The GAZAL1 Concept is named after the Gazelle, which is a species of antelope associated with the desert lands that make up most of Saudi Arabia. The English name Gazelle itself was derived from the Arabic word ghazal. But given such a name you’d probably expect a very light and fast sports car but the Gazelle is in fact a concept SUV which is the work of 50 students from Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University, supervised by Australian designer Peter Arcadipane.
Studiotorino provided mentorship in the styling department while Magna Steyr took care of the engineering and construction details. Although it looks completely different, the GAZAL1 concept’s underpinnings are taken from the long wheelbase version of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. After all, the G-Wagen is built by Magna Steyr.
I suppose with Hummer going down (GM rejected 8 separate offers as of today) they need a new vehicle to replace the void that the Hummer brand will leave behind, why not something with a Saudi badge? It’s not the best looking truck around though…
Look after the jump for a few more pix.
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the sketch looks much better than the green concept..overall not bad
Saudi wanna make cars now???? Why not.
hahaha gilak
HIDEOUS AND HORRENDOUS !!
Stupid arabs do it again! no waste money on stupid designs? go an bulid your manufacturing capability before u can produce cars…anyway…saudi is known for pumping oil…nothing significant….!!1 gundoo arabs!
Remind me of USSR era made boring, cheap, ugly car
GAZAL1 = gazali…sounds like arabic name :p
cool….
ingatkan gazal tu alat macam main gazal/ alat muzik…. rusa rupanyer…
LOOK LIKE AMERICAN OLD WAGON
Oh my god ! ghoulish looking front will scare the daylights out of the camels.
Better stick drilling oil and hareems parties.
err…weird looking…
nice try anyway :)
ok only…looks like mahindra
i find this vehicle ugly…BUT, at the same time, i also admire the looks of it…weird…
This is what you get from watching too many Pimp My Ride. Wonder what is offered inside. A bedouin tent themed decorations?
hummer wannabe…
ugly…
I like it…..
TRULY GANGSTAMOBILE
MACAM PERODUA
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Errr……Perodua rebadge Daihatsu vehicles………
Daithatsu is specialized in dealing with K-cars…….From what i see, i dont see it as K -cars……..Furthermore, the styling is also very different from Perodua and Daihatsu…….
In my opinion, this car is very squarish………Not much styling and design…….Simple lining and not many curves…….Very dated and fugly design……..
Very "BMW" front styling and very "mini cooper" sides……..Not much originality….
actually it's not that ugly…just diffrence..
I thinks its look better than land rover…(eerrr the oldsssss one)
Mahinda Scorpio ( India ) + Hummer ( China + USA )
Not too bad for a first attempt at doing 4×4 but the front is a little too busy – like trying to combine the Mona Lisa with vincent Van Gogh.
And why green? It's a hybrid or trying to hide that the engine smokes more than a shisha?
looks like a LADA to me…muahahaha
why not?hummer itself is not a looker