Photo Gallery Car Designs for the Future
The students at the Faculty of Transportation Design, Pforzheim University, have come up with car designs for the future. This end-of-term project by Jun Hyuck has a flowing form, sleek lines and razor-sharp edges.
Professor Lutz Fügener says the internal combustion engine could soon be history. One of his students, Harsih Kumar, has designed this pyramid on wheels. These futuristic cars could soon be on our streets.
Alain Brideson: The New Zealander's design is based on a radically reduced frontal area, a tear-drop shaped carriage and a chassis that is capable of inclining.
Render Makush: The average age of motorcyclists in Germany is 42. This designer wanted to create a bike that would be more attractive to younger people.
Zimo Yang: This three-wheeled energy efficient vehicle is a completely different conception of what a car should look like.
Several students are working with Honda to produce sportscars that can run on fuel cells.
Simon Sebastian: This design, The Flex, fundamentally calls into question previous concepts of what a car should look like.
Daniel Schlapp: "My first car was an Eco-car," is the concept behind the design for this light-weight vehicle which is particularly fuel efficient.
Florian Sieve: The project "Urban Nature" meets the desire for a technically advanced car that is also kind to the environment.
Matthias Lingner: Despite its bionic construction principles and new aesthetic this vehicle does not completely abandon previoius design traditions.
