The Clever Concept Vehicle

The car features a single front wheel and two rear wheels that sit either side of a 650cc motorcycle engine. To provide stability the body of the car tilts when cornering just like a motorbike, this provides extra safety and quite possible a lot of fun when driving.

The aim of the design is tackle big city congestion and smog by providing an extremely light and environmentally friendly single person vehicle.

The designers are hoping that the car that only uses 2.6 Litre per 100 kilometres will one day go into production within the next 5 years with an expected purchase price of around $12000.

Citroen C-Buggy Concept

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Peugeot Moovie

The Moovie is a small 2 seater car that may be common place around the year 2020. it has an unique feature where the steering is acheived by turning the large rear wheels in opporsite directions to each other, kind of like a wheel chair. the front wheels are only there to stabalise the front of the car while the rear wheels have no central hub and are so huge that entry and exit to the cockpit is via the central part of the wheels.

It is expected a car like this would have two motors that power each wheel from an electric or fuel cell power source.  3,800 projects were registered on the www.peugeot-concours-design.com but only the winning entry made it to concept production stage. The Moovie was built under the supervision of the Peugeot Style Centre, according to criteria normally used for the construction of vehicles intended for a Motor Show.  Three months’ work was required, from the digitization phase to the final model exhibited at the Frankfurt Motor Show. 

Suzuki Concept S2

Fun to drive and with a powerful presence, the Concept S2 carries over the Concept S’ dynamic styling and sporty character with its chunky and unique body shape.

At just 3,695mm long and 1,730mm wide, Suzuki’s newest star is fitted with a powerful, light and compact 1.6L DOHC aluminium engine (4 cylinder 16 valve) and a sequential six speed gearbox.

The convertible function of the vehicle includes a three-part rotating and retracting roof structure, composed of a 2 piece roof front, a roof rear and a rear window, each of which rotates by electric motor and retracts into the rear luggage compartment.

Like its predecessor, the Concept S2 features the distinctive ‘wrap around window’ design, hiding the front pillars from view and displaying the windows at the front and at the sides of the vehicle as one piece.

Inside, a next generation meter design includes a multi functional TFT LCD meter running a standard analog tachometer during normal operation, and animated information such as warnings and malfunction notices in the event of an emergency.

The Concept S2 is fitted with Suzuki’s exclusive ‘Advanced Navigation System’ in which an on screen character serves as a virtual navigator further enhancing the drive experience. The hi-tech system allows for vehicle to vehicle mutual communication, as well as a display of real time weather information for the areas the vehicle is heading- a necessity for the convertible of the future.

Even in wet and rainy conditions when the roof is in place, passengers can still enjoy a feeling of blue skies overhead, with the innovative ‘blue sky’ design motif applied to the roof lining.

Renault Be Bop

The Be Bop instantly seduces with its modern, rounded forms. From the side, these four-metre long cars stand out for their vast glazed surface. Reminiscent of a water droplet, their style suggests movement and aerodynamic sleekness. “The water droplet is a superb symbol of aerodynamic purity,” points out Michel Jardin, Director of Concept Car Design. Thanks to their softly rounded form, Be Bop provides a solution to the problem of MPVs, whose lack of aerodynamics has a negative impact on fuel consumption. The streamlined floorpan also helps boost aerodynamic efficiency. Be Bop is one single flowing line. The shape of the front and rear wings communicates a friendly but also powerful air. Their curve is extended at the front by a panoramic windscreen that disappears into the immense glazed roof before dropping down to form the V-shaped rear window, resulting in the signature Renault rear end.
 
Squarely positioned on its generous 21-inch PAX System wheels, One Be Bop is a sport utility vehicle intended as much for city life as off-road driving. With its 210mm ground clearance and four-wheel drive, few obstacles stand in its way. Its “blue-tinted steel” exterior includes specific elements that show this SUV means business: at the front, the radiator grille includes a more mat protection zone while the high performance lamps incorporate blue-tinted diodes for a high-tech aura. The rear lamps are shaped like flashes of light, while the double exhaust pipe fit neatly either side of the tailgate. Another of Be Bop’s original features is the tailgate’s functional and aesthetic opening system. First, an electrical motor lifts the rear window above the roof. The lower part opens downwards while a shelf automatically slides forward to house luggage and parcels.The second Be Bop is a sporting compact MPV whose bright yellow bodywork is characteristic of Renault Sport vehicles. All the front-end design features are specific, with flowing lines that prove sporty handling and soft forms can go together. The radiator grille adds to its sporty personality, as does its 225bhp 2-litre turbocharged engine.

The two rear-hinged doors open to reveal an original and elegant interior. The eye is drawn to a central arch to which the seats are anchored. This frees up floor space to create an unprecedented sensation of spaciousness. This arch also forms a link between front and rear occupants to reinforce the interior’s friendly spirit. Two side arches stretch the length of the doors for passengers to rest their arms. The polished aluminium gearlever rises over the central arch, which houses all the other main controls such as heating, air-conditioning, navigation and music. A chrome finish clock sits at the end of the arch in full view of both passenger and driver
 
Both Be Bops provide ample stowage space in the central tunnel, dashboard and doors. The rear seats of the Be Bop SUV can disappear under the front seats with the flick of a switch inside the door. And an articulated arm folds the back of the rear seat onto the cushion in a matter of seconds. Cushion and back then slide under the front seat to completely free up the rear space.

Be Bop takes the Touch Design concept introduced with the Talisman concept car then further explored with Megane II, Espace IV and Scenic II to its highest level of expression so far. Like the steering wheel with its hand print motif, all the controls suggest their function and invite contact. Be Bop and Be Bop are brimming with sophisticated but always discreet technology. Key information (speed, rev counter, etc.) is displayed on two superimposed LCD screens and in 3D for greater clarity. The rev counter is represented by coloured circles. Auxiliary information such as navigation, music, communication and Renault services is grouped together on a separate screen at dashboard height, and which can be folded down and can face the driver or passenger.

Rinspeed Presto

The Rinspeed Presto transforms itself in a few seconds from an under-3-meter long two-seater roadster – presto! – into a 3.7-meter long four-seater with plenty of room for the rear-seat passengers. The additional space can also be used as a pick-up bed for cargo when the rear-seat backrests are folded down.This almost magical transformation is made possible by a centrally located electric motor, which stretches the vehicle with the help of two mechanical screw-and-nut gears by exactly 746 millimeters to its full extended length of 3.74 meters. The longitudinal members run on low-friction precision rollers and disappear like a drawer in the rear of the floor pan. Despite its variable length the engineers succeeded in designing the adjustable Presto floor pan with the torsional rigidity necessary for a roadster. To ensure absolute operational safety the extension mechanism also features self-locking safety latches.

A four-cylinder, 1.7-litre common-rail turbo diesel engine in dual-fuel configuration, based on a Mercedes-Benz engine, provides future-oriented and highly environmentally friendly propulsion. The engine runs on a mixture of natural gas and Diesel fuel at a 40 to 60 ratio. Natural gas is a very clean-burning fuel, which consists almost entirely of methane with sulfur content near zero. However, since a Diesel engine has no spark plug to act as an ignition source, operation on natural gas alone is technically impossible.

In its role as a quick, highly maneuverable city speedster the Presto appears stocky yet sporty, thanks to extremely short front and rear overhangs. With a wheelbase of 1’750 millimeters and an overall length of 2.99 meters it can fit even in the smallest parking spaces.As a four-seater with a wheelbase of 2’496 millimeters the roadster appears much sleeker, poised to strike. The Remus side pipes are more than just a sporty styling element. They also allowed the engineers to avoid a variable and complicated exhaust routing. During the transformation process the body glides past the side pipes without interference. Since the Presto does not have any doors, the upper side pipes are designed to swing out and make entering and exiting the vehicle easier for the little ones.

The entire body of the Presto consists of Pre-Preg-Composite, a modern plastic material rarely used in vehicle design for cost reasons. It offers extraordinary stability at comparatively low weight.

Fiat Trepiuno Concept

Created by the Fiat Style Center, the Fiat Trepiuno represents a “return to the future”, being a modern reworking of the cars of the 1950s that symbolised the first explosion in automobile use in Italy.

In the same way the new VW Beetle and the Mini have a visual link to their ancestors the Trepiuno looks remarkably like the rear engine Fiat 500 Nuova (often called the Fiat Bambino) that was built between 1957 and 1975. But that’s where the similarity ends as this new concept car is all high tech.Fiat Trepiuno conveys the idea of compactness, with its side comprised of several overlapping layers and its shell-like roof that, on paper, is much smaller than the side. Its unusual proportions, together with certain visual features, give the prototype a “friendly” look, but at the same time, also a clear feeling of solidity and sturdiness: very bright when viewed from the side, with a very short, wraparound hood and an “omega”-style ribbing that boldly fills the front of the car.

All these hints of the past have something in common: all the elements recreated on the Fiat Trepiuno were analysed and considered necessary on a modern car, albeit with a careful review of functions and materials. For example, the rear lights operate with LCD screens, which “graphically” display the indications being given; the famous cloth roof found on certain super-compact cars of the past has been transformed into the Sky Dome, which together with the windscreen offers a linear, bright view of the roof.

Lastly, the rear of the Fiat Trepiuno recreates the concept of a tailgate with higher loading threshold, which incorporates the rear window and roof spoiler, a very practical solution for loading and unloading everyday objects.

The passenger cabin is spacious and airy, and comes with front seats in comfortable, elastic polyurethane, without reducing volume and space.  And it is this very idea of space that is behind the name given to the concept car: Trepiuno actually denotes the possibility of accommodating tall people in the rear seat, by sliding the front seat forward towards the dashboard, which “shrinks” to leave free space. The Fiat prototype practically links the luggage compartment to the dashboard, with a series of transformations that are possible depending on the car’s different uses – 2 seats, 3 seats, 3+1 emergency seat – representing a concept of total interior reconfigurability.

The dashboard is innovative in terms of both form and function: it has two drawer containers and a central console with touch-sensitive controls, producing a luminous signal that follows the user’s movements and receives inputs. On the console, the user can touch a liquid crystal display that brings up another touch-sensitive multi-function menu, placed between the front seats, which can be used intuitively, without taking your eyes of the road.

Trepiuno therefore has an original design that recalls forms and styles of the past, but with a modern feel: a mix of the past and future, the result of stylistic and constructive research that gets away from the mass-produced feel to become a unique object.