The Next McLaren Super Car ?
07-11-06, 09:27 AM
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The Next McLaren Super Car ?
McLaren was already brainstorming its next vehicle that will replace the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR. The SLR is surely awe-inspiring, but it hasn't made a name for itself in the current crowd of supercars like the McLaren F1 that will go down in history as one of the finest road cars ever built.
As it turns out, McLaren has enlisted the help of students attending the European Institute of Design in Turin, Italy by way of a thesis project called "One Sport from 320 km/h" (rough translation) that charged 39 students with designing a super sports car for street use. From what the translation indicates, McLaren went so far as to bring the students to McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England to get to know the brand better and learn more about its accomplishments in F1 racing that could be incorporated into the vehicle's design. Fourteen groups of students produced three concepts each, of which one per group was selected to be developed further. Those resulting fourteen concepts were then further refined and built into 1:4 scale models that were judged by the people at McLaren.
The design featured above called "M eleven B" by Alexander Belosio, Vito Possidente and Massimo Terranova was chosen as the best overall design of the 14 produced.
If we've misread the translation, please tell us in the comments and we'll update the post with the correct information. Our Italian translator is still celebrating his country's World Cup victory and likely won't be back, at least not for another four years.
source : autoblog
As it turns out, McLaren has enlisted the help of students attending the European Institute of Design in Turin, Italy by way of a thesis project called "One Sport from 320 km/h" (rough translation) that charged 39 students with designing a super sports car for street use. From what the translation indicates, McLaren went so far as to bring the students to McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England to get to know the brand better and learn more about its accomplishments in F1 racing that could be incorporated into the vehicle's design. Fourteen groups of students produced three concepts each, of which one per group was selected to be developed further. Those resulting fourteen concepts were then further refined and built into 1:4 scale models that were judged by the people at McLaren.
The design featured above called "M eleven B" by Alexander Belosio, Vito Possidente and Massimo Terranova was chosen as the best overall design of the 14 produced.
If we've misread the translation, please tell us in the comments and we'll update the post with the correct information. Our Italian translator is still celebrating his country's World Cup victory and likely won't be back, at least not for another four years.
source : autoblog
Perhaps innovative ideas for one were demanded new McLaren sport to street use (mark them for one new F1), equipped of the derived technology of the experience in Formula 1. You leave yourself from the delivery of the brief in the month of February, the 39 students, coordinates to you from Fulvio Fantolino, have completed endured a travel near the McLaren Centre Technology to Woking (England), where they have been able to know give the productive modalities close, but also the history and the “philosophy” of the British brand.
Therefore they have been realizes various plans to you from several the work groups; to the end the “McLaren men” (Jonathan Carrier, Product Planning Manager and Barry Lett, Head of Vehicle Design) have chosen the 14 thought veture better. After the crezione of the models in 1:4 scale, the presentation of the thesis has been carried out slid the 27 june, near the center of the Institute, to the presence of concerns McLaren to us; some of the plans have been reward you, like more answering to the demands for the brief: first prize to “M eleven B” (photo begins them) of Alexander Belosio, Vito Possidente and Massimo Terranova; according to to “Manta” of David Amantea, Igor Fedorov, Gold Yemini, third party to “MP 11” (second image) of Giuseppe Mariniello, Carl Olivieri, David Valpreda.
Sepciali prizes also to “Vortex” of Giuliano Dosio, Darena Iliev, Enrico Mellino for best requirement than aerodynamic; to “Can-Am” of Cosimo Amadei, Jean Paul Fondeur Gill, Stefano Laruffa (last photo) like better rappresentazione of the values of the McLaren brand; to “M1 - 06 BlackTiger” of Silvia Maletti, Christian Taddei, Fabrizio Vacca for the best progettuale coherence regarding the input given from McLaren. If you want to observe the models give near, they will be exposed from today until the september end (hours 10-17) near the center of the European Institute of Design (Via S. Quintino 39, Turin) in occasion of “You open IED”.
source : autoblog.it
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