The annual college degree show at the Munich University of Applied Sciences showcased the projects developed in collaboration with a huge range of automobile brands. Most of the projects were headed by Prof. Dr. Othmar Wickenheiser, Professor of Transportation Design at Munich University of Applied Sciences.
The RAW MATERIAL project was sponsored by Lamborghini, supported by Prof. Dr. Othmar Wickenheiser, Filippo Perini, Klemens Rossnagel and Ernest Tsarukyan.
The Lamborghini RatÛn is a concept for a Lamborghini sportscar to compete against supercars like the Bugatti Veyron. It takes its inspiration from modern stealth fighters like the F 22 raptor, with smoother surfaces and some rounded edges.
This gives the design a more dynamic feeling and takes the aircraft-inspired design, which began with the Lamborghini Reventon, to the next level.
The car is formed out of one central, jet-like body and added wings, which form the fenders. Fitting the extreme over-the-edge style of the car are some humoristic features like the machine-gun inspired headlights and the wheels, which have the form of an atomic warning symbol.
The concept is a mid-engined super car that is not green, but yet shows environmental responsibility, and therefore is downsized. It has a rather narrow body, cab backward classical GT silhouette, and complexity of soft and angular surfaces.
The power and potential of the car are represented through this complexity of the main body, which is rather softly and elegant designed, and the angular, stealthy and sharp elements.
The main themes behind the concept are "underground" and "hardcore". These are achieved by the angular forms, but mostly with the color combination of shiny black and matt dark grey. The big canyons and the skinny tail give the car a very light appearance.
The main theme of the Lamborghini Timador Concept was to create a new kind of lightness for the next generation of Lamborghini super sports cars.
So the whole car shows a possible advancement of the actual Lamborghini design language with an assembled body surface created by diffrent overlapping shells.
The biggest of these shells forms the shoulder of the car and seperates the air intakes from the passenger cell.
The Muleta concept aims at evolving the brand's design DNA based on passion, aggressivity and luxury. The silhouette is characterized by a LMP1 closed canopy, a sign for maximum functionality and speed which affects the proportions and impression of speed perceived inside the cabin.
"Instead of using a Stealth Fighter inspired style, the new forms are directed by sharp but still fluent lines which span large surfaces. To make the car visually lighter, the surfaces are focused to the ground."
Conceived before the Estoque Showcar was presented, the New Espada is a vision of a modern four door Lamborghini that could be positioned as a rival for the Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide.
It was inspired by the original Lamborghini Espada, one of the most iconic cars in the history of the brand, which was developed at Bertone and designed by Marcello Gandini.
The design combines extreme proportions with a brand new and modern surface treatment.
The X-Power project, sponsored by Semcon and supervised by Prof. Dr. Othmar Wickenheise and Oliver Vogt, asked students to create a sportscar based on the existing MG X-Power (2004), characterized by the carbon fiber exterior shell.
This X-Power Concept pays homage to the classic American Muscle Cars; the long hood with the dominant powerdome is designed to accomodate the legendary 4.6L V8 Injection racing engine.
Tthe twisted 5 Arm Twin-Spoke rims with fit into the context and leave ample space for brake cooling.
(Source: Munich University of Applied Sciences)
