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A Futuristic Ferrari. Speed is a Given but Automated
Designer Iman Maghsoudi believes driving cars in the future will be akin to operating a PC while traveling 200 km/h. Humans lacks the concentration and dexterity required to handle such a task but the inevitably of hyper-computerized vehicles is a truth we can’t avoid. Monza is built for speed but smart enough to drive itself.
At slower speeds, the “pilot” sits in a cockpit similar to straddling your office chair like a motorcycle and has full control. Once you exceed a specified speed limit, the computer takes over. The vehicle changes shape resembling an airfoil for maximum aerodynamics. The design creates lift to reduce friction and strong ground effects keep you from taking off. The 2 manta ray like fins adjust to channel air smoothly across the vehicle while also serving to make you look totally bad ass!
I’ll take 2 thanks.
Designer: Iman Maghsoudi
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43 Comments »
Sheriff says
wow awesome design, i love the concept!
zippyflounder says
lol 210 kph, heck my old maserat go’s faster than that and this old gray haired bastard can drive just fine at 210 kph… It wont go over 210 kph btw, the little tiny front wheels will just FLY APART…nice try kid let me know when you get your learners permit.
Keith says
^^What he said.
And yeah, because any kind of lift is good, until you go flying off the road. This is why we have friction. So it would be pointless to create lift and then cancel it out with ground effects. I hope you plan on driving on perfectly flat ground with those front tiny wheels. The front suspension must be very small to fit in that space as well. And the engine? I am guessing it is driven by a lawnmower engine, because it appears that you can’t fit anything larger in there. Man, I wish my lawnmower could go 200km/h.
zippyflounder says
kieth it could be a gas turbine, but wheeeeeeeee even with out all the other problems this “design” has lets not forget about BRAKES! Ya know them stoppers, weight transfers forward so them roller blade wheels are going to be leaving a smoking sticky streak down the side walk/road/mall….yeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaa.
unknown says
O yes, I suppose you know all about it, even more than the experimental engineering experts over than Ferrari..
I bet you’re thinking that thing won’t have a new braking system. I bet you’re thinking the airfoil won’t have some extreme muscle, no costs spared, to make sure it stays on. I suppose you don’t think they custom-designed the engine for it to fit a V12 or higher into that space.
I bet you wish you hadn’t failed physics.
unknown says
This is ferrari engineers we’re talking about here, right?
They can make lawnmowers go 200km/h (http://www.dixiechopper.com/model_xc.php)
I bet, underneath all the pseudoscience, that you just wish you ever got to touch a ferrari in your sad life.
Canastrophy says
Oooooh, Wipeout!
(The Game, not the song.)
michele says
lol
zippyflounder says
On a up note, its a lovely model (or rendering) well done there, but come on kid use your skills to at least adress some reality issues.
chris says
it’s red and has a ferrari logo… does that make it a ferrari?
aside from that, a monocock implies racing… so why change the drivers position? a everyday car would have at least 2 seats (for offering that nice young lady a ride, you know)
be kind and rewind.
Ahmed says
Soooooo Futuristic , I wonder will it by like this in the Faaaar Future
zippyflounder says
not unless they have absolute conrol of gravity…….
Mert Can says
Airfoil idea is a nice point, but, probability of “flying” would bring the old apple friend “gravity”.
And in this vehicles future, there’ll be still “roads” to drive that fast and leave the control to an autopilot confident enough people… if we can fly, why we still stay.
Artistically, is an eye candy.
But, in my knowledge of ferrari, can’t see much of a “future” ferrari.
Jerry J. Broz says
Absolutely useless, not to mention ugly design. The author doesn’t know anything about practicality and aerodynamics. The Ferrari logo is disgrace of the Ferrari cars.
Jerry J. Broz, Former F1 designer & conceptualist.
unknown says
And completely fake, name doesn’t come up on google.
Liar dumbarse.
dheeruyadav says
amazing stuff
powaz says
Another great argument for “Alias goggles”
austin says
While it looks pretty cool, achieving (sustained) speeds of 200kph requires a change in infrastructure, so this design requires the groundwork as well.
Also, most people can’t handle that task without computer assistance. But, I imagine that if we were trained to do it that percentage would shrink.
shakes says
@Jerry J. Broz
You should note that when you google “Iman Maghsoudi” you find several references to this design that won the Interior Motives Design Awards 2006 as well as some other design references. You should also note that when you google “Jerry J. Broz” all you find is your post here on Yanko badmouthing this design.
Think about it…
Iman says
Jerry
this is Iman, thanks for the comment. I am a design student in Tehran/Iran, and it would be pleasure for me to be in contact with a former F1 designer, Pls do not forget that Monza is just an Ideas about cars in 2030, it is not an actual car. I have had a research on Porf.Lippische’s airfoiles and they were my inspirations. I am very intrested in learning from you, will you pls guide me in this case, as a professional , I just want to know about the basic failures of such a vehicle, I am not one of those people who make a mistake twice!!
Regards
Iman
unknown says
It means he guy is a fake-o loser.
nigo's black friend says
too bad that in the future there will be soooooooooo many people driving that all the roads will be congested with traffic 24 hrs a day, that cars like this will make no sense.
unknown says
Nobody cares if it’s flawed or not dude, it still looks f***ing awesome.
Dumbarse killjoys, I bet your favorite hobby is trashing parties, you miserable scrooges….
unknown says
The wireless eyepiece and speed dials projected onto it (pic 4) is awesome
brabuss says
its very futuristic… i like very much w ferrari design… very complicated. its awsome…
if there a prototype or replica, i want it very much!!!
MJB says
Good design Iman, Go ahead.
But please pay more attention to other physics issues.
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