“Should you need to choose from a row of three taxis, you would opt for the Renault with the spicier look, surely? " Laurens van den Acker, Renault Group design director, commented.
Very soon after the creation of the car, design became almost as important as the mechanical aspects.
You will discover the successful trends in this evolution at Autoworld’s new “design-corner”. Ranging from a “Roi-des-Belges” coachwork via the voluptuous lines of the ‘30s through to the no-nonsense but highly efficient Golf I.

All this is illustrated by means of some 20 exceptional cars. In addition, attention is focussed on the Belgian designers who made a name for themselves over the past 20 years.
And perhaps an answer to the question as to whether everything was really better in days gone by …