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French Designer Creates Audi Brand’s First Motorcycle
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Since Audi’s acquisition of the Ducati businesslast year, BMW is no longer the only German premium automaker that also has a motorcycle division – BMW Motorrad. Inspired by Audi’s foray into the world of motorcycles, French designer Thibault Devauze imagined the first model of a new motorcycle range from the brand with the four rings. Its name? The 'Audi Motorrad Concept'.
Since Audi’s acquisition of the Ducati businesslast year, BMW is no longer the only German premium automaker that also has a motorcycle division – BMW Motorrad. Inspired by Audi’s foray into the world of motorcycles, French designer Thibault Devauze imagined the first model of a new motorcycle range from the brand with the four rings. Its name? The 'Audi Motorrad Concept'.
A former Audi, Ducati and Land Rover design intern, Devauze penned a futuristic bike with sharp edges, tight surfaces and a distinctive silhouette, with the raised tail being its dominant element. The designer says he got the idea following a visit to the Audi museum in Ingolstadt, where he saw many DKW bikes.
"The idea was pretty simple: the first competitor of Audi is BMW, and BMW sell bikes. Audi has a massive heritage in terms of bikes with the DKW brand and is always looking for new markets – so bikes represent a good opportunity," Devauze says.
On the technical side, the Motorrad Concept is powered by a Ducati-sourced 850cc, Desmodromic 2-cylinder engine mated to a double-clutch gearbox. The bike’s chassis uses Audi’s Ultra lightweight technology, combining carbon fiber with light alloys. Devauze says an E-tron version of the bike could easily be done as well.
Thibault's brother Marc Debauze, also a designer, and Clement Couvreur, a digital modeler, helped create project. While the Motorrad Concept is simply a design exercise, we can’t help but wonder whether Audi should one day consider making motorcycles. We’d like to hear your opinions on this as well.
By Dan Mihalascu
Photo Credits: Thibault Devauze , Story References: Carbodydesign
Designer Envisions a Ferrari 458 Italia Replacement with New FT12 Concept
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Automotive designers, be that professional or amateur, tend to be a restless breed of people, always thinking of the next project. It comes with the territory, of course.After sharing his vision for a next generation Ferrari Spider model with a concept featuring a two-seat layout and a mid-mounted engine, Aldo Schurmann returns this year with a fresh design study for a Ferrari 458 replacement that he has named the F12T.
Schurmann opted to follow a different styling path for the F12T, some details of which may or may not remind you of other sports- and super-cars from German or German-owned Italian firms, and perhaps even British brands (yes, we're talking about Lotus).
It's just a thought, but perhaps the hard-top and the front end design of the FT12 would go better with the body and rear-end quarters of Schurmann's previous Ferrari study, the Spider.
Designer & Photo Credits: Aldo Schurmann
Automotive designers, be that professional or amateur, tend to be a restless breed of people, always thinking of the next project. It comes with the territory, of course.After sharing his vision for a next generation Ferrari Spider model with a concept featuring a two-seat layout and a mid-mounted engine, Aldo Schurmann returns this year with a fresh design study for a Ferrari 458 replacement that he has named the F12T.
Schurmann opted to follow a different styling path for the F12T, some details of which may or may not remind you of other sports- and super-cars from German or German-owned Italian firms, and perhaps even British brands (yes, we're talking about Lotus).
It's just a thought, but perhaps the hard-top and the front end design of the FT12 would go better with the body and rear-end quarters of Schurmann's previous Ferrari study, the Spider.
Designer & Photo Credits: Aldo Schurmann
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