The rapid growth of car ownership makes consumers have increasingly higher requirements on the quality of au-tomobile interior and exterior design. As an important factor affecting interior and exterior design, automotive interior and exterior coating material and process have become a research hotspot in the field of coating. In order to grasp the development law and direction of automotive interior and exterior coating materials and processes more effectively and meet the application requirements of automotive interior and exterior design in the future, the work summarized the research progress of coating materials and processes for automotive interior and exterior design in recent years at home and abroad. In terms of coating materials, the types, properties, application characteristics and deficiencies of coating materials commonly used in automotive interior and exterior were sorted out. The interior coatings represented by polyurethane, acrylic, and fluorocarbon were analyzed, and exterior coatings including exterior primers, intermediate finishes and topcoats were studied. In terms of process, the technical requirements and application status of the main automobile interior and exterior coating processes were discussed, and the research trends and prospects of the new process were forecasted. With the increasingly strict environmental policy and environmental awareness of the continuous enhancement, the coating materials for automotive interior and exterior design were gradually developing from solvent-based to modified water-based materials, while the coating process was changing from high pollution and low efficiency to green and intelligence. Finally, from the perspective of helping to enhance the consumer experience, the main directions and specific strategies for future improvement of automotive interior and exterior materials and processes were proposed.