The car – which is powered by a mid-mounted V6 engine coupled with the new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® (Super Handling All Wheel Drive™) hybrid system – anticipates the design and technology direction for Honda’s next generation supercar, which is expected to go on sale within the next three years.
Honda has now released a new set of images, including photos of the Honda-badged version of the car as well as an illustration penned by John Frye, Senior CG Designer at Honda R&D.
An official video on the Lexus LF-LC Concept, winner of the “Best Concept Car” EyesOn Design Awards, with comments by the design team from the Calty studio.
The video reports comment by the team at Toyota’s design center in Calty, Calif., including President Kevin Hunter, Studio Manager Ian Cartabiano, Project Chief Designer William Chergosky and Senior Creative Designers Edward Lee and Ben Chang.
The Lexus LF-LC 2+2 Hybrid Sport Coupe debuted at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show, where it was named as the best concept car in the annual EyesOn Design Awards.
Below we report some additional information recently released by Lexus. Check the full gallery here o read more details on our original article.
From the official Press Release:
Designed by the company’s Calty design studio in Newport Beach, Calif., the LF-LC hybrid sport coupe was a pure design exercise.
Challenged by the Lexus Center in Japan to come up with a design for a future hybrid sport coupe concept, the Calty team quickly went to work.
They were seeking new ways to redefine the Lexus design style with emotive, avant-garde beauty and advanced technology, yet remain within reach for premium buyers.
A video on the design of the Cadillac Ciel Concept, shot at the GM Advanced Design Studio in California, presented by Ed Welburn and aired by NBC during the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage.
In the 8 minute long video GM VP of Global Design Ed Welburn introduces the exterior and interior design of the Cadillac Ciel Concept, the latest creation of the GM Advanced Studio, which is located in a secret place in California.
The clip includes comments by interior designer Gael Buzyn and exterior designer Niki Smart.
At the Shanghai Motor Show Berton has unveiled the Mantide Concept, an extreme concept car previewed as Project M and based on the Corvette ZR1. The futuristic and aerodynamic design was created by former Pininfarina designer Jason Castriota.
Unveiled as a styling model at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show, the Bertone Mantide – codenamed « Project M » – was created by a team led by Jason Castriota, who joined Stile Bertone on December 2008.
The development of the one-off was documented with a series of video episodes named « Inside Project M ».
The Mantide is based on the 2009 Corvette ZR1 and features a futuristic design inspired by the aerospace and Formula One worlds.
Among the main styling elements is the interplay of convex and concave shapes and the jet-style teardrop canopy with butterfly opening doors, similar to that of th Pininfarina P4/5, a previous creation of Jason Castriota.
The design languages also pays homage to some previous cars created by the Bertone studio, including the Countach and the recent BAT 11DK Concept.
The aerodynamic lines were refined through extensive testing in a full scale wind tunnel, which resulted in a drag coefficient reduced by 25% (Cd 0.298) and a 30% improvement in down force.
The use of carbon fiber for the body panels, interior trim/seats and wheels allowed to reduce the total weight by 100kg.
The main performances are a 0-100 km/h acceleration in 3.2 sconds and a top speed of 351 km/h.
Many details about the development of the concept car are available in the « Inside Project M » video series.
According to the first information the working prototype will be privately unveiled on April 23rd at the Balocco near Turin and will be on public display at the Concours d’Elegance at Villa d’Este.
I just win the GRABCAD/KOENIGSEGG design challenge !!!
Short description of my process …
My basic idea is to propose a new design while retaining the current size of the handle and its housing.
In keeping with the spirit of the brand I chose to turn towards a very aggressive design that reflects the sporting character and performance of Koenigsegg cars.
This results in very tight lines and shapes continuity.
This continuity also reinforces the dynamism of the handle and its housing and are perfectly integrated as if they were one. The curves of the general assembly are still in harmony with the design of the car.
Regarding materials, carbon and aluminum appear to be obvious.
Indeed, they go very well together and underline the very high end aspect of Koenigsegg cars .
Hey !!!
Here is my contest entry for the 3D Connexion Design Challenge 2.
Here’s a quick description of my concept.
The basic idea is to translate the sensation of fluidity in the use of 3D Connexion products by giving movement to my product.
I also try to keep the technical side of the product and enhance its ergonomics.
That’s why I started with the idea of a « Bio Design » and a shape inspired by the “manta ray”.
It is this idea of wave motion that I tried to represent with flexible and dynamic surfaces.
The asymmetrical side of the product is the result of an observation …I realized that a natural way of putting a hand on a table is inclined and not flat.
This approach also justifies my concept of organic design.
It’s sure It’s a bit exclusive to offer an asymmetrical product but Logitech do it well with its ergonomic mouse for right-handed.
Concerning the UI, I chose a touch screen that allows you to browse and access function very quickly.
The buttons are distributed around the joystick and following the outline of the product for good ergonomics and a better visual result.
I hope my explanations are clear and I have succeeded in communicating the idea of an organic, fluid and dynamic design !!!
