How To Design Your Own Concept Cars
Posted by in Concept Cars on November 14, 2011
A concept car is a car that features an unusual design and it usually highlights certain aspects like style or new technology. The purpose of designing concept car is to generate consumer interest before the car is produced. The manufacturer will see what the general public’s opinion is before they decide to mass produce the car. If public shows favorable response, the manufacturer most likely will produce it. Generally, most concept cars are not mass produced since the cost can be very expensive. However, that should not discourage you from designing your own concept cars, especially if you have the talent. When it comes to the design, there is no limit to what you can and cannot do. Don’t think about whether the car will be produced or not. To design your own concept cars, you just have to follow these five easy steps:
1. Decide a concept or theme that you want to highlight. You may want to emphasize on the material, engine type, or the shape. If you work in a group, brainstorming is a good way to gather ideas. Through the discussion, choose the most innovative concept or combine the best two concepts.
2. Sketch the car manually, don’t go to the computer first. You have to make rough sketches of both the interior and exterior. When creating a sketch by hand, don’t expect perfection. Let the ideas flow and show it through the basic drawing. Read the rest of this entry »
Car Safety Design and Manufacturing Flaws
Posted by in Car Design on October 20, 2011
Even the safest cars can become hazardous if they suffer from design and manufacturing flaws. Modern automobiles have numerous advantages over their predecessors, such as specially designed crumple zones; driver, passenger and side curtain airbags that deploy within a fraction of a second should on-board sensors detect an accident; and seat-belt restraints that maintain a consistent area of pressure throughout the body of a passenger in order to disburse the affect of a collision over wider body surface area.
These marvels of safety innovation have saved countless lives, and would undoubtedly save countless more. But what happens when the very innovations designed to save lives take them, or fail to activate at the appropriate time? Drivers take for granted these safety features, but if defective products work their way into a car design it is the innocent that sometimes pay for these mistakes with their lives. Read the rest of this entry »