Snug is a concept design of a car that makes community. This brilliant design by David Raffai, an expert automotive designer, tried to recover the values of community from this car that are slowly vanishing away from the current corporate world. This thesis project has been done in association with the BMW group and the outcome is undoubtedly a simple and fun product specially designed for people who realize personal relationships and are different from others in their feelings and opinions. The most remarkable achievement of this project is the BMW commission highly appreciated the project.
David Raffai words :
In the future metropolis, which will be more and more chaotic, confusing, grey and polluted, we risk becoming automatons, slaves to money and personal success: not accepting the intrinsic naturalism of the human being; ready, instead, for selection and competition, forgetting about individual diversity and the respect of pure ideas, which separate us from cold, mechanic industrialization. Escape, via art, from the objective conception of things, choosing instead authentic, non-contaminated expression.
SNUG is a concept which aims to create a sense of community: a simple, fun object, designed for people who appreciate personal relationships, people who are different from the others, in their opinions and in their feelings. This multiplicity of emotions gives birth to an intention of self-expression able to make well-being and happiness blossom, trying to recover the values which are otherwise slowly vanishing in our world.
Some technical parameters:
- 4 seater interior which can be used as a living room
- changeable graphics on the side to be more unique
- fuel cell
The form concept was based on paper waves which are covering a central cell, where the interior can be found.
BMW Hydrogen Salt Flat Racer
For the 2008 LA Auto Show Design Challenge competition BMW designed a hydrogen powered salt flat racer based on the premise of Reuse (instead of recycle).
By using existing, ordinary, and mundane materials, such as old oil barrels and barbeque lids, as main components for the body and wheel discs of the vehicle, BMW have tried to make the concept as environmentally friendly as possible.
Friendly, whimsical and sustainable, the concept employs goldfish as "co-pilots" or "canaries-in-a-coal mine" to ensure that the vehicle is running clean emissions (if your fish get sick, you must be running "rich"). The wheels are gel-nylon for necessary flex, allowing tires to be airless and re-vulcanized or re-treaded.
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics
The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept offers the performance potential of a BMW M vehicle, but also a standard of fuel efficiency and emission management that exceeds the current levels achieved by the latest compact cars. This is due to the combination of BMW ActiveHybrid components with an extremely economical combustion engine, and outstanding aerodynamic qualities.
Drivetrain
The hybrid drivetrain of the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept features a 1.5 litre, three-cylinder turbodiesel engine which is located just forward of the rear axle. Fuel is injected by the latest generation of High Precision Direct Injection, and the turbocharger features variable intake geometry for maximum efficiency. Engine output is 163 hp with peak torque of 214 lb-ft. Power from the turbodiesel engine is delivered to the rear axle through a double-clutch transmission (DCT).
The engine is complimented by a pair of electric motors. At the rear one compact electric motor is located between the diesel engine and the transmission. This motor develops a consistent 33 horsepower but is able to reach a peak of up to 51 hp over short bursts. Maximum torque for the rear electric motor is 214 lb-ft, the power, either supporting the diesel engine or in all-electric motoring. When coasting or applying the brakes, the electric motor acts as a generator and feeds electric power to the lithium-polymer battery in the car.
The second electric motor drives the front wheels. This motor is a hybrid synchronous motor which offers a continuous output of 80 horsepower and peak torque of 162 lb-ft. Extra power of 112 horsepower is available for a period of up to 30 seconds, and, for a 10-second "burst," the electric motor is able to develop 139 horsepower. The power is channeled through a 2-stage, single-speed reduction gearbox.
BMW Vision EfficientDynamics is able to run completely under electric power, with the power of the turbodiesel engine alone, or through an infinite combination of the three power sources. Depending on driving conditions, the two electric motors may be used both for accelerating and for regenerating energy when applying the brakes and while coasting. For a short time, such as in passing maneuvers, the cumulative maximum output of all three engines increases to 356 hp, with maximum torque generated by the three engines reaching 590 lb-ft.
With this potent hybrid drivetrain the concept can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.8 seconds, and go on to an electronically-limited 155 mph top speed.
Exterior Design
To further improve the performance and efficiency of the Vision EfficiencyDynamics concept, BMW's designers and engineers spent a great deal of time optimizing the bodywork for minimal drag. The use of lightweight materials such as aluminium for the chassis and carbon fibre for the bodywork serve to improve the power-to-weight ratio and reduce fuel consumption.
BMW CS concept
The BMW CS concept made its first public show at the Shanghai Auto Show in 2007, which is sport sedan/4-door coupe. It is base on BMW 7 Series bigger than a 7 Series, and is the next style benchmark for BMW. According to the BMW Official, it will be on sale in the first half of 2010.
For the design buffs out there, one major design change, and that’s slicing about 3 inches off the concept’s massive 78-inch width, this looks like a marriage of the recent angle-crazy designs seen throughout the BMW lineup and the dash of elegance that has been noticeably absent as of late. Wheelbase should be 123.2 inches, same as the concept’s, a dimension that just happens to fall neatly between the 121-inch span of the new 750i and the 126.5-inch long-body 750Li. Overall length should be close to that of the standard 7 at around 200 inches, but the 2011 BMW CS Gran Turismo should mimic the concept’s mere 53.2-inch overall height despite likely 19- or 20-inch standard wheels. Even with its considerable size, however, the GT will almost surely share the concept’s cozy-feel interior, with seating likely limited to four and tight rear headroom for taller occupants.
The BMW Concept CS is an invitation to active motoring, with the driver-oriented cockpit immediately showing the motorist that he or she is in control of everything happening at the wheel. In presenting this new Concept Car, BMW has entered not only a brand-new segment of the market never occupied before, but also sets the milestone with a brand-new type of car: the four-door luxury Gran Turismo enters a new dimension of motoring.
BMW GINA concept
BMW recently revealed the GINA light visionary model concept car, an innovative new exploration in car design. instead of the traditional steel and plastic body shell, the GINA concept uses a textile fabric starches over a wire frame. this unique idea allows the car’s skin to change shape, stretching to match the position and curve of the wire frame. this idea is demonstrated in the ‘blinking’; headlights and the flexibility of the car doors as they open. the project began by questioning the purpose of a car’s body and exploring new possibilities. chris bangle,
director of design for BMW, discuses the project in the video below. the car is currently on show at the BMW museum in munich, germany.
BMW S.X Concept i
the BMW S.X Concept is a proposal for a premium sports coupe developed by Iulian Bumbu, a graduate of the Transportation Design Course at the Scuola Politecnica di Design (SPD) in Milan. Bumbu's previous designs include the Lamborghini Insecta concept.
The BMW S.X Concept represents a personal vision of what a next generation luxury sports coupe from BMW could look like. The S.X would be well positioned to take over where the current 6 Series BMW leaves off, and the styling of the S.X should gather more positive responses than the 6 Series does. The dimensions of the S.X Concept dictate that the vehicle would be wider and lower than the current car, with a longer wheelbase but slightly shorter overall length.
The exterior design of the BMW S.X Concept continues the flame-surfacing styling language of all current BMW's, a trend pioneered by BMW's former chief designer Chris Bangle. However whereas some BMW design elements could be described as awkward, the S.X does a good job at maintaining a sense of continuity throughout the bodywork. Some of the more unique styling features are the additional high mount brake lights which are incorporated into the edges of the rear window, and the lateral vents located just behind the front wheels provide a point of origin for the styling lines which break up the otherwise smooth shape of the doors.
Although the designer gave little information regarding the drivetrain as this is merely a styling exercise, the proportions suggests a mid-front engine layout, and like all BMW sports cars RWD.
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