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IED students design an ultra safe concept car with ultra hideous looks

More detailed images of the IED Lancia concept car, named Haizea, emerged today. Designed by IED students in Transportation Design, the Haizea, been developed around a frame devised in such a way as to provide the utmost level of both active and passive safety. A task I believe that could have been accomplished only by its looks as it is so hideous that people would probably steer away only by looking at it…

The mechanical parts of the rear wheel drive engine are housed in a central-rear position, and together with the addition of two electric motors placed above the front wheels, an excellent compromise in terms of distribution of weight, traction and mass has been reached.

The passenger compartment, designed around a central chassis developed lengthwise and to which the seats and the instrumentation panel are anchored, absorbs energy in case of a head on collision and provides the structure with both an aesthetic and a functional purpose, not just a load bearing one.

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