auto obsession

it is powered by a V10 , which runs on biofuel as well as standard ( premium ) gasoline .

the engine design is similar to one built by audi , it is tooled to a higher standard , to the point where fewer gaskets are required , and parts fit together and create seals making for a lighter more efficient mechanism .


the auto is quite lightweight overall,
and more manual than most high performance sports cars . i am thinking a manual transmission and almost retro nostalgic styling for the inside . more minimal and firmer than most car interiors.

the sound system has knobs .


there are few gimmicks : i am thinking horn loaded speakers which project outward to the street through the wheel well/ side panel compartments , and a sub woofer which emanates from underneath the trunk .


there is adequate trunk space and perhaps two gasoline tanks plus a spare tire .

probably white walls or amber walls .

i'm thinking twin superchargers, a quite robust electrical system .



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-scanned drawings of this above mentioned automobile, the decent looking profile didn't turn
out (note example 3 ) and i may leave it that way or rescan ; deepening on how i feel about someone using my design , derivative as it may be.



-also wrote an essay on the future of automobiles and enviro-friendliness for "http:/iitstimeforhope.com" ; discovered i was about a year late and the winners had been announced. just for the sake of comparison here is my essay:






i am inspired by recent developments in the automotive industry , or at least 2 or 3 different marques .

Volkswagen AG is always amazing in their pioneering engineering using biofuels and increasing fuel efficiency.

Most conspicuous is the Bentley line and its models being easily adaptable to consume bio gasoline with no loss in performance. More bizarrely , and probably never made available in the united states, is the diesel V12 Audi R8 which is supposed to emit no toxins to the atmosphere . How they do it is another story , and I can almost hear the tasteless jokes without speaking with any mechanics . It looks like they use some kind of catalytic converter with urea in the exhaust system ; don't ask where that comes from .

One car that might astound me if I ever see one on the street is the Lamborghini Estoque hybrid . It may only be a rumor and I'm really wondering where the gasoline and electric engines are situated on the chassis and how the drive trains, transmission will function . It seems innovative that the manufacturer is planning on marketing a four door family car based on cabin space and function after a history of producing cars where the engine, the top speed was the central design criterion; everything else being subsequent .

I really should contact them with my colour choices , don't know any Volkswagen AG designers , so if you see any please try to describe a deep glossy lime green - the darkest shade you could make it and still call it lime, then what could be called 'mother of pearl' , an off white with hints of grey and hot pink; also very glossy.
A dark charcoal gray with a warm copperish brown tint , it might be called gunmetal though it is flatter more utilitarian than the shade used by the other famous italian car manufacturer whose name it is a sacrilege to mention in the same paragraph as its associated rival and whose praise I shall sing shortly. Finally a medium blue with a hint of grey and periwinkle.

Of course all the colours mentioned above are similar to other manufacturer's choices of colours, there is a difference in the intensity , the daring use of colour which generally doesn't appear on the outside of automobiles. It matters to me , even if a person isn't affluent enough to afford a new automobile , one might be inspired by a different tone and view the world in a different light .


More inspiring to me even than the use and increasing cost effectiveness of bio-fuels is the entire process of car manufacture and who owns the factory .

Several Italian cities have essentially socialist government and some of the car factories are owned by the workers , this eliminates the need to pay managers who demand high salaries and makes it possible to offer a very high standard of product at a price that is viable in today's market .

I'm impressed not only by Maserati's high aesthetic and engineering standards and the ability to fuse working class practice with the needs and tastes of wealthy capitalists; I admire their successes in producing fuel efficient engines . Although a 4.2 or .7 liter V8 may burn a large amount of petrol (actually gas mileage is respectable taking into consideration the horsepower ) the engines operate efficiently through conventional means ( fine mechanical tolerances , carefully machined parts ) and the result is very low emissions of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere . I also like the idea of a car which has high resale value and is driven for appropriate reasons .

Maserati is inspiring in that their choices of colours are mostly , or entirely sky colours , anyone may posses the sky , it is a matter of looking upwards. Not anyone is able to arrive in style . The interior colours are terra firma, beach and land.