Show Cars and Prototypes- The Secrets Revealed
Show Cars and Prototypes- The Secrets Revealed
If your car obsession is anything like mine you probably like going to the Car Shows to check out all the new prototypes. You probably pick up the magazines and hit up the various websites showing all the neat cars from SEMA and the Big Shows you cant get to each year. Recently i came upon a "secret" about these cars that I hadnt noticed before even though the information was right in front of me. Lets Start with some pictures and a question. You've probably seen most of these talked about on this forum, if not in person. What do these vehicles all have in common? Acura RDX https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4123 Ford Explorer https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4128 Ford GR-1 https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4129 Ford Interceptor https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4130 Ford Reflex( Ford's Version of the Mazda Kabura concept) https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4131 Honda FCX https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4132 Honda SUT https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4134 Hurst Challenger https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4135 Hurst Viper https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4136 Kia Soul https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4137 Lincoln C Concept https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4138 Mazda CX-7 SEMA "Adrenaline Concept https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4139 Mazda Nagare https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4140 Mitsu Eclips Ralliart Concept https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4141 Mistu SUT https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4142 Volvo 3cc https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4145 All of them- and I edited some out ,there are many more- were either designed, modeled, produced or in most cases ALL three by Irvine California design firm The Aria Group. For instance in the case of the Panoz Esperante https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4143 Aria-Group was responsible for the design, the prototype creation, the clay bucks for interior and for creation of the tooling for production. For Rod Millens Pikes Peak truck https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4144 They first created a digital 3d model, analyzed it with Computational Fluid Dynamics software and then cut a a quarter scale foam model of it. Once the final shape was decided the full size panel molds were cut directly from the digital data. Some of you might remember this car ;) https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4147 https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4146 Well....... care to guess where that body was made? If you said MNAO you were wrong :) Here it is going thru the clay at Aria https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4127 https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4126 What about that other concept Rotary Beast that made such a buzz not so long ago? Maybe you'll recognize it in clay? https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4124 https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4125 That's right- the full sized clay was produced by Aria and panels were made from it.:D: Formed in 1995 by Engineer Clive Hawkins and Auto Designer Charles Taylor, Aria-Group has grown into the goto firm for Automakers when they need a design done right and done fast. The companies 50,000 sq ft facility in Irvine California house everything they need to go from paper design to finished product including paint booths 2 full clay booths, CNC machines to make any components they need and more. They're website http://www.aria-group.com/home includes more detail about the various projects they have done. You'll see things Mercedes , Fisker and more. They don't just do cars. They have done work with planes snowmobiles and sleds too:) So the secret is out - keep an eye on these guys. I suspect we'll see much more from them in the future :) |
no see picsss
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Originally Posted by Rotr8
(Post 2919448)
no see picsss
and rotr8 need to work for one of these type of firms. his designs are top notch :) |
+1^ Apparently someone wants it kept a secret!
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If you want to see the pictures, u can edit his post and open them manually. If you do that, the pictures will show up in the thread.
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This page is interesting.
http://www.aria-group.com/history/2003/116 Designed a Mazdaspeed RX8 in 2003 (no pic). Maybe that was the one in all the mags in 2005? |
fixed pics:o:
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^^ sweet. yah this is a good read zoom. i would never known that they outsource for designs etc. as for the rx8, did they ever make hood? i remember when that was posted, some company posted that they will make a hood like that one.
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you can get the scoop from hookup shop
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^^ i see, yah i always liked that hood. not to overly done. jsut very simple.
as for the eclipse, i never liked that car. but what they done to the looks of hte car is a +. never thought some one can make a ugly car look some what good. |
good scoop. thanks zoom.
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Alright Zoom wheres tat signed petition for the underground 8 kit we need to send to the design house...
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Originally Posted by zoom44
(Post 2919438)
Ford Reflex( Ford's Version of the Mazda Kabura concept)
https://www.rx8club.com/picture.php?...pictureid=4131 |
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