For years, Škoda pushed for more design freedom but was held back by conservative oversight from Volkswagen Group. Small budgets and weak early concepts slowed progress. That changed at the Geneva Motor Show, where Škoda revealed the Škoda Yeti—a compact crossover with a bold, memorable front end that clearly set it apart and signaled a new design direction. Škoda expanded the idea with an open-top Yeti concept, refining details while keeping the core styling intact. Develope

The 2005 Karmann SUC (Sport Utility Cabrio) concept was an innovative attempt to fuse two of the most popular automotive trends of the...

In 2001, Karmann unveiled the Transformer, a four-seater study, as part of the company's centennial celebrations. This concept aimed to...

Audi was never a real volume car manufacturer pre-1970s. In the early days, Audi released to the market very specialized cars, and this...

In 1991, with this ready-to-drive and a close-to-series-conditions prototype called "Idea," Karmann can impressively ascertain the...

Following the historical SL gull-wing door, which Mercedes built from 1954 to 1957, Karmann designed a gull-wing door based on the 300 SC...

At the 1997 Detroit Motor Show, Karmann presents a most innovative study of a cross-country vehicle, the ”Open-View.” This car is...

In 1997, we had the Karmann AFS. AFS stands, deliciously, for Aluminum Foam Sandwich, a novel new method of construction that Karmann was...

The Karmann Coupé prototype with a folding hardtop coupé was designed to showcase Karmann’s prowess. In 2009 Wilhelm Karmann GmbH filed...