Citroen C-SportLounge

Preview at Frankfurt Motor Show, Citroen has a new Concept Car - Citroen C-SportLounge.


Citroen C-SportLounge

This is Gran Turismo of new interpretation, in line with the evolution and the pleasure of joining a travel guide to a dynamic high quality board.


Citroen C-SportLounge

In the first World Exhibition in Frankfurt in 2005, Citroen is presenting a new interpretation of the vehicle Gran Turismo, in line with the evolution of the pleasure of traveling by car.


Citroen C-SportLounge

For the original structure, the Citroen C-SportLounge, new concept car by the name that evokes the characteristics and the silhouette that stands out, combining external lines that express power and an aerodynamic cockpit "cockpit" prepared for the pleasure of driving the driver and for the welfare of three passengers.


Citroen C-SportLounge

The Citroen C-SportLounge then combines driving dynamics at a high level of quality of life on board.

The Citroen C-SportLounge evokes feelings of power, with the wide track and the shaped sides, revealing the search for an aerodynamic optimum value of the Brand, with flowing lines and stretched to the roof.


Citroen C-SportLounge

The specific character of the front springs from the air intakes and larger headlights elongated shape incisive. The large windscreen moved forward, and goes back without reaching the panoramic roof, exposing a large glazed area which focuses on the vision and the passage of light.


Citroen C-SportLounge

The luxurious cockpit of the Citroen C-SportLounge, designed for comfort for four adults, expresses the vocation of this Gran Turismo prototype. The interiors combine harmoniously noble materials, solids, processed, and a more mechanical application of the driving.

Citroen C-SportLounge

With the doors opening to rear reverse, the Citroen C-SportLounge reveals accessibility unexpected on this type of vehicle. The trunk of considerable volume, can be addressed with serenity even longer journeys.

Citroen C-SportLounge

The quest for the pleasure of driving is behind the installation of the driver included, as seats for passengers in a cabin "cockpit", which refers to the flight deck of an aircraft. This feeling is reinforced by the particular design and location of instrumentation dials with a needle.

Citroen C-SportLounge

The seat side guide also is in solidarity with the center console to keep on hand the controls of the exchange rate and air-conditioning, regardless of the longitudinal adjustment range for the seat.

Citroen C-SportLounge

It will also provide all the information required for the maximum concentration on the road, with steering wheel controls and the fixed central levers to change gear.

Lotus Designs Smart Fortwo Sized All-Electric Mini Car Concept

.fullpost{display:inline;} From the make-believe world of 'What if...' comes our next story on a concept proposal for an all-electric mini car from Lotus. However, what makes this project stand out from the usual independently styled concepts is the fact that it was actually designed by Lotus. See, Automotive Engineer magazine asked the British sports carmaker to come up with a concept vehicle to show how far city car design could go.

The result is an extremely compact-sized mini car equipped with a 37kW-strong electric motor. Like many other EVs, power is provided by a 10kW lithium-ion battery pack which is positioned under the floor and can be recharged in three-and-a-half hours through a standard household 13A plug. The vehicle would have a range of around 50 km or 30 miles while it would be able to reach a top speed close to 65mph or 105km/h.

At just 2,600 mm or 102.4-in. in length, 1,600 mm or 63-in. wide, 1,700 mm or 67-in. in height and with a wheelbase of 2,000 mm or 78.7-in. the Lotus designed mini is roughly the same size as the two-seater Smart Fortwo and quite smaller than the 3+1 seater Toyota iQ.

Nevertheless, Hethel's designers say that mini can seat up to four people, albeit the two rear passengers will most likely feel like a pack of sardines. Alternatively, the rear seats can be folded to provide a luggage space. Driver and passengers would enter the car through a pair of sliding side doors.

The mini car would use an aluminum spaceframe in the floor while according to Russell Carr, head of Lotus Design, the body would be pressed aluminum or composite materials, depending on the sales volume.

Lotus points out that the design for the mini car was completed in approximately two weeks instead of the typical concept phase that lasts between three and six months, meaning that the project is a more of a rough sketch than anything else. And just to prevent any sort of rumors, the magazine says that vehicle wasn't designed as a Lotus city car but as a concept that could be developed for a third-party automaker.

Via: Automotive Engineer