The VDI Awards recognise excellence across the vehicle sector, from the best-handling new cars, to dynamics innovations, development tools & technologies and test facilities. Our international judging panel decided the winners for 2025
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Loris Bicocchi, Bugatti’s high-speed driving expert on the Veyron programme, shares his memories of creating not just the world’s first hypercar, but a piece of automotive history
A team of dynamics experts has collaborated to research the effects of shock absorber friction
on vehicle vertical dynamics, which is an important factor as the world moves towards more automated driving
VDI contributor Kyle Fortune joined Mario Fasanetto from Lamborghini’s R&D team to find out how they added off-road ability to a super sports car. The Huracán Sterrato is an impressive feat of engineering, and of creating driver enjoyment…
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is being hailed as the next industrial revolution – and it is already having a big effect in automotive engineering. We asked experts how AI is being applied to influence and enhance vehicle dynamics development programmes, and what the future might hold
VDI’s celebration of the life and achievements of legendary vehicle dynamicist, John Miles continues. Go back to 2004 when he helped readers decide which damper they should be choosing for their automotive design
McLaren’s expertise in lightweight engineering has been based on carbon-fibre chassis technology for more than 40 years. Take a look back over four decades of innovation in composites engineering, from the revolutionary MP4/1 Formula 1 car to the new W1 supercar
It is over 60 years since the rear-engined, rear-drive Hillman Imp was launched. The Imp was an unusual design, created by Tim Fry, an engineer as talented as he was stubborn
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is being hailed as the next industrial revolution – and it is already having a big effect in automotive engineering. Experts explain how AI is being applied to influence and enhance vehicle dynamics development programmes, and what the future might hold
The VDI Awards recognise excellence across the dynamics sector, from development tools and test facilities, to specialist technologies, to complete vehicles and the teams that create them. Take a look at 2024’s finalists and winners, as chosen by the international judging panel