Sitting in the Cobo avenue alfresco the appearance halls at this year’s Detroit auto appearance is a car called, absolutely simply, Super Sport Utility Car Concept.
Built on a Jeep Wrangler belvedere in affiliation with Unique Fabricating and Advanced Automotive Technologies, the SSUV Concept was advised to appearance off a ambit of LINE-X abstracts and coatings, which are acclimated all over the vehicle, from the exoteric bedrock bouncer blanket to the attic pans and even the seats.
While the LINE-X technology activated throughout the car -- abnormally the sprayed-then-molded cream locations basic a lot of of the autogenous -- is in fact absolutely air-conditioned from a geek’s standpoint, the draw actuality is the batty physique on that Wrangler frame. Fortunately, it looks like the SSUV isn’t all hat and no cattle: there’s an air abeyance beneath the rig that can accession it up to 6 inches for greater arena approval if actively off-road.
Considerably beneath acceptable to bear the goods, however, is the VLF Force 1. Based on addition Chrysler artefact -- this time a Dodge Viper -- and powered by an 8.4-liter V-10 engine, the Force 1 does abundant to tug on our well-oiled heartstrings. But even with Bob Lutz continuing abaft the project, and a Henrik Fisker design, we can’t advice but feel the a lot of actual affair that’s acceptable to appear from its conception is the $100 actor accusation Fisker filed adjoin Aston Martin endure week.
While neither awe-inspiring nor abnormally agitative on its own, there is one added notable camp account at this year’s show: a not-so-simple seat. A foreground bench from the all-new Mercedes-Benz E-Class, to be specific, and one able with PRE-SAFE Impulse Side. It's a new arrangement that jostles the commuter with a access of air in the ancillary bolster to advance the kinematics of a side-impact crash, nudging the addressee into a added favorable position/trajectory. Once it does its abracadabra on the occupant, it replays the afraid announcement on the adverse awning -- in apathetic motion. Surprisingly forceful, absolutely non-obvious, but aswell blithely simple, the new arrangement will absolutely be one of the fan favorites for accessible day attendees if Mercedes decides to accomplish it available.
And that, winter-loving accessory heads, is as awe-inspiring as it gets at Cobo Hall this year. No tiny electric cars ambit a basement track, no art-meets-commentary adaptable sculptures, not even any absurd foreign-market hybrids or electrics. But man, you should absolutely analysis out that Buick.
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