VW Concept R... more internal competition!
09-02-2003, 08:11 AM
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VW Concept R... more internal competition!
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09-02-2003, 08:36 AM
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09-02-2003, 08:41 AM
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Try this one then
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Sep 1, 2003 - Toyota understands very well that if you are presenting new or experimental technology you have to wrap it up spectacularly. Therefore, thankfully, we meet their latest hybrid drivetrain inside an attractive open four-seater and not in a Corolla or HiAce.
Here we have a 1.5 litre petrol-engine in the rear, driving the rear wheels mechanically. At the same time it produces electrical current, either for storage or for driving the front-wheel hub-mounted electric-motors. That means, supposedly, that this car can use the whole range, from pure rear-driven, via fourwheel-drive with variable front/rear split, to pure electric-powered, zero-emission front wheel drive.
All this in a compact, appearently, two seater barchetta. But lift the rear canopy and you have an open 2+2. Or use the front passenger seat as a Transformer and you have a tonneau cover when you park the car.
The CS&S was designed at the Toyota ED2 studio near Nice, France, and is reminiscent of some of the old Porsche Speedster language with lines from Ghia's open Focus (Turin 1992) and combines it with unexpected straight lines for a unique design language. You may well expect parts of this design, especially the front, to morph into the coming mini-Toyota being developed together with Peugeot/Citroen.
The designers also want to demonstrate their latest interior tricks. A system called Space Touch uses hologram projections which the driver is to "touch" to activate certain sub-systems like air condition or infotainment. We hope it works better than some of the other recent man-machine interfaces the motorcar industry has offered us lately. And in case you wondered: CS&S means Compact Sports and Speciality.
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css02.jpg">
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<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/toyota-css/images/toyota-css05.jpg">
Sep 1, 2003 - Toyota understands very well that if you are presenting new or experimental technology you have to wrap it up spectacularly. Therefore, thankfully, we meet their latest hybrid drivetrain inside an attractive open four-seater and not in a Corolla or HiAce.
Here we have a 1.5 litre petrol-engine in the rear, driving the rear wheels mechanically. At the same time it produces electrical current, either for storage or for driving the front-wheel hub-mounted electric-motors. That means, supposedly, that this car can use the whole range, from pure rear-driven, via fourwheel-drive with variable front/rear split, to pure electric-powered, zero-emission front wheel drive.
All this in a compact, appearently, two seater barchetta. But lift the rear canopy and you have an open 2+2. Or use the front passenger seat as a Transformer and you have a tonneau cover when you park the car.
The CS&S was designed at the Toyota ED2 studio near Nice, France, and is reminiscent of some of the old Porsche Speedster language with lines from Ghia's open Focus (Turin 1992) and combines it with unexpected straight lines for a unique design language. You may well expect parts of this design, especially the front, to morph into the coming mini-Toyota being developed together with Peugeot/Citroen.
The designers also want to demonstrate their latest interior tricks. A system called Space Touch uses hologram projections which the driver is to "touch" to activate certain sub-systems like air condition or infotainment. We hope it works better than some of the other recent man-machine interfaces the motorcar industry has offered us lately. And in case you wondered: CS&S means Compact Sports and Speciality.
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09-02-2003, 08:44 AM
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Or this one...(Damn, I luv French cars)
Debuting at Frankfurt this month
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Aug 30, 2003 - It has been expected by many that Peugeot would use Frankfurt for the presentation of the 406 successor. They will not, but you may still get a very interesting glimpse of which way Peugeot design is heading with the 407 Elixir concept.
It is built on the same platform as the coming production model, at 2725 mm the wheelbase is nearly identical to the 406, but 21 inch wheels are very different to the current ones, as is the very wide track (164/168 cm). Length (4734 mm) and width (1920 mm) are more than the 406 measures, but the height (1400 mm) is identical. For the concept car, the engineers have grabbed a 2,7 litre diesel-six with 200hp from the stores, surely a popular choice when the model becomes a reality too.
Designwise the Elixir is characterised by an extremely sloping windscreen, combined with a contrasting, nearly vertical tailgate for it's 3 door sports-coupé (spare us from the cross-over monicker, please) shape. The wedge-shape is accentuated by the triangular side windows and the narrow rear window which also ends with a triangular graphic drawn around the C-pillar corner.
The aggressive frontal aspect (is the lion going to eat you alive?) might be a controversal theme if it makes it into production, even if we know Peugeot is well advanced in meeting the coming "save-the-pedestrians" rulings that will come in to force soon in Europe. But it is still fairly certain that Peugeots will use the enormous air intake to a much greater degree in the future.
The interior looks ready for production, and very inviting it is too. Light and airy, down-to-earth with brushed metals where others would have put wood (or even blacker plastic). I'm sure the production version will not differ greatly from what we see on the Elixir, and that must make Paul Braq proud of his successors.
Peugeot will also show the Hoggar (Geneva, 2003) once more, on a desert island setting. And they will have made the winning design from this year's Peugeot Design Competition into a full size model. At least we can agree that Stefan Schultze's 4002 bears a bigger Peugeot family resemblance than the Moonster from Peugeot's first design competition.
Which gives me the opportunity to call another (former) design student,Taras Czornyj. Do you remember the elegant Tatra designed in 1999 for your degree when you still were a student at the University of Umeå? Remember what you called it? So bring your sketches to the Peugeot stand and remind them that the Elixir name has been used on a deluxe, sporty, elegant, environment-friendly concept before.
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/peugeot-407elixir/images/peugeot-407elixir01.jpg">
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/peugeot-407elixir/images/peugeot-407elixir02.jpg">
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/peugeot-407elixir/images/peugeot-407elixir11.jpg">
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/peugeot-407elixir/images/peugeot-407elixir16.jpg">
<img src="http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2003/frankfurt/preview/peugeot-407elixir/images/peugeot-407elixir17.jpg">
Aug 30, 2003 - It has been expected by many that Peugeot would use Frankfurt for the presentation of the 406 successor. They will not, but you may still get a very interesting glimpse of which way Peugeot design is heading with the 407 Elixir concept.
It is built on the same platform as the coming production model, at 2725 mm the wheelbase is nearly identical to the 406, but 21 inch wheels are very different to the current ones, as is the very wide track (164/168 cm). Length (4734 mm) and width (1920 mm) are more than the 406 measures, but the height (1400 mm) is identical. For the concept car, the engineers have grabbed a 2,7 litre diesel-six with 200hp from the stores, surely a popular choice when the model becomes a reality too.
Designwise the Elixir is characterised by an extremely sloping windscreen, combined with a contrasting, nearly vertical tailgate for it's 3 door sports-coupé (spare us from the cross-over monicker, please) shape. The wedge-shape is accentuated by the triangular side windows and the narrow rear window which also ends with a triangular graphic drawn around the C-pillar corner.
The aggressive frontal aspect (is the lion going to eat you alive?) might be a controversal theme if it makes it into production, even if we know Peugeot is well advanced in meeting the coming "save-the-pedestrians" rulings that will come in to force soon in Europe. But it is still fairly certain that Peugeots will use the enormous air intake to a much greater degree in the future.
The interior looks ready for production, and very inviting it is too. Light and airy, down-to-earth with brushed metals where others would have put wood (or even blacker plastic). I'm sure the production version will not differ greatly from what we see on the Elixir, and that must make Paul Braq proud of his successors.
Peugeot will also show the Hoggar (Geneva, 2003) once more, on a desert island setting. And they will have made the winning design from this year's Peugeot Design Competition into a full size model. At least we can agree that Stefan Schultze's 4002 bears a bigger Peugeot family resemblance than the Moonster from Peugeot's first design competition.
Which gives me the opportunity to call another (former) design student,Taras Czornyj. Do you remember the elegant Tatra designed in 1999 for your degree when you still were a student at the University of Umeå? Remember what you called it? So bring your sketches to the Peugeot stand and remind them that the Elixir name has been used on a deluxe, sporty, elegant, environment-friendly concept before.
09-02-2003, 08:50 AM
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Wait, you don't like sunlight glare hitting your eyes...
from 10 places at once? Don't you know, baby... chrome is back in style! </sarcasm> I figured that the chrome portion of the interior would be changed to something more useable before that car would ever be sold. Any road tester would have a headache in 10 minutes from the glare. 
The exterior is subtle, not flashy at all, which is what I really like. I guess they needed something in the interior to scream, "Hey, look at me! I need some attention over here!" After all, isn't one of the the points of a concept car to stir conversation?
The exterior is subtle, not flashy at all, which is what I really like. I guess they needed something in the interior to scream, "Hey, look at me! I need some attention over here!" After all, isn't one of the the points of a concept car to stir conversation?
09-02-2003, 08:55 AM
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Take a look at the interior of the Crossfire too, what a piece of crap
saw one in a dealership yesterday.
can't drive it.
Really cheaply made, looks like it was done by DiamondStarMotors, instead of Daimler underpinings.
Crap.
Whole center dash area is bright "brushed chrome" on plastic, very bright.
Interior plastics are very cheap look and feel, worse than the Z.
<img src="http://www.dodgeboy.net/news/crossfire/images/500305026_cf_jpg.jpg">
<img src="http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/daimlerchrysler/chrysler/chrysler-crossfire-04/interior-640.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.daimlerchrysler.ca/CA/03/EN/CHRYSLER/1,,CA-03-EN-CHRYSLER-CROSSFIRE-AMENITIES,.html">flash Link</a></li></ul>
can't drive it.
Really cheaply made, looks like it was done by DiamondStarMotors, instead of Daimler underpinings.
Crap.
Whole center dash area is bright "brushed chrome" on plastic, very bright.
Interior plastics are very cheap look and feel, worse than the Z.
<img src="http://www.dodgeboy.net/news/crossfire/images/500305026_cf_jpg.jpg">
<img src="http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/daimlerchrysler/chrysler/chrysler-crossfire-04/interior-640.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.daimlerchrysler.ca/CA/03/EN/CHRYSLER/1,,CA-03-EN-CHRYSLER-CROSSFIRE-AMENITIES,.html">flash Link</a></li></ul>