The Volkswagen Tiguan has won the German Design Award for 2017 from the German Design Council.

The German Design Council has announced the winners of the German Design Award 2017. A Volkswagen brand model is among this year's winners: the Volkswagen Tiguan has been selected as a winner in the "Transportation" category and honoured with this prestigious award.

The German Design Award is the fifth award won this year by the new Tiguan for outstanding automotive design. 

The Volkswagen design team led by Klaus Bischoff has given the second generation of this popular compact SUV an elegant appearance. The new Tiguan is longer, wider and lower in height compared to its predecessor. 

These new dimensions have been achieved in no small part through the use of the MQB (Modular Transverse Matrix). The result is a striking SUV profile with distinctive proportions and a very dynamic design. 

At the front, the radiator grille and LED projection headlights unit (fitted as standard in the Highline equipment option) emphasise the powerfully upright overall impression.

Established in 2012, the German Design Award is one of the most prestigious design competitions in the world and is highly regarded well beyond expert circles. 

This coveted prize is awarded by the German Design Council. Founded in 1953 by the German Bundestag as a foundation, this international committee is one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for communication and brand management within the design field.

The award ceremony of the German Design Award will take place in Frankfurt on 10 February 2017.

International jury names the Bugatti Chiron as the winner in the “Exterior Premium Brand - Luxury” category

• German Design Council honours the product design of the Bugatti brand
• International jury names the Bugatti Chiron as the winner in the “Exterior Premium Brand - Luxury” category

It has been officially confirmed. The world’s most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car has the best design in the world. In its "Automotive Brand Contest", the German Design Council honours outstanding product and communication design in the automotive industry every year. 

At this year’s awards ceremony, the Bugatti Chiron¹ was selected by the jury as the winner in the category “Exterior Premium Brand - Luxury.” This March, the Chiron celebrated its world debut in Geneva. The awards ceremony was held on the occasion of the Paris Motor Show.

In their citation, the international jury of independent experts explain their decision as follows: “The designers have succeeded in interpreting the Bugatti DNA in a modern way and adding new, distinctive features in line with the motto of “Form follows Performance”. These features became necessary as a result of the technical requirements posed by higher performance.” In the category of “Exterior Premium Brand - Luxury”, which takes a closer look at the exteriors of all vehicle classes under the aspect of elegant design, the Chiron convinced the jury.

“The Bugatti design team is extremely pleased about this award,” said Achim Anscheidt, Chief Designer of Bugatti, at the awards ceremony held in Paris on Thursday evening. “The stylistic challenge posed for us designers by the tension between Bugatti’s traditional brand DNA and the need to adapt the exterior design of the car to the technical requirements of this ultimate 1,500 PS super sports car was enormous. Honours like this and the extremely positive reaction of our customers and fans to the Chiron confirm that we adopted the right approach.“

The Automotive Brand Contest is held annually by the German Design Council. As the only impartial design competition for automobile brands, it has rapidly established itself as one of the world’s most important competitions in the industry. The German Design Council is one of the world’s leading competence centres for communications and know-how transfer in the design field. The association currently has more than 230 members. The German Design Council was established in 1953 at the initiative of the German Bundestag to strengthen the design competence of German industry.

The German Design Council has recognised the outstanding design of the new Rolls-Royce Dawn.

The German Design Council has recognised the outstanding design of the new Rolls-Royce Dawn at the Council’s annual awards. Recognised in two separate categories, Dawn was awarded ‘Best of Best’ (Interior) and ‘Winner’ (Exterior). The awards will be officially presented at the Paris Motor Show in the autumn.

The German Design Council awards are unique, internationally renowned and honour outstanding product design. The jury is composed of renowned experts from the automotive and design industries. The award is one of many major international accolades Dawn has been honoured with since its global launch in March 2016.

"This award confirms the high design competence of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars," explains Peter Schoppmann, Regional Director Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for Germany. "The Rolls-Royce design team, led by Giles Taylor, has designed the most glamorous, social Rolls-Royce in history – the world’s only truly uncompromised drophead coupé. Dawn has been extremely well received in Germany and will help us continue our success."

The launch of Dawn represents a seminal moment for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and promises to attract a new breed of successful, younger and dynamic customers through a highly contemporary, beautiful expression of Rolls-Royce aesthetics.

New Car brand "QOROS" has been named "Best of the Best" in Automotive Brand Contest.

Qoros, the new international car company based in China, has been recognised for outstanding achievements in brand design across no fewer than five categories in the annual Automotive Brand Contest organised by the German Design Council.

Qoros won the ‘Best of the Best’ award in the ‘Corporate Publishing’ category for its ‘Qoros & Design’ magazine. Produced in cooperation with Italian publication, Auto & Design, the premium-feel ‘Qoros & Design’ magazine explains the company’s design evolution and processes one year on from its global debut at the 83^rd Geneva Motor Show. The independent panel of judges commented: “The Qoros brand is currently undertaking great efforts to secure a place in the European automotive industry. Using a technical journal for car design as a medium for brand placement represents a highly creative form of corporate publishing.”

The jury also named Qoros as winners in four other competition categories, including two awards for ‘Exterior Volume Brand’, which were bestowed upon the company’s first and second production models – the Qoros 3 Sedan and Qoros 3 Hatch. Qoros also collected awards for ‘Brand Architecture’ for its stand design at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, and ‘Brand Design’ for the company’s logo.

Qoros’ Executive Director of Design, Gert Volker Hildebrand attended the awards ceremony in Paris on 2^ndOctober. “It’s a great honour to collect these awards on behalf of our international design team,” explains Hildebrand. “We have worked hard to design and develop an original identity for this new international car company, and these awards recognise our success in the early stages of establishing the Qoros brand.”

The Automotive Brand Contest is the only neutral, international design competition for automobile marques and has emerged as an important annual celebration in the industry’s calendar. The annual awards, organised by the German Design Council, honour outstanding product and communication design in the automotive industry, and focus on the integral and consistent use of the brand across all media and products.

The German Design Council was established in 1953 on the initiative of the German Bundestag (the lower house of the German parliament) to strengthen design competence within the industry. Its diverse activities pursue a single goal: to communicate the enduring enhancement of brand value through the strategic employment of design.