car design inspiration

1. History and future of car design
- an inspirational approach -
Joost Kuckartz
Formosun Advanced Power Research
National Taiwan University
December 2007

2. Overview
• How to design?
• Designs in community / student projects
• Designs in company projects
• Comparison

3. How to design?
• What does the customer want?
– You’re designing a car for the world, not for
you personal
• What do you want to achieve?
– Set the goals of the project
• How are you going to do that?
– Set specifications: propulsion, performance,
vision

4. How to design?
• What does the customer want?
– Looks, safety, price, feeling, speed
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-buying.htm

5. How to design?
• Customer’s list
Price Model / Type
Safety Design
Efficiency Features
Looks Feeling
Performance Handling
Size Extra service
Capacity User reviews
Quality / Reliability

6. How to design?
• What do you want to achieve and how?
– Give people a vision about your car
– The car specifications
• Engine, weight, efficiency, acceleration, topspeed,
capacity

7. How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification

8. How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification

9. How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
Small MPV
MPV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification

10. How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
Small MPV
MPV
Small Off-Roader
Large Off-Roader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification

11. How to design?
• Body styles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_body_style
Minibus
Minivan
MPV
Notchback
Pick-up
Roadster
Sedan
SUV
Spyder
Station wagon
Van
4x4
Semi-convertible
Convertible
Coupé
Coupé convertible
Coupe Utility (ute)
Crossover SUV
Fastback
Hardtop
Leisure activity vehicle
Limousine
Liftback
Limousine

12. How to design?
• Why emphasize on body or interior?

13. How to design?
• Why emphasize on body or interior?
• Because people don’t see below
– But for safety and construction, this is important

14. Intermezzo
• How to use the rest of this presentation?
– Look
– Think
– Create ideas
– Write your opinions
– Be amazed
• And in the end
– Amaze others with your design

15. Community / student project design
• Vehicle Design Summit
http://www.vehicledesignsummit.org/

16. Community / student project design
• Solar challenge

17. Community / student project design
• Ecomarathon

18. Community / student project design
• OScar
http://www.theoscarproject.org/

19. Community / student project design
• Designs by only one person

20. Community / student project design
• Designs by student design classes

21. Community / student project design
• Designed and built

22. Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality

23. Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality

24. Designs in company projects
• Concepts of the past

25. Designs in company projects
• The future

26. Designs in company projects
• Showing the techniques

27. Designs in company projects
• Technical breakthroughs

28. Designs in company projects
• More recent breakthroughs

29. Designs in company projects
• The future is today

30. Designs in company projects
• Best sold

31. Designs in company projects
• Design variations

32. Designs in company projects
• What about the interior?

33. Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality

34. Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality

35. Designs in company projects
• Concept interior

36. Comparison
• Create the future
• Budget and time issue
• Knowledge limitation

37. Comparison

38. Comparison
• Looks similar?

39. Conclusion
• Look at the possibilities

40. Conclusion
• Think out of the box

41. Inspiration links
• http://www.carbodydesign.com/
Concept cars, production cars, research papers, explanations
• http://www.conceptcarz.com/
A very extensive list with photo’s of all produced cars and prototypes
• http://www.auta5p.eu/katalog/katalog.htm
(Czech) – HUGE category of cars
• http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/
The place where you can download this presentation