LA Design Challenge

The 2013 LA Auto Show Design Challenge has been won by SAIC Motor Corp. The Chinese automaker’s “Mobiliant” concept saw off competition from eight contenders who where challenged to create forward-looking designs under the theme "Biomimicry & Mobility 2025 – Nature's Answer to Human Challenges."

Subaru’s SHARC (Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept) has been named the winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge.

We look at the entries in this year’s LA Design Challenge that asks automotive design studios from around the world to create “a highway patrol vehicle that meets the challenges of a specific region’s transportation and societal conditions in 2025.

What will highway patrol vehicles look like in 2025? That's the question posed by this year's Los Angeles Design Challenge, and Mercedes-Benz' answer is the Ener-G-Force.

The LA Design Challenge 2011 competitors design "Hollywood's hottest new movie car"

Honda's Intelligent Horse concept is a fascinating study in future technologies such as local production, artificial intelligence and additive technology.

Volvo displayed a ¼ scale model of its compressed air concept car at the recent LA Auto Show.

Mercedes-Benz has developed a car that would be grown in a lab rather built on a production line.

The 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge has finished in a tie between GM’s Cadillac Aera concept and the Smart 454 from Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design.

The LA Auto Show Design Challenge has invited auto designers to create a car that weighs no more than 1,000 pounds.

The Nissan V2G concept was has taken out the Los Angeles Auto Show's 2009 Design Challenge.

The Mazda R&D team has fended off some very impressive competition to take out the Los Angeles Auto Show's 2008 Design Challenge.