Skip to main content
Pro Plus

Creativity Reimagined: Auto Design in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

As AI accelerates design and product cycles tighten, automotive creativity is being redefined as a race against redundancy.

By Prerna Lidhoo & Ketan Thakkar calendar 17 Jul 2025 Views icon13456 Views Share - Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share to Whatsapp
Creativity Reimagined: Auto Design in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

"You're just one product away from becoming irrelevant." That stark warning from Pratap Bose, Mahindra & Mahindra’s Chief Design Officer, explains the existential anxiety automotive designers are facing today. In a world where design and production cycles span six to seven years, but market trends pivot in months, obsolescence isn’t just a risk, it's an evident inevitability.

Once thriving on predictability and longterm planning, the rules of automotive design now demand constant reinvention. “As designers, our fear today is being made irrelevant and redundant by some other brand. You’re one product away from a competitor to make your product ...

This is an Autocar Pro Plus article. Subscribe to continue reading.

STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH THE LATEST NEWS, ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTS INTO INDIA'S EXPANDING AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

SUBSCRIBE TO AUTOCAR PRO PLUS

1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION

$39.00

  • Unlimited Access to Pro Plus articles
  • Features and Insights
  • Opinions and Analysis
  • Pro Plus Newsletter
  • Multi-Device Accessibility

RELATED ARTICLES

Pro Plus

India's Great Tyre Build-Out

auther Autocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Oct 2026

India’s tyre makers are entering a Rs 18,000-crore investment cycle as factories run near capacity and demand shifts tow...

Local Powertrain Manufacturing, Product Mix Change Drive 8.9 Percent Net Profit Growth at CNH India

auther Shahkar Abidi calendar30 Sep 2026

In-house assembly at Pithampur yields a 20 percent engine procurement cost advantage as global supply chains face headwi...

JCB India Targets Farm Logistics, Bridging the Gap Between Tractors and Backhoes

auther Shahkar Abidi calendar29 Sep 2026

JCB India eyes a 20,000-unit addressable agri-handling market to formalize farm-gate logistics with factory-built altern...