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Pininfarina Nido
The Pininfarina Nido is a concept car designed by Pininfarina and introduced at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. In Italian, the word Nido means nest, in fact the single-box shape of the car conveys an impression of a protective nest surrounding the occupants. Context This small two-seater city car has been strongly oriented towards safety for both the occupants and pedestrians in the event of a collision, by means of structural solutions, the distribution of the spaces and the management of the shape of the car itself. The concept was conceived through an intense collaboration between design and engineering, with the goal of creating an attractive, small and safe vehicle. According to Lowie Vermeersch, the design director who led the Nido project, this vehicle is a clear example of how active Pininfarina is in the fields of innovation and research into the mobility of the future. Nido consists of 3 principal elements: # A chassis made of a deformable front section and a rigid saf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pininfarina
Pininfarina S.p.A. (; ; short for Pininfarina Società per Azioni) is an Italian automotive design, car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 December 2015, the Indian multinational Mahindra Group acquired 76.06% of Pininfarina S.p.A. for about €168 million. Pininfarina is employed by a wide variety of automobile manufacturers to design vehicles. These firms have included long-established customers such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Fiat Automobiles, Fiat, General Motors, GM, Lancia, and Maserati, to emerging companies in the Asian market with Chinese manufactures like AviChina Industry & Technology, AviChina, Chery, Changfeng Automobile, Changfeng, Brilliance China Auto, Brilliance, JAC Motors, JAC and VinFast in Vietnam and Korean manufacturers Daewoo and Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai. Since the 1980s, Pininfarina has also designed high-speed trains, buses, trams, roll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Car
The A-segment is the first category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission. It is used for city cars, the smallest category of passenger cars defined. A-segment sales represented approximately 4.2% of the European market in 2024. It is approximately equivalent to the kei car class in Japan. Definition As of 2021, the A-segment category size spans from approximately to . Characteristics Body styles for A-segment cars in Europe are always hatchbacks. But as crossovers gain popularity, new models may shift to resemble crossovers. Examples of crossover city cars include Suzuki Ignis and Toyota Aygo X. Other body styles such as sedans are not present in this segment because these shapes largely prove impractical at typical A-segment dimensions. Current models In 2020 the ten highest selling A-segment cars in Europe were Fiat Panda, Fiat 500, Toyota Aygo, Renault Twingo, Volkswagen Up!, Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, Peugeot 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automatic Transmission
An automatic transmission (AT) or automatic gearbox is a multi-speed transmission (mechanics), transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions. The 1904 Sturtevant "horseless carriage gearbox" is often considered to be the first true automatic transmission. The first mass-produced automatic transmission is the General Motors ''Hydramatic'' two-speed hydraulic automatic, which was introduced in 1939. Automatic transmissions are especially prevalent in vehicular drivetrains, particularly those subject to intense mechanical acceleration and frequent idle/transient operating conditions; commonly commercial/passenger/utility vehicles, such as buses and waste collection vehicles. Prevalence Vehicles with internal combustion engines, unlike electric vehicles, require the engine to operate in a narrow range of rates of rotation, requiring a gearbox, operated manually or automatically, to drive t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concept Car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle or show vehicle) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology. Concept cars are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not be produced. General Motors designer Harley Earl is generally credited with inventing the concept car, and did much to popularize it through its traveling Motorama shows of the 1950s. Concept cars never go into production directly. In modern times, all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of practicality, safety, regulatory compliance, and cost. A "production-intent" prototype, as opposed to a concept vehicle, serves this purpose. Design Concept cars are often radical in engine or design. Some use non-traditional, exotic, or expensive materials, ranging from paper to carbon fiber to refined alloys. Others have unique layouts, such as gullwing doors, three or five (or more) wheels, or sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RR Layout
RR, Rr or rr may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''RR'' (film), a 2007 experimental film by James Benning * Red Ribbon Army, a fictional army in the ''Dragon Ball'' series * Ruff Ryders Entertainment, a record label and East Coast rap collective * '' Fury from the Deep'' (production code: RR), a 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial * ''RR'' (EP), a 2023 collaborative EP by Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro * RR, prefix for models of Jackson Rhoads electric guitars commissioned by guitarist Randy Rhoads Businesses and organizations * Rashtriya Rifles, an Indian counter-insurgency force * Rational Recovery, an addiction recovery program * Rekords Rekords (logo), an American record label * Rhodesia Regiment, Rhodesian Army unit * Royal Air Force (IATA airline designator) * Richard Rohac (logo), an Austrian art metal firm Language * rr (digraph) * Revised Romanization of Korean, the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea * Revised Romanization of Hangeul, the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowie Vermeersch
Lowie Vermeersch (born May 9, 1974) is a Flemish designer and Founder & Creative Director of Granstudio in Turin, Italy. He is part of the third generation of a prominent artistic family. Previously, he held the position of design director at Pininfarina. In 2010, Automobile Magazine ranked him number 12 in the list of "World's 25 Most Influential Car Designers". Currently, he holds the roles of CEO and design director at Granstudio, an International Creative Consultancy Studio involved in Automotive and Mobility Design, headquartered in Turin. Since 2022, he has also been professor and coordinator of the Master iTransdisciplinary Mobility Designat IED European Institute of Design. Background Lowie Vermeersch was born on May 9, 1974, in Kortrijk, Belgium. He is part of a prominent Flemish artistic family. His grandfather, José Vermeersch (1922–1997), was one of the most important Flemish sculptors of the post-war period. His father, Rik Vermeersch (1949), and Lowie V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concept Car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle or show vehicle) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology. Concept cars are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not be produced. General Motors designer Harley Earl is generally credited with inventing the concept car, and did much to popularize it through its traveling Motorama shows of the 1950s. Concept cars never go into production directly. In modern times, all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of practicality, safety, regulatory compliance, and cost. A "production-intent" prototype, as opposed to a concept vehicle, serves this purpose. Design Concept cars are often radical in engine or design. Some use non-traditional, exotic, or expensive materials, ranging from paper to carbon fiber to refined alloys. Others have unique layouts, such as gullwing doors, three or five (or more) wheels, or sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Paris Motor Show
The 2004 Paris Motor Show (''Mondial de l'Automobile'') took place from 25 September to 10 October 2004 in Paris expo Porte de Versailles. There was an extra exhibition called ''L'Automobile et la bande Dessinée'' ("The Car and the Stripbook") in Palace 8. Introductions * Alfa Romeo 147 * Aston Martin Vanquish S * Audi A3 Sportback * Audi A4 * BMW 1 Series * BMW M5 * Chevrolet Kalos ''(three door)'' * Chevrolet M3X * Chevrolet S3X * Chrysler 300C Touring * Citroën C4 * Citroën C5 ''(facelift)'' * Ferrari F430 * Fiat Panda 4x4 Climbing * Fiat Stilo Uproad * Ford Focus ''(three and five door hatchbacks, station wagon)'' * Honda CR-V ''(diesel)'' * Honda Jazz * Hyundai Coupe * Hyundai Sonata * Kia Sportage * Lancia Musa * Maserati MC12 * Mazda 5 * Mercedes-Benz A-Class (W169) * Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (W219) * MG TF ''(France Only)'' * Mitsubishi Colt CZ3/CZT * Mitsubishi Outlander ''(turbo)'' * Opel Astra GTC * Peugeot 1007 * Peugeot 607 ''(facelift)'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nido Pinin 1
Nido may refer to: * Nido (brand), a brand of powdered milks * Nido Creek, a creek in British Columbia, Canada * Nido Formation, a geological formation in British Columbia, Canada People with the name * Alberto A. Nido (1919–1991), American Air Force officer * Miguel Nido (born 1963), Puerto Rican tennis player * Tomás Nido (born 1994), Puerto Rican baseball player * Nido Pavitra, Indian politician * Nido Qubein (born 1948), American Lebanese-Jordanian businessman and motivational speaker * Nido Taniam (1990s–2014), Indian student and murder victim Chemistry * Nido cluster, a type of deltahedral atom cluster where one vertex is missing. The descriptor ''nido''- is typically applied boranes, derivatives such as carboranes, and deltahedral metal cluster compounds such as stannides, plumbides and bismuth polycations. The term is usually used in the context of polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory or systematic nomenclature in inorganic chemistry. From the Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compasso D'Oro
The Compasso d'Oro (; ) is an industrial design award originated in Italy in 1954. Initially sponsored by the La Rinascente, a Milanese department store, the award has been organised and managed by the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI) since 1964. The Compasso d'Oro is the first, and among the most recognized and respected design awards. It aims to acknowledge and promote quality in its field in Italy and internationally, and has been called both the "Nobel" and the "Oscar" of design. History The Compasso d′Oro was established in 1954, and now it is the highest honour in the field of industrial design in Italy, comparable to other prestigious international awards such as the Good Design Award (Museum of Modern Art), Good Design award, iF Product Design Award, iF Design Award, Red Dot, Red Dot Award, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards, and the Good Design Award (Japan), Good Design Award (Japan). It was the first awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pininfarina Vehicles
Pininfarina S.p.A. (; ; short for Pininfarina Società per Azioni) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 December 2015, the Indian multinational Mahindra Group acquired 76.06% of Pininfarina S.p.A. for about €168 million. Pininfarina is employed by a wide variety of automobile manufacturers to design vehicles. These firms have included long-established customers such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Fiat, GM, Lancia, and Maserati, to emerging companies in the Asian market with Chinese manufactures like AviChina, Chery, Changfeng, Brilliance, JAC and VinFast in Vietnam and Korean manufacturers Daewoo and Hyundai. Since the 1980s, Pininfarina has also designed high-speed trains, buses, trams, rolling stocks, automated light rail cars, people movers, yachts, airplanes, and private jets. Since the 1986 creation of "Pininfarina Extra", it has consulted on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
