"phenotyp" (phenotyp)
04/24/2015 at 13:42 • Filed to: concepts, concept car, vw, vw noah
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"phenotyp" (phenotyp)
04/24/2015 at 13:42 • Filed to: concepts, concept car, vw, vw noah | 0
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The 1995 Volkswagen Noah: embodying the curvaceous Bauhaus design ethos of VW in the 90s. There’s a whole lot of the later Jetta and Passat in the surfacing and cutlines. A spacious (but small-footprint) one-box six-seater.
A large central door on the side allowed for a huge amount of wrap in plan view, without necessitating a giant empty space between the cowl and steering wheel (like the New Beetle).
Always liked this thing. I don’t think much of it could have realistically translated to production, but a lot of the surfacing treatments that debuted on it went on to influence everything they made in the later 90s-early-2000s.
(it was originally shown in silver)
carcrasher88
> phenotyp
04/24/2015 at 14:57 |
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And two years later Audi put out a smaller but somewhat similar looking concept, the AI2...
...which became the A2 another two years later.
I refuse to believe that this is just a coincidence, and that the AI2 wasn’t at least somewhat inspired by the Noah.
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phenotyp
> carcrasher88
04/24/2015 at 15:13 |
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Yeah, the A(l)2 is still in my all-time top 5 best-designed car list. It was super revolutionary, and, personally, I love the way it looks. Practical perfection, weighed less than my MR2, cD of .25...
pip bip - choose Corrour
> phenotyp
04/24/2015 at 21:54 |
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you’re right i don’t remember that one.