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Sketch Tutorial: Michael DiTullo Takes a Pass at USPS Delivery Truck Prototype

For several years now, the U.S. Postal Service has been running their Next Generation Delivery Vehicle initiative in a bid to replace their aging fleet. Six manufacturers were chosen to submit roughly 50 prototypes (total, not each) and the USPS is now quietly testing all of them, in actual use, in Arizona, Michigan and Virginia.

Autoblog spotted one of the prototypes created by Turkish manufacturer Karsan:

The thing is butt-ugly, and industrial designer Michael DiTullo couldn’t help himself–for his sketch tutorial this week, he tackled the hapless design to see if it could be tweaked.