The Dacia Manifesto has received the Idea Automobile Design of the Yr award, as voted for by a world panel of esteemed skilled automotive designers and revealed within the re-creation of the Automobile Design Overview, revealed by Automobile Design Information.

This yr’s 16-strong judging group consists of the heads of design at Audi, Ford, Lamborghini, Lucid and Mercedes, amongst many others. No choose is allowed to vote for their very own designs, nor even for vehicles from different manufacturers of their group, so the voting course of is clear and the awards credible. James McLachlan, editor of Automobile Design Information, mentioned of Dacia’s win: “Within the ten years of those awards, Dacia has by no means beforehand been a contender for any automotive class, so to win this yr’s Idea Automobile Design of the Yr award is an unimaginable achievement and reveals simply how far its design division has come.”

Dacia’s design director, David Durand, who picked up the award for the Manifesto idea on the Automobile Design Information Folks Awards occasion in London on Thursday December 7, commented: “I’m very honored by the quantity of people that have appreciated the freshness of this small object, which expresses the values of our model and reveals that Dacia design is evolving. I don’t assume anybody anticipated this from Dacia. This recognition from design professionals tells me that we’re heading in the right direction.”

Past Dacia’s successful design, the 208-page Automobile Design Overview X yearbook additionally features a run-down of the 9 different shortlisted idea vehicles, the Manufacturing Automobile Design of the Yr award winner and its runners-up, the Lifetime Achievement Award characteristic, plus in-depth articles on how synthetic intelligence, consumer expertise and educational coaching would possibly have an effect on the automotive designers of the long run. Additionally shining a lightweight on rising world scholar expertise, the enduring artwork of clay modelling and that includes good bespoke pictures, paintings, tactile materials inserts and fold-out illustration sections, this celebratory version goals to tell and enjoyment of equal measure, whereas staying firmly editorially unbiased. Automobile Design Overview X is revealed and obtainable to purchase now right here. 

Prime Ten Idea Automobile Designs of the Yr:

1. Dacia Manifesto
2. Citroen Oli
3. Mercedes Imaginative and prescient One-Eleven
4. Audi Activesphere
5. Lancia Pu+Ra HPE
6. Porsche Mission X
7. Peugeot Inception
8. Dodge Charger Daytona SRT
9. BMW iVision Dee
10. Lincoln Mannequin L100