It looks like Italdesign-Giugiaro has loads more under its sleeves other than work for the new Proton Persona which is set to hit the streets in 20 months from now. They have just scored a huge contract from Chinese-backed US-based Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp. The car above was unveiled at the announcement of the deal – but it isn’t even a model designed for HK Motors. It’s a recycled concept shown at 2008 by Italdesign called the Giugiaro Quaranta Concept.
Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp has engaged Italdesign for the development of 8 new models based on a common flexible platform and powertrain, all to be engineered by Italdesign. The deal is worth 375 million Euros and will keep GIugiaro occupied over the next 4 years, and they will also provide on-site assistance for production, which means there will be income for the next 6 to 8 years!
Many probably think Italdesign is a design firm, but truth it they are capable of engineering work as well and have actually often been contracted by the mainstream automakers to assist with vehicle engineering. It’s just that launching a product with ‘design by Giugiaro’ is seen as a good thing but ‘engineered by Giugiaro’ usually makes people wonder why a car company can’t manage its own product engineering.
But among the models that Giugiaro has engineered are the new R56 MINI range including the Cooper, Clubman and Cabriolet. These are only the vary few models that the automakers have allowed Giugiaro to take credit for – the rest are buried with NDAs and confidentiality agreements.
“HK Motors is offering us the unique opportunity to design an entire range of products that should be state-of-the-art in terms of aerodynamic efficiency and weight because reducing emissions is the main target of the entire project,” says Italdesign vice chairman and design director Fabrizio Giugiaro. The company is said to be aiming for CO2 emissions of under 50g/km and its vehicles will use a common powertrain that uses a small turbocharged engine.
Their main sales market seems to be USA at the moment, and HK Motors has expressed that it plans to build a plant in South Alabama and make up to 1 million cars a year there.
[zenphotopress number=999 album=789]
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
cool,…
new persona also will be designed by italdesign right?
what is this?
a new 'back to the future' car?
patethic to see..
1st!!!!
cant wait for the italian design..for sure to buy it
First !~
Imagine if this car crashing, the broken glass will be all over you!
Wow the front windscreen goes all the way to the roof and straight becoming
Wow the front windscreen goes all the way to the roof and straight becoming the rear windscreen. if cracked you have change all of it.
imagine if this car to have a roadster version…it could be like a go-kart!
however it looks very aerodinamic…
can seat 3 person just like the mclaren f1…
Not nice
ape spicies 2..
whoaa!!! the great white shark.
Looks like its been inspired by a vertu handphone…
Exquisite..but not exciting…
it should be interesting to see how a malaysian made car designed by Guigiaro, such as the replacement of Proton Persona..
erm…
1st…am I?
Nice !
Wow! Nice…
CANTIK… tapi upper part tue kena shape sikit la rasanya…
spaceships!
Cool…
mau angkat sebijik la
SPORT CAR CONCEPT
so how about proton PERSONA 2012?
3 seater sports car? what a boring design..
looks like a bullet very kewl~
but for sure an eyesore for T/H/N fans – no soul. hahahaha..
looks like a cockroach..
new waja and arena out this year ?
Was it Pininfarina or Italdesign which had some financial dificulty? I forgot. I seriously hope the new persona will be more sedan like and the Gen2 to be more Honda CR-Z like :D
Proton should stick with proper names, wira, persona ,satria… gen2 is stooooopid name for a car, next persona should come in 2 body styles (saloon & aeroback/hatchback), and next waja comes in saloon and estate models…., and a flagship perdana,
The car above is not that nice. They've put too much of "Back To The Future" genre inside it. Only "Jaguh Kampung" and Ah Beng will like it. No wonder Proton hire them to design their cars. The concept car above has too much windows if you ask me. The car designers need to consider the lousy power window quality that will be installed too.
mmmm nothing much…
most likely pre 2000 design..
i hope they do much better with proton…
why on earth they come up with 3 seater supercar..?
japanesecarsucks said,
January 25, 2010 @ 9:34 pm
Imagine if this car crashing, the broken glass will be all over you!
_________________________________________________________________________-
hehehe they might fitted these car with ejection seat…. but each sold seperately… :)
why so many 1st here?..
heheehe hi ya syoh.. that's why some italian sportscar still use old style crank windows. power windows need rocket scientist to design it properly hehehe.
I wish this car can fly too….so that I can travel any place without hassle & free frm toll :)
Mr Sy0H,
Since you like to talk about power windows in most of your post, i think you should write a book with title… Me and My Power Windows…
Go to Tribunal Pengguna la since you are so fed up with your power windows issue…
hahaha nice one staff
retro…..looks like 1990s concept
SY0H said,
January 26, 2010 @ 8:51 am
The car above is not that nice. They’ve put too much of “Back To The Future” genre inside it. Only “Jaguh Kampung” and Ah Beng will like it. No wonder Proton hire them to design their cars. The concept car above has too much windows if you ask me. The car designers need to consider the lousy power window quality that will be installed too.
=========
sorry bro.. juara kampung now belongs to perodua… and ah beng japs wanabe oso prefer p2 (japan DNA ) maaaa
prrrfthh
no good
Mazda 3 MPS said,
January 26, 2010 @ 11:46 pm
no good
—————–
are you blind? dont you see the sporty rims..? hahahaha..
My question is: "How to drive this car?" & "How to get into the car?", Ok now it's two..
Kalau orang badan besar & tinggi macam kita ni Paul, ini dah kes kena merangkak masuk kereta, baru lah kereta boleh jalan… Hahaha :)
SY0H said,
January 26, 2010 @ 8:51 am
The car above is not that nice. They’ve put too much of “Back To The Future” genre inside it. Only “Jaguh Kampung” and Ah Beng will like it. No wonder Proton hire them to design their cars. The concept car above has too much windows if you ask me. The car designers need to consider the lousy power window quality that will be installed too.
Mazda 3 MPS said,
January 26, 2010 @ 11:46 pm
no good
————————————
Syoh…Mazda 3MPS… Jaguh kampung tu P2 & Naza, Ah beng tu P2 jua….. Cuba google sendiri mamat tu dah archive apa dalam industri auto dunia… Kalau hang cakap camtu kat dia kan, aku rasa mau dia pecah perut gelak sebab ada juga orang tak ada otak cakap cam tu…. Tapi dia tak kisah kan sebab bandingkan pengalaman & taraf pendidikan dia dengan hang rasanya jauh beza…. Tu tak kira lagi taraf pemikiran dia dengan korang yang berfikiran macam cicak…. kesian…. buat malu aje…. suruh belajar tinggi, ponteng kelas….
Typical "denial syndrome" by P1 Gay Boys. Proton were always "Ah Beng" and "Jaguh Kampung" favorite cars. Just accept the fact. Yesterday saw a rocket launcher-size exhaust Savvy trying to overtake a BMW 5-series. You thought that's the only usual crap? I've seen an abomination, cursed, 18-inch rim Proton Juara at KL. Don't ask me how they manage to cramp in 18 inch rim into that "refrigerator". Hahaha.
how about myvi pretend to be daihatsu boon/toyota passo? and trying to do drifting by pulling handbrake but ended with collision over divider? hahaha..
SY0H said,
January 27, 2010 @ 6:12 pm
Typical “denial syndrome” by P1 Gay Boys. Proton were always “Ah Beng” and “Jaguh Kampung” favorite cars. Just accept the fact. Yesterday saw a rocket launcher-size exhaust Savvy trying to overtake a BMW 5-series. You thought that’s the only usual crap? I’ve seen an abomination, cursed, 18-inch rim Proton Juara at KL. Don’t ask me how they manage to cramp in 18 inch rim into that “refrigerator”. Hahaha.
—————————————————————-
Kira ok apa kalau savvy cuba potong 5 series…. enjin savvy pun kuat apa 1.2L… dengan badan kecik & enjin kapasiti besar 1.2L tak ada masalah pun nak potong BMW. Kalau nak kata ah beng pun pikir le sendiri kalau Vios J spec pasang TRD body kit tapi lengai kat atas jalan sebab skill bawak tak setaraf ngan kereta yang dah make up… tu tak masuk lagi kancil & viva serta Myvi passo wanebe yang membuat percubaan berani mati atas jalan sebab enjin tak cukup power tapi nak lari macam 5 series…. eee geli aku tengok… macam bapok…. Sorry to say… jepun tengok balik produk diaorang ada kat malaysia diaornag kagum sebab orang malaysia dapat melebihi batasan produk tersebut… 18 inc masuk juara tak ada masalah kalau tau macam mana nak adjust suspensi, ketinggian & kesesuaian pemanduan…. Please SYOH… kalau pakai P2 make up jadi Toyota atau Daihatsu tapi tak sama taraf sorry to say le, macam bapok tak cukup make up… luar nampak ori tapi dalam… eee geli… selain tu P1 dah tak ada masalah power window lagi dah, produk dah di terima pasaran antarabangsa.Cuba update sikit pengetahuan tu… jangan dok cium ketiak jepun aje. Gayboys serta Gigolo sekarang banyak pakai Myvi khabarnya diaorang cakap nampak sporty & senang nak menyamar ???????….