We’ve saved the best for last as the Cadillac Aera has won the 2010 LA Design Challenge! You only need to take one look at this concept car and it becomes painfully obvious that Batman would have scooped one up to add to his list of Bat rides. This is the Cadillac Aera, an amalgamation of Cadillac?s philosophy of ?Art and Science? that dives into a whole new world of innovative and ultra lightweight vehicles. Realistically speaking, the chances of ever seeing a car like this at your local Starbucks are as probable as winning 100 lotteries in a single year. Unfortunate, we know.
As General Motors? entry to the 2010 LA Design Challenge, the Cadillac Aera is a ridiculously lightweight ? it weighs 1,000 lbs - 2+2 coupe that takes the boundaries of automotive design and pushes it to levels that are reserved for sci-fi movies.
Taking into consideration the Design Challenge?s requirements of building an efficient, lightweight 2+2 vehicle - weighing no more than 1,000 lbs - that minimizes consumer dependence on natural resources, the Aera?s body is made from a highly advanced structure that uses a 3D lattice, mono-formed frame, a structure that?s eerily similar to configurations found in nature like in the grouping of bubbles. The structure is formed through an alloy utilizing, semi-solid freeform manufacturing that creates a strong yet lightweight frame that?s grown into a single part lattice structure.
Full story and Press Release after the jump.
Cadillac Aera originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 19 November 2010 12:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/cadillac/2010-cadillac-aera-ar100301.html
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