Comments on: Ultra-futuristic concept vehicles

By: reza

reza — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:28:42 +0000

Toyota look like a flying tiger.. very great..

By: Roe

Roe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:42:07 +0000

Maybe if enough people petition we can get Mizuno to make suits like Captain Falcon's . . .

By: The Friday Files: June 5, 2009 | www.James-Strocel.com

The Friday Files: June 5, 2009 | www.James-Strocel.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:33:49 +0000

[...] And now for something you’re not going to find at E3. Japanese automakers decided to have a throw-down to design the automobiles of 2050. Here’s what they came up with. Check the rest of them out at Pink Tentacle. [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:26:04 +0000

*claps!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:31:20 +0000

My 'sperg-gland is forcing me to point out that 1 to the power of 4 just equals 1!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:48:28 +0000

I think you dont have the slightest idea of the role of an industrial designer. I doubt those drawings were made by one, as they are purely conceptual, lacking basic functionality, ergonomics, technology and even aesthetics (mainly in the mazda example).

By: Futuristische Strassenkreuzer «

Futuristische Strassenkreuzer « — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:56:06 +0000

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By: Mark Baland

Mark Baland — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:57:11 +0000

Maybe by 2050 in Japan they will have semi-organic nano-tech robot cars that travel through time and turn into flying robot samurai, but in America, we'll be lucky to get more than 30 something miles per gallon on gas, which will cost $100 a gallon. That is, unless the people rise up against the government and the corporations and end the oil war (where the USA is going to try and take over Iran before China and Russia make a deal to buy their oil) and instead focus on solar, wind, and hydrodynamic power, and abandon the silly hydrogen fuel cel and go back to battery driven electric vehicles...

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:43:11 +0000

Wrong! These concepts were not dreamed up in the marketing department.

They are the work of design studios participating in the annual Design Challenge competition that is part of the LA Motor Show. The whole point of the competition is to encourage imaginations to run wild around a designated theme, not necessarily to come up with designs for working vehicles.

The theme was "Robocar 2057" and the participants were asked to explore how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies will be integrated into automobiles to make life safer, more convenient and more attractive to consumers 50 years from now.

Sure, there may be a lack of hard science, but that's not really the point of the competition. The point is more to stimulate the IMAGINATION.

Interestingly, none of the designs above actually won the competition. The winner was the Volkswagen Slipstream:

http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/12/10-volkswagen-slipstream-concept/

Note: To you and all the other haters, I'm designing a car powered by the sticks up your butts, a potentially cheap and abundant source of energy if we can find a way to pull them out.

By: Abate

Abate — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:01:57 +0000

You're all correct, but I'm not offended by these models. After all, the purpose of the exercises is to stretch ideas, not actually design feasible products. I think of it as R&D on an acid trip...all an artistic, pseudo-sci endeavor. And it stimulates engineers and scientists and everyday people like us to talk about how these things couldn't work...but maybe if they did THIS instead... Why can't everyone's left and right brain-halves just get along? I say keep the concepts coming, even if we just get a good chuckle out of much of it.