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Luxury Transportation and the Future of Racing at Coventry’s 2016 Degree Show

At last week’s industry preview night of the Automotive and Transport Degree show at Coventry University, several themes emerged from the projects tackled by this year’s international cohort. Here we look at concepts ranging from how racing might evolve to the future of luxury. 

Tomas Omasta developed the Jaguar Volanti helicopter as the ultimate in autonomous luxury mobility…

Yutong Wu’s form study reimagines the timeless Jaguar E-Type

Moving Citroen’s DS brand into the Luxury segment, by Sean Bull

Yudi Bu tackled the subject of audience participation in a future where autonomous cars race one another…

…As did Kevin Griffith with his Targa-Floria inspired Aston Martin autonomous racing-car:

Igor Sidorik’s Porsche LeMans concept…

Michael Mills’ downhill hydrogen racer develops power that can be fed back into the grid, and feeds from power generated by racing fans…

Racing on and off-road, and across water, Dichuan Pang’s morphing vehicle used the scenario of a future Beijing-Paris race to create an extreme go-anywhere racing series.

Playstation’s GranTurismo GT-vision series inspired two designers to create their own concepts for existing brands; Jason Furtado takes LandRover into unchartered territory…

…while Tom Strong’s MG used elements of the classic MG Sebring from the 1960’s to create a recognizable but fresh design.