Mitsubishi Motors is participating in this year's Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, which pits Southern California-based OE design studios against one another for ultimate bragging rights. This year's theme is: Motorsports in 2025.
States David O'Connell, Chief Designer, Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America:
"This year's Motorsport 2025 project is just the sort of assignment the designers at Mitsubishi Motors dream of. It's rooted it the reality of automotive competition that our company is so successful at, but lets us look way out on the horizon as to where technology may take us. We all loved hearing the words, 'design a race car,' but really smiled when we learned it was a race car for the year 2025. That combined with linking the car to some of the fabulous racing heritage that's taken place here in California makes it indeed one of the most exciting projects we've ever worked on. My dream would be to actually build and drive this car on the course it was designed for."
dougtheeng says:
06:26 AM, 09/26/08
looks like a transformer.
ateixeira says:
09:05 AM, 09/26/08
OK, that's just bizarre. Is it unmanned? I don't see any windows.
Are the fenders made from motorcycle tires or does that thing actually have 12 wheels?
It looks like an arachnid.
m_thrizzle says:
11:47 AM, 09/26/08
I'm confused. The top picture makes that thing look long but the bottom pic looks like it is wider than it is long. Where does the driver sit, or is it remotely controlled? Apparently racecars will have combine blades with rubber on them for propulsion.
historics says:
01:52 PM, 09/26/08
Pretty cool looking concept. Over at Edmunds' Green Car Advisor, there're more details.
http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2008/09/mitsubishi-designs-32x4-electric-rally-racer-for-la-auto-show.html
estreka says:
11:29 AM, 09/28/08
That...looks...awesome!