The Lab II
What is it with Italians? First Becks gets the slimline treatment, now Ferrari launch their very own car dieting clinic.
What do you do when you’ve pushed an engine to its pinnacle and streamlined to the hilt? The only option if you want to go even faster is to shed the pounds. Last year Ferrari unveiled a design study for a new small supercar, the Millechili, target weight 1000kg. Things must have gone well, because they have just announced the creation of the Mille Chili Laboratory - a secretive facility offering eight whizz-kid students the chance to learn from the best as well as contribute their own ideas to the future of Ferrari. The focus is solely on taking the weight reduction methods uncovered by Ferrari to the next level.
In their words:
“It is a great pleasure to inaugurate this laboratory, which will work on a very important issue for the future. The experience confirms that constant collaboration between private industry and University is a fundamental part, and contributes to growth for both parties: the University has to work with not exclusively theoretical issues, while the industry can confront itself with new ideas."
Categories Design Tags Cars Design
By on 19/2/09
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