The Chicane was created as a full-scale physical model by the students of IED's fifth Master RSP in Transportation Design - work experience, academic year 2006-2007.
The main goal of the Maserati Chicane project is to explore styling themes for Maserati's future models. The Chicane has more compact dimensions (4,400 mm long, 1,850 mm wide, 1250 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,600 mm) compared to the Quattroporte and Grandturismo production cars.
The Chicane is based on a 2+2 coupe layout with a front-mounted V8 engine coupled with a rear wheel-drive system. It could be an entry-level model that doesn't sacrifice the unique and distinctive features of the brand.
The design process was guided by the idea of expressing "emotion at first sight", which translated into a fascinating and high-impact look, with a careful study of the surfaces and a research for pure lines.
Chicane will be on display at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show together with a second project called "Maserati Sfida", a pure virtual model that will be visible in a dedicated video.
Targeted to young and dynamic customers, the Maserati Sfida is a 2+1 shooting brake, a sporty 2-door wagon that features a special rear volume and opening system that allows for easy access and loading of sports gear.
On its stand at Geneva, IED will also display three selected projects from the 3rd year Course in Transportation Design 2006-2007, created in partnership with Toyota: “Forma” by Marco Cerrato, Enrico Remolif and Danilo Tosetti, “Waterfall” by Dennis Braga and Andrea Mocellin and “H.A.L.O. Hybrid Advance Line Over” by Michele Deconcini and Fabrizio Salerno.
RSP Master in Trasnportation Design - Final Projects
Starting from 17 individual entries, eight projects were selected and assigned to groups of two/three students who created 1:4 scale models.
The students have worked under the supervision of Luca Borgogno, Designer at Pininfarina, e David Wilkie, Design Director at Stile Bertoneand with the support of Andrea Militello, Chief Designer IED Automotive.
The final selection was made by a Jury that included Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Vice President Style Fiat Group Automobiles, Alessandro Dambrosio, Chief Designer Maserati, César Mendoza, Director at the Turin Istituto Europeo di Design, Giuliano Molineri, Frimark President, and the Master coordinators.
The Maserati Chicane is based on the original concept by Dmytro Zyubyairov (Ukraine) and Oscar Palladino (Italy), while the Maserati Sfida is based on an idea by Roberta Baggio Worm (Brazil), David Rodrigues (Portugal) and Irma Elena Naya Ramirez (Venezuela).
The design team included: Vadim Artemiev (Russia), Roberta Baggio Worm (Brazil), Gaurav Bhatia (India), Alex Chatham (USA), Aashish Chaudhary (India), Gerard Fernandez Currell (Spain), Ron Desnoyers (Canada), Gregorio Di Pinto (Italy), Mikael Ifianto (Indonesia), Carlos Luzon Gracia (Spain), Irma Elena Naya Ramirez (Venezuela), Emrah Onemli (Turkey), Oscar Palladino (Italy), Raffaele Ponsiani (Italy), David Rodrigues (Portugal), Antonio Tamburrino (Italy) e Dmytro Zyubyairov (Ukraine), Laurent Raphael (France), Mihaï Panaîtescu (Romania).
(Source: IED via Virtual Car)
