One of the important events that happens at the LA Auto Show that we are all excited about is the Los Angeles Design Challenge, an annual competition at the LA Auto Show that provides up-and-coming designers with the opportunity to collaborate with an automaker to design a futuristic concept vehicle using a few set requirements. This year, the theme of the challenge is to build a safe and comfortable 2+2 compact car that comes with excellent handling and cutting-edge design and weighs in at no more than 1,000 lbs.
This concept comes from Mercedes-Benz, which, incidentally, was built not far from Los Angeles at the company?s US design headquarters in Carlsbad, California. The vehicle is called the Biome Concept and is described as a vehicle that ?grows in a completely organic environment from seeds sown in a nursery?. In layman?s terms, the Biome Concept is pretty much an organic hybrid that was created in complete symbiosis with nature, producing its own oxygen and contributing to the improvement of air quality.
UPDATE 11/26/2010: When the designs for the Los Angeles Design Challenge were entered, no one really expected any of them to see production, but, according to Autocar, Mercedes is looking into using the BIOME Concept as the inspiration for their mid-engined supercar. Mercedes is planning on revealing the concept vehicle in 2015 as a competitor to BMW?s Vision EfficientDynamics? eco-supercar.
Now, we don?t expect the production version to follow the same path as the concept?s creation ? nobody?s silly enough to believe that Mercedes can grow the production version from ?seeds? as how the concept is supposedly born ? but according to Hubert Lee, the man heading Mercedes? California design studio where the BIOME was conceptualized, certain elements of the concept could be translated to the production version. ?We were conscious during its development to ensure it wasn?t too limited or edgy,? he said.
?It had to be do-able without any significant changes.?
Full details and press release after the jump
Mercedes-Benz Biome Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 26 November 2010 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/mercedes/2010-mercedes-benz-biome-concept-ar100119.html
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