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Car Design Review 4 is the world’s foremost yearbook covering awards, trends and inspiration for the international car design community. It includes the Concept Car Design of the Year and Production Car Design of the Year awards. Uniquely, these design awards are voted for by a hand-picked panel of 20 leading designers from around the world, so they are truly the experts’ opinion and carry huge credibility within the industry. It also features a special Lifetime Achievement Award, given every year to a figure who has made a great contribution to the sphere of vehicle design. This year’s is one who played a major part in giving France its world-leading reputation for charismatic and individual design – Robert Opron, designer of such iconic vehicles as the Citroën SM and CX, the Renault 9, 25 and Fuego, and the Alfa Romeo SZ. The book also features trends, analysis, interviews with current star designers and a complete set of stories and photography of all the best car designs of the year. It’s a collectable and very high-quality annual – a must for anybody in the car design field or who would like to become part of this exciting world.