Icona fuselage Car Design

Design studio named Icona Shanghai was founded in early 2010 by European designers, which drew a large market in China and Asia. The company is based in Shanghai, but the it grow from Turin: it built a career virtually all of its key personnel, and engineering support to ensure the Italians Tecnocad Progetti and Cecomp.

On the showroom in Shanghai studio has shown a spectacular concept Fuselage which is designed in memorable silhouette, complex surfaces and attractive details. Designers Icona Shanghai, unlike many of his colleagues resists the temptation to “beautify” the front end of the concept set of air intake: only decorative panel with a wavy texture. Pay attention to the transparent polycarbonate alloy. In the motion Fuselage lead motors, located near to the wheels. The battery pack weighing 360 kg is located in the central tunnel. The sprint run is up to 100 km / h Icona Fuselage which is reached in 4.5 seconds, the top speed of this car is 200 km / h. For more detail visit, www.icona-stc.com

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The Design of McLaren MP4-12C GT3

The racing car variant called McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is designed together with a team of CRS Racing. The factory pilots will test MP4-12C in the races this year, and the following 20 cars be made available to private teams.  MP4-12C GT3 is elegance indeed because it was designed almost entirely in a virtual environment. The aerodynamics body was developed using methods of computational fluid dynamics, the control system is made ??available on a computer simulator. The new McLaren car will be the first-class carbon fiber monocoque with GT3. As the road car, the weight monocoque is only 75 kg.

The power of the engine MP4-12C GT3 is reduced to 100 hp compared with the road version: 600 hp to “modest” 500 hp. According to designers, it will make the car more balanced. On this McLaren MP4-12C GT3, 7-speed gearbox has been replaced by a 6-speed from the firm Ricardo, which is lighter by as much as 80 kg.

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Lada Granta Sedan Variant Detail

In Togliatti this sedan variant called Lada Granta was unveiled, this new low-cost car Lada Granta was designed in fresh appearance. The design of the exterior Granta is presented by graduate MAMI Ivan Lepeshkin. One of his tasks was to look more “expensive” and solid. The exterior is characterized by painted bumpers, alloy wheels, and moldings on the doors. The new interior design of this sedan version Lada Granta is an elegance work of Valentina Novikova. The interior is presented in improved ergonomics features by decreasing the number of parts (from 59 to 39) in the cabin.

The interior is completed with seats with thinner backs for improving legroom for the passenger. This new sedan version is powered by gasoline engine of 1.6 liters which is available in three choices: 80 hp, 90 hp and 98 hp. The 90 hp engine features reduced noise, vibration, and increased resource. Take a look at the images below. [source: cardesign.ru]

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