Με αφορμή την έκθεση Tokyo Motor Show 2005 και την παρουσίαση της νέας Ferrari GG50 Concept δια χειρός Giorgetto Giugiaro, ποια είναι η γνώμη σας για το εν λόγω Concept Car ?

For the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Giorgetto Giugiaro is displaying a custom Ferrari fastback to epitomize his debut into the world of car design in September 1955. Ferrari, of course, are supporting the car since Giugiaro is responsible many important cars including the one-of Bertone 250 GT.

Giugiaro started to work on the project in February 2005, sketching entirely by hand – a practice he has followed for the last 50 years. He started with the basic lines of the 612 Ferrari supercar, then began to shrink the design, eventually making it nine centimeters shorter. As a result, the GG50 is more compact than the series-production car and this is exemplified by the subtly rounded nose and tail angles.

Created along the lines of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, and retaining the same basic mechanics, the Ferrari GG50 is shorter and has a fastback tail which conceals an underlying hatchback lid. To make use of the third door, the rear seatbacks can be folded down thanks to the relocation of a new fuel tank.

With the rear seatbacks folded down, the redesigned fuel tank layout translates into a flat trunk platform one meter and 40 centimeters deep. Compared to the 240-liter loading capacity of the Scaglietti, the loading capacity offered by the GG50 stretches to 270 liters, which, with the rear seatbacks folded down, increases to 500 liters. In a strategic intent to take full advantage of the bolt-on loading space driven through by the new fuel tank layout, Giugiaro decided to use a proper hatchback lid, hinged to the roofβ€s edge.

From a structural standpoint, Italdesign engineers had to redesign the rear cross-member which, in the Scaglietti, joins the suspension domes atop the fuel tank. Likewise, also added to the roofβ€s edge was a cross-member, joined to two reinforced risers, to stand the hatchback trunk lid's weight.

While the interior of the car remains virtually stock, Giugiaro should be congratulated for creating such a beautiful design that keeps perfectly within Ferrari tradition.

**Ποιο πρωτότυπο μοντέλο μας ενθουσίασε όταν παρουσιάστηκε και ενώ είχε την αποδοχή του κοινού, (και την δική μας ) δεν βγήκε ποτέ στην παραγωγή? **

Με αφορμή την έκθεση Tokyo Motor Show 2005 και την παρουσίαση της νέας Ferrari GG50 Concept δια χειρός Giorgetto Giugiaro, ποια είναι η γνώμη σας για το εν λόγω Concept Car ?

For the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Giorgetto Giugiaro is displaying a custom Ferrari fastback to epitomize his debut into the world of car design in September 1955. Ferrari, of course, are supporting the car since Giugiaro is responsible many important cars including the one-of Bertone 250 GT.

Giugiaro started to work on the project in February 2005, sketching entirely by hand – a practice he has followed for the last 50 years. He started with the basic lines of the 612 Ferrari supercar, then began to shrink the design, eventually making it nine centimeters shorter. As a result, the GG50 is more compact than the series-production car and this is exemplified by the subtly rounded nose and tail angles.

Created along the lines of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, and retaining the same basic mechanics, the Ferrari GG50 is shorter and has a fastback tail which conceals an underlying hatchback lid. To make use of the third door, the rear seatbacks can be folded down thanks to the relocation of a new fuel tank.

With the rear seatbacks folded down, the redesigned fuel tank layout translates into a flat trunk platform one meter and 40 centimeters deep. Compared to the 240-liter loading capacity of the Scaglietti, the loading capacity offered by the GG50 stretches to 270 liters, which, with the rear seatbacks folded down, increases to 500 liters. In a strategic intent to take full advantage of the bolt-on loading space driven through by the new fuel tank layout, Giugiaro decided to use a proper hatchback lid, hinged to the roofβ€s edge.

From a structural standpoint, Italdesign engineers had to redesign the rear cross-member which, in the Scaglietti, joins the suspension domes atop the fuel tank. Likewise, also added to the roofβ€s edge was a cross-member, joined to two reinforced risers, to stand the hatchback trunk lid's weight.

While the interior of the car remains virtually stock, Giugiaro should be congratulated for creating such a beautiful design that keeps perfectly within Ferrari tradition.

**Ποιο πρωτότυπο μοντέλο μας ενθουσίασε όταν παρουσιάστηκε και ενώ είχε την αποδοχή του κοινού, (και την δική μας ) δεν βγήκε ποτέ στην παραγωγή? **

Με αφορμή την έκθεση Tokyo Motor Show 2005 και την παρουσίαση της νέας Ferrari GG50 Concept δια χειρός Giorgetto Giugiaro, ποια είναι η γνώμη σας για το εν λόγω Concept Car ?

For the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Giorgetto Giugiaro is displaying a custom Ferrari fastback to epitomize his debut into the world of car design in September 1955. Ferrari, of course, are supporting the car since Giugiaro is responsible many important cars including the one-of Bertone 250 GT.

Giugiaro started to work on the project in February 2005, sketching entirely by hand – a practice he has followed for the last 50 years. He started with the basic lines of the 612 Ferrari supercar, then began to shrink the design, eventually making it nine centimeters shorter. As a result, the GG50 is more compact than the series-production car and this is exemplified by the subtly rounded nose and tail angles.

Created along the lines of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, and retaining the same basic mechanics, the Ferrari GG50 is shorter and has a fastback tail which conceals an underlying hatchback lid. To make use of the third door, the rear seatbacks can be folded down thanks to the relocation of a new fuel tank.

With the rear seatbacks folded down, the redesigned fuel tank layout translates into a flat trunk platform one meter and 40 centimeters deep. Compared to the 240-liter loading capacity of the Scaglietti, the loading capacity offered by the GG50 stretches to 270 liters, which, with the rear seatbacks folded down, increases to 500 liters. In a strategic intent to take full advantage of the bolt-on loading space driven through by the new fuel tank layout, Giugiaro decided to use a proper hatchback lid, hinged to the roofβ€s edge.

From a structural standpoint, Italdesign engineers had to redesign the rear cross-member which, in the Scaglietti, joins the suspension domes atop the fuel tank. Likewise, also added to the roofβ€s edge was a cross-member, joined to two reinforced risers, to stand the hatchback trunk lid's weight.

While the interior of the car remains virtually stock, Giugiaro should be congratulated for creating such a beautiful design that keeps perfectly within Ferrari tradition.

**Ποιο πρωτότυπο μοντέλο μας ενθουσίασε όταν παρουσιάστηκε και ενώ είχε την αποδοχή του κοινού, (και την δική μας ) δεν βγήκε ποτέ στην παραγωγή? **

2004 Land Rover Range Stormer Concept

The Range Stormer is a high performance, sports tourer SUV concept car, which showcases a future design direction for Land Rover. It also previews a new production model that will enter a fresh market segment for the company and will be an additional model line in the Land Rover portfolio.

Future technologies previewed with the concept include an all-new platform that will be the basis for future full-size Land Rover models. This advanced, integrated platform, unique to Land Rover, will provide the underpinnings for the production vehicle inspired by the Range Stormer.

Another major innovation showcased is Terrain Response. This smart and simple-to-use new Land Rover technology delivers the best possible on- and off-road composure and control by optimising the entire vehicle set-up, including suspension, powertrain, throttle response and traction control.

The driver simply selects the appropriate Terrain Response setting from the six available and the vehicle does the rest, using technology that offers a choice of settings from 'dynamic' for high speed work to 'deep ruts' for extreme off-roading.

2003 Lancia Fulvia Coupe Concept

A new Fulvia Coupe

And now, forty years on from the debut of the first Fulvia saloon and thirty-one years after Munari's victory, Lancia has decided to build a prototype to celebrate one of the models that made the brandname famous throughout the world.

Apart from anything else, the Lancia Style Centre designers have always had one perennial dream: to recreate the Fulvia Coupe as though it had been left free to evolve without interruption. The approach to the project was very clear from the outset: no nostalgic self-indulgence but a post-modern reworking of the original concept and styling cues.

Priority was to be given to a fresh, dynamic shape without losing sight of the intrinsic spirit that made the Fulvia, designed by Castagnero in 1965, an ultra-sophisticated mix of eccentricity, elegance, clean aesthetic lines and sportiness. An absolutely up-to-date coupe, in other words. A car that offered an opportunity to explore aesthetic and engineering solutions that could be used on future Lancia products but also carried great evocative weight for people who lusted after and dreamed of the car in its heyday.

The dimensions and three-box shape of the Fulvia Coupe show car are practically identical to those of its predecessor but the track has been broadened to give the car greater stability and strength. The general layout is reminiscent of Riva motorboats of the period, i.e. a truncated tail, an extremely dynamic shape and a furrowing prow. The most distinctive stylist motif, i.e. a continuous horseshoe-shaped band that enfolded the entire body only to emerge at the tail, was reworked to give the car a more dynamic appearance and a tapering shape. The point of greatest tension lies over the front wheel where all the visual weight of the car is also concentrated to underscore the front drive and engine. The end result is that the entire car appears to be pulled along from this point. The drop-shape of the car from above with maximum width at the front and a tendency to taper off toward the truncated tail also contributes to this effect. The shape is complemented by a long bonnet, a small glazed area and a specific weight distribution pattern.

The 1965 Fulvia Coupe featured a characteristic lightness of volume that was even more evident at the rear. The new show car, however, is more muscular in appearance but lightened by fact that the lower part of the vehicle recedes toward the tail. The aggressive-looking front features a broad, rounded bonnet, headlights made out of high-tech modules and a wing-shaped 'brow' that extends the bonnet profile visually below the lights.

The burnished metal grille that bears the big Lancia shield looks sporty and three-dimensional. It has been deliberately deconstructed and simplified compared to its less aggressive sisters to emphasise the function of the air intake and create a relationship between solid metal and air at the front that reflects the pattern of the previous model.

Everything is completed by lines that flow from the bonnet to the bumpers and gather around the lower outlet where four floating quadrangular cylinders hark back to the four air intakes of the Seventies model. The clean sides hinge on a succession of concave and convex surfaces and a sturdy shoulder. The tail, the logical conclusion to the entire shape, marks a return to the cross section of the original model: it would hardly be complete without a deliberate reference to the aft surface that was such a distinctive feature of the previous model and underscored the fleeting tail while providing an unfussy frame for the tall headlights. These features, run though by two cylinders that encircle the body like exhaust pipes, depend for their effect on a transparent covering that reveals how the lamps overhang from the wing-shaped profile (a subtle hint of the expressive 'eyes' so typical of the previous car).

The three-coated Ivory body colour offers a harmonious contrast with the dark brown 'Testa di moro' leather that enfolds the passenger compartment. The interior has a decidedly Seventies feel with parts (manufactured using numerically controlled lathes) that are reminiscent of the iridescent controls on hi-fi systems of the period. The Tanganika Frise wood that covers the central facia insert and tunnel bridge is silky in appearance with a metallic sheen.

Interior

The interior features two bucket seats and an additional luggage compartment under the parcel rack. Its appearance is inspired by the original, though with a spare post-modern treatment. All the sophistication and sporty touches you would expect from a Lancia of this type are naturally in evidence. Examples include a set of bags produced specially for the show car by Trussardi using top-class original panels that represent an ideal combination between mood and practicality.

The facia, made out of two opposing, hand-upholstered shells that embrace the leather insert, appears to be surrounded by a shell that stretches smoothly to the rear of the door panel to underscore a drop-shaped floor plan of nautical inspiration. The tunnel is actually an extension of the dark brown leather trim on the floor that flows fluidly up to form arms that mirror the armrests on the doors. The saddle-shaped theme reflects the formal language of the entire interior. If you sliced through the volume of the tunnel and the side armrests you would see a longitudinal wooden bridge in the centre that houses a gearlever (enhanced by aluminium parts) with looped door pulls on the doors.

The overall look is rounded off by a three-dial analogue instrument cluster of nautical design that is pearlised in colour (similar to that of the new Ypsilon). A metal interface plate contains all the infotainment functions and the climate control system as on other Lancia range vehicles.

A steering wheel with three metal spokes contains a cylindrical airbag module and a leather-upholstered rim. The sporty, ergonomic seats are reminiscent of those on the Fulvia Coupe because the wraparound horseshoe embraces the backrest to offer broad lateral support.

Body / Chassis

Yet the Fulvia Coupe styling operation was never a mere exercise in design. All the car's exterior parts have been developed to keep down drag. The fruits of this effort are evident in the good top speed of 213 km/h, obtained from a power output that is somewhat restrained for this type of vehicle: 140 kW (103 bhp) at 6400 rpm.

Engine lightness is assured by the use of aluminium to create the body. As on all the most up to date sports cars - though some HF versions of the Seventies Fulvia Coupe also featured aluminium bonnet and doors - all exterior body panels are in aluminium. This feat of engineering has been pulled off by calling in the very best hand panel beaters. In this case, the model manufacturer, CECOMP, has done a masterly job.

This attention to lightness also allowed the weight to be kept below 1000 kg. The Fulvia Coupe weighs exactly 990 kg, an absolutely outstanding value for this vehicle type. It also guarantees an excellent weight/power ratio (7 kg/bhp) and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.6 seconds. All this naturally means reduced fuel consumption: over a combined cycle, for example, fuel consumption never exceeds 7.3 l/100 km.

The Lancia prototype is also equipped with a 4 cylinder 1.8 16v engine with variable valve timing and a McPherson front suspension layout with telescopic struts, coaxial coil springs and lower wishbones. Although the geometry is relatively simple, it ensures a dynamic first rate performance aided by Pirelli PZero Nero tyres. The technical picture is completed by rear suspension with longitudinal arms, antiroll bar, braking system with four disc brakes (the front ones are ventilated) and an ABS.

No other electronic gadgets have been added, such as antislip or stability control devices, because we did not wish to detract from the purity of the car's wonderful old-style sporty drive. The Fulvia Coupe is fully entitled to a place in the wish list of people who know how to appreciate a car of great personality and charm even if it is a pilot model. Even today, Lancia aficionados are known for the extraordinary passion and enthusiasm that they share with those who design, test and produce Lancia cars.

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2004 Peugeot 907 Concept

The 907 is powered by a 6.0 litre V12 engine, developing power near 500 bhp and features a sequentially controlled 6-speed manual gearbox. The interior calls to mind the world of touring cars with materials of genuine class: leather and alcantara for the passenger compartment, wood for the steering wheel and gear lever. With the 907, stylists have reverted to the traditional features of car design and, with the help of new technology, have created a fresh interpretation of a classic Peugeot

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Concept

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