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March 7th, 2008, 01:26 AM
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 Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735
Rep Power: 25    |  Geneva 2008: IED Maserati Chicane     Students from the Instituto Europeo di Design, Turin, are showing their Maserati concept at Geneva. The Chicane is a small 2+2 rear-wheel-drive coupe with a front-mounted V8, more compact than the current GranTurismo. It was created by a team supervised by Pininfarina designer Luca Borgogno, Bertone design director David Wilkie and IED Automotive's Andrea Militello, and based on a design by Ukrainian student Dmytro Zyubyairov and Italian Oscar Palladino (watch out for these names in the future). The Chicane project is said to explore the possibilities for a future entry-level Maserati coupe, a model known to be under consideration. A second IED project, the Maserati Sfida, is less likely to preview a production car; this virtual model is a two-door '2+1' shooting brake with large load bay. It was created by Roberta Baggio Worm (Brazil), David Rodriguez (Portugal) and Irma Elena Naya Ramirez (Venezuela). Other contributors to both projects included student-designers from countries including Russia, India, USA, Spain, Canada, Indonesia, Turkey, France and Romania.
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March 7th, 2008, 10:42 PM
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Rep Power: 13 | I like it. It's still bit sketchy, but it looks promising. The name is bit too Mexican-ish though.. 
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March 7th, 2008, 10:45 PM
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| I'm not Moe  Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: 09:45 PM Location: University of Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 7,780
Car: 1996 Grand Am SE sedan, and dad's 2006 S60 2.5T Rep Power: 43   | Is it necessary to have the portholes in the doors?
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March 7th, 2008, 10:48 PM
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| Joined: Jun 2nd, 2006 Last Online: 08:41 PM Location: Finland Posts: 487
Rep Power: 13 | I think they're exhausts. 
__________________ Veyron Fact:Veyron consumes more fuel than any other production car, using 40.4 L/100 km (4.82 mpg) in city driving and 24.1 L/100 km (10 mpg) in combined cycle. At full-throttle, it uses more than 125 L/100 km (2.1 mpg)—at full throttle, the Veyron would empty its 100 L fuel tank in just 12.5 minutes. |
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March 7th, 2008, 11:15 PM
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 Joined: Sep 23rd, 2005 Last Online: 08:47 PM Location: Glasgow, Scotland. Bah. Age: 21 Posts: 2,372
Rep Power: 54 | If that's really a 2+2, I'll eat a hat.
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March 8th, 2008, 08:12 AM
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March 8th, 2008, 08:14 AM
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| Lexus? Oh shi-  Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 01:48 PM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,784
Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93  | Well the name is more than a little unfortunate, especially given the current political climate and whatnot. I like the styling, very aggressive. But the shape is too obviously based off the Alfa 8C. |
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March 8th, 2008, 10:17 AM
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| Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735
Rep Power: 25 | What's wrong with the name? I thought it was just the name for a corner on a racetrack? :S
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March 8th, 2008, 10:18 AM
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| Previously Known As Jamesd  Joined: May 3rd, 2006 Last Online: 02:45 PM Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,173
Car: '95 BMW 530i, '85 Nissan Bluebird S3 GXE Rep Power: 27 | While it looks funny on the 3/4, I do like what they've done with the headlights. Really incorporated it with the aggression of the front, and it flows well together.
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March 8th, 2008, 10:55 AM
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Rep Power: 5 | This looks promising!  Looks awesome! Would like to see it priced at the Nissan GT-R or BMW M3 or Audi RS4. |
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March 8th, 2008, 01:13 PM
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 Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 08:44 PM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 2,732
Car: 2 cars + 3 bikes Rep Power: 68 | IED is just the name of the design school, if it went into production it would never have that name.
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March 12th, 2008, 11:14 PM
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| Joined: Jul 14th, 2005 Last Online: July 28th, 2008 Location: Trieste, Italy Age: 22 Posts: 24
Rep Power: 0 | So add one to the list of generic coupes bred from your average design school OT: verra' il giorno in cui l'IED fara' un'auto guardabile E realizzabile, stanno a far sempre ste auto ne' carne ne' pesce combinando un'auto famosa al momento(8c) e attaccandoci sopra gli elementi stilistici caratteristici del marchio(prese d'aria quadrate sulle fiancate) sono peggio di giugaro e pininfa messi assieme... |
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March 12th, 2008, 11:26 PM
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Car: 2007 E87 BMW 130i LFS Status:  Rep Power: 32 | love the rims and the holes on the side. great car... absolutely stunning
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March 13th, 2008, 02:41 AM
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| Courteous urinator  Joined: Jan 6th, 2006 Last Online: 09:19 PM Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,754
Car: Whatever's in the press fleet. Rep Power: 29 | Did they take a page out of the 1976 Corvette calendar for design inspiration on those wheel arches?
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March 15th, 2008, 01:37 AM
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| is awesome!  Joined: Mar 1st, 2007 Last Online: 08:03 AM Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 1,433
Car: '03 Volvo S60 AWD Rep Power: 25 | Anyone else see some similarities to the Fisker Karma? Might just be me, but the designs (aside from 4 Sedan vs. Coupe) seem eerily similar.  
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March 15th, 2008, 01:44 AM
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| Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 01:48 PM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,784
Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93 | ^ I see a tiny resemblance in the stance, that's it. The Maserati looks better than the Fisker, though it'll never look like that if it went into production. |
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March 15th, 2008, 01:55 AM
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| Gulf Livery Rules  Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 09:15 PM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,892
Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74  | Well, there are differences. For one, the Maserati isn't butt ugly. 
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March 15th, 2008, 02:17 AM
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Rep Power: 17 | The Fisker looks amazing. |
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