The Future of the Automobile
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The Future of the Automobile
Maybe... here is a little design competition from the LA Auto Show that I saw on Autoblog yesterday. Some of these are quite interesting, while some are a little out there. At any rate...
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Each has a detailed description. Maybach and Mercedes apparently will grow their cars using advanced bioengineering... The rest of the cars actually seem feasible to make in the near future.
Cadillac Aera
Honda Air Concept
Maybach DRS (Den-Riki-Sha)
Mazda MX-0
Mercedes-Benz Biome
Nissan iV
Smart 454 by Weight Watch Technologies
Toyota NORI concept
Volvo Air Motion Concept
What's interesting is half of these are powered by compressed air.
LA Auto Show Design Challenge entrants reveal 1,000-pound car concepts
The LA Auto Show is once again knocking at the door, and with it comes the annual Design Challenge competition. This year the competition has extended invitations to Japanese and German design studios, in addition to all of the manufacturer-supported studios in Southern California, making it a much more global contest.
The theme for this year's Design Challenge forces designers to envision vehicles that are at once both kind to the environment yet stylish and exciting to drive at the same time. The catch? Each vehicle concept must weigh no more than 1,000 pounds, seat four adults, be efficient and safe and provide a rewarding driving experience. Sustainable materials, highly exotic designs and a vision of the future are expected from the entrants, and they all certainly delivered.
Nine automakers in total have answered the competition's call. General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Smart, Toyota and Volvo have all stepped up to the plate, and the results are visually stunning. At the same time, each is though provoking because the designers have each given insight into what technology they believe will possible in the future.
The LA Auto Show is once again knocking at the door, and with it comes the annual Design Challenge competition. This year the competition has extended invitations to Japanese and German design studios, in addition to all of the manufacturer-supported studios in Southern California, making it a much more global contest.
The theme for this year's Design Challenge forces designers to envision vehicles that are at once both kind to the environment yet stylish and exciting to drive at the same time. The catch? Each vehicle concept must weigh no more than 1,000 pounds, seat four adults, be efficient and safe and provide a rewarding driving experience. Sustainable materials, highly exotic designs and a vision of the future are expected from the entrants, and they all certainly delivered.
Nine automakers in total have answered the competition's call. General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Smart, Toyota and Volvo have all stepped up to the plate, and the results are visually stunning. At the same time, each is though provoking because the designers have each given insight into what technology they believe will possible in the future.
Each has a detailed description. Maybach and Mercedes apparently will grow their cars using advanced bioengineering... The rest of the cars actually seem feasible to make in the near future.
Cadillac Aera
Honda Air Concept
Maybach DRS (Den-Riki-Sha)
Mazda MX-0
Mercedes-Benz Biome
Nissan iV
Smart 454 by Weight Watch Technologies
Toyota NORI concept
Volvo Air Motion Concept
What's interesting is half of these are powered by compressed air.
Last edited by HAZ-Matt; Oct 21, 2010 at 12:31 PM.
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I wonder if they really made these drawings for this contest, or just pulled up anything they had already drawn previously. Most of the drawings don't appear to possibly seat 4 adults as the contest guidelines state. Lets see 4 people of any size get inside that Maybach thing. I guess in the future we won't have any cargo to haul either.
Last edited by JeremyNYR; Oct 21, 2010 at 01:20 PM.
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