the best values in terms of comfort, infotainment and connectivity, safety, eco-friendliness, consumption and performance.

“The new ŠKODA Superb is the best ŠKODA ever. This latest generation of our flagship will appeal to new groups of customers in the business and private sector. The qualities of the Superb emphasise the brand’s values and point to the future of ŠKODA,” said ŠKODA CEO Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland.

The new ŠKODA Superb will receive its world premiere in mid-February 2015 in Prague. It will then be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in early March. The market launch is planned for mid-2015 in Europe, with UK deliveries in the autumn. The ŠKODA Superb has formed the apex of ŠKODA’s model range since 2001. To date, the brand has delivered more than 700,000 first- and second-generation ŠKODA Superb models to customers all over the world.