CONCEPT CARS What are they Concept Cars GM

CONCEPT CARS What are they?

Concept Cars GM Firebird I: First gas turbine powered car tested in the US. Essentially a jet on • A concept or show • Concept cars gauge wheels, highly impractical for the road. vehicle is a car the reaction of the prototype. public to new designs to determine if the car • The cars are made to would be accepted. introduce new styling and new technology • Whether the car is to the public. produced or not may be determined upon • They travel around this customer reaction. the country in auto shows.

Concept Cars • Harley Earl, a General • Concept cars are not Motors designer is production cars. usually given credit for • Concept car designs inventing the concept are changed over car. again before final • Popularity of the design is finalized, if it concept car in the ever gets that far in 1950’s through GM’s the process. traveling Motorama Car Show--GM 1953 Corvette • Many concept cars shows. Car… yes…this never Concept car reach wentthe to production phase. production.

Concept Car Design • Concept cars are often radical in design. • They often use radical non-traditional materials from soy bean plastic, to paper, to carbon fiber. • They may have unique layouts such as more than or less than four doors. • Concept cars may be mock-ups, that is, made of wax, clay, fiberglass, metal, or a combination of these or other materials. • Many times they are not drivable while other times they use available drivetrains. • Most concept cars are destroyed after the auto shows though some do survive. FORD NUCLEON

Concept Cars • • • Some concept cars survive. 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura Some are forgotten in storage. Some go to museums. Some actually get another lease on life. The 1954 Ford Lincoln Futura was stored away for years. The Futura after being converted into the in • It was found and used as the Batmobile the 1966 TV Batman series.

Concept Cars Would you buy one of these cars?

First Concept Car 1938 Buick ‘Y Job’

Cadillac

Ford SYNus

Nissan

Ford Splash Prototype

Concept Drawing

Concept Drawing

Concept Drawing

BRB Evolution

Ford Verve Concept

Ford Verve

2012 Mazda RX 9 Concept • Hydrogen Hybrid Powered Mazda

Concept Car: 400 Ford Explorer • 2012 Concept

Concept Cars: Assignment • Design a vehicle…it’s that easy. • Decide whether your vehicle will be traditional or non-traditional exotic. • Also, don’t forget that vehicles are designed to accommodate people…which means…people must be able to fit comfortably and safely in the vehicle.

Concept Cars: Assignment • Minimum requirements: – Two-seater sports car…can be larger – Front, mid or rear engine…your choice – Transmission – Fuel tank placement – Spare tire placement – Aerodynamic…how you think air flows over it – People accommodated comfortably & safely – Aesthetics…how it looks

Concept Cars: Assignment • The project will include five drawings. • (wait patiently for screaming to die down) • The first thing to do is brainstorm and make thumbnail sketches. • The first four drawings will be done on graph paper. • The sketches will be done to scale. • You will have a choice of ¼” = 1’ or ½” = 1’ • Illustrations 2 A and 3 will need color.

Concept Cars: Assignment • Thumbnail Sketches – Brainstorm ideas about cars. – Draw thumbnail sketches of your brainstorm ideas on a blank sheet of paper. – When you’re done, show them to the Bear, which one will you take to the next level? – Receive your graph paper to begin. Example Thumbnail Sketches

Concept Cars: Assignment • Illustration 1 – Cutaway drawing – Show the placement of the interior parts such as the engine, transmission, fuel tank, seats, etc. – Engine…nothing fancy, it may be represented as a rectangular shape. • Examples:

Concept Cars: Assignment • Illustrations 2 A, 2 B, 2 C • Examples: • These will show the car from the: – 2 A side – 2 B front – 2 C back Show the lights, and windows, and doors, and…well, you get the idea…don’t you?

Concept Cars: Assignment • Illustration 3 – This will be a 3 -D drawing…calm down. – Not to scale…not too small…not too large…not on graph paper • Draw the car as you look at it from a front corner…color needed Examples (before color):

Concept Cars: Assignment • Concept Car Example with Color

Nike Concept Car

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