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CONCEPT CARS

CONCEPT CARS. What are they?. Concept Cars. GM Firebird I: First gas turbine powered car tested in the US. Essentially a jet on wheels, highly impractical for the road. A concept or show vehicle is a car prototype.

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CONCEPT CARS

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  1. CONCEPT CARS What are they?

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

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

  4. 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

  5. Concept Cars • Some concept cars survive. • 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. • It was found and used as the Batmobile in the 1966 TV Batman series. 1955 Ford Lincoln Futura The Futura after being converted into the Batmobile

  6. Concept Cars Would you buy one of these cars?

  7. First Concept Car1938 Buick ‘Y Job’

  8. Cadillac

  9. Ford SYNus

  10. Nissan

  11. Ford Splash Prototype

  12. Concept Drawing

  13. Concept Drawing

  14. Concept Drawing

  15. BRB Evolution

  16. Ford Verve Concept

  17. Ford Verve

  18. 2012 Mazda RX9 Concept • Hydrogen Hybrid Powered Mazda

  19. Concept Car: 400 Ford Explorer • 2012 Concept

  20. 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.

  21. 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

  22. 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 2A and 3 will need color.

  23. 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

  24. 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:

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

  26. 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):

  27. Concept Cars: Assignment • Concept Car Example with Color

  28. Nike Concept Car

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