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Title: Monty319 - Solved: Lotus electric city car for Automotive Engineer magazine, 2009
Post by: el_monty on February 10, 2018, 08:31:02 AM
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please identify this design proposal, the year and for what purpose it was created.

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Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on February 27, 2018, 03:11:05 AM
Up to the Experts.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: wingroad on February 27, 2018, 10:36:08 AM
Looks a bit like a small Honda
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on February 27, 2018, 11:31:04 AM
No connection to Honda.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: wingroad on February 28, 2018, 03:07:15 PM
European ?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 01, 2018, 03:46:18 AM
Quote from: wingroad on February 28, 2018, 03:07:15 PM
European ?
Yes.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: wingroad on March 01, 2018, 11:42:01 AM
German ?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 01, 2018, 01:21:33 PM
Quote from: wingroad on March 01, 2018, 11:42:01 AM
German ?
No.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: wingroad on March 02, 2018, 03:18:52 PM
British ?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 02, 2018, 03:23:31 PM
Quote from: wingroad on March 02, 2018, 03:18:52 PM
British ?
Yes!
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: kwgibbs on March 02, 2018, 04:52:44 PM
any aston martin connection?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 02, 2018, 05:16:42 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2018, 04:52:44 PM
any aston martin connection?
None.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: kwgibbs on March 02, 2018, 10:52:22 PM
is it built by mini?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 03, 2018, 03:42:35 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2018, 10:52:22 PM
is it built by mini?
No Mini connection. The car has not been built, it was just a design proposal.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: wingroad on March 03, 2018, 03:56:04 PM
Anything to do with the late Geoff Matthews ?
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 03, 2018, 04:43:28 PM
Quote from: wingroad on March 03, 2018, 03:56:04 PM
Anything to do with the late Geoff Matthews ?
No connection. This design is more recent than Matthews's career.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: thewarlord on March 05, 2018, 03:38:57 AM
Electric Urban car concept by Lotus, 2009
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 05, 2018, 03:42:16 AM
Quote from: thewarlord on March 05, 2018, 03:38:57 AM
Electric Urban car concept by Lotus, 2009
That is correct! Could you tell me the reason why Lotus created this concept? Locked of course.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 26, 2018, 04:13:19 AM
Well I am sorry but after three weeks and no further reply from thewarlord, I have to unlock this puzzle so that someone else can complete the answer and win the point, which is easy now.
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 26, 2018, 08:26:30 AM
Lotus was asked to produce the city car design as a study for Automotive Engineer magazine
Title: Re: Monty319
Post by: el_monty on March 26, 2018, 10:27:55 AM
That is correct, you are one step closer to Pro status!
Automotive Engineer magazine commissioned Lotus Design in 2009 to imagine an urban electric vehicle for the future. The result was not exactly groundbreaking even for that time, although it combined some nifty ideas from other cars, such as the extremely space-efficient four-seater packaging, electric powertrain under the floor, sliding doors, etc. Then again, Lotus did not invest a lot of time in this project, turning in the final proposal just two weeks after the initial brainstorm with the magazine editors.