Misano was a thesis project for students of the Design Department, and it was adopted by Suzuki
Suzuki’s master’s students in the Department of Transportation Design at the
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Turin worked together to craft a fantastic car concept they called the Misano.
The idea of the project and study was to combine Suzuki’s ingenuity in building
motorcycles and cars into one machine.
The new concept car is made in collaboration with Suzuki.
Twenty-four master’s students from several countries worked on the project at the Department of Transportation Design at IED Torino, Misano and Suzuki asked the young designers to work on a brief entitled La Dolce Vita X Way of Life.
The extensive design project began last fall,
The Misano concept car takes its name from an Italian racetrack.
Apart from the name, the concept offers a fairly compact car that is 4 meters (157.5 inches) long. For comparison, the latest Miata is 3.9141 meters (154.1 inches) tall.
Misano Suzuki Good conceptBut the concept gives us a car that is one meter (39.37 inches) tall.
In a touch inspired by the motorcycle, and according to the study, the dimensions of the car come as follows (length 4000 mm – width 1750 mm – height 1000 mm – wheelbase 2600 mm – axle spacing 1500 mm.
The design of the car is a mixture of curves and hard edges.
S-shaped headlights to evoke the Suzuki brand logo.
Copper accents add a touch of flourish to the darker body, including the coil-over ring behind the rear passenger.
Dark wheels also feature this color scheme.
Suzuki MisanoThe disadvantage of the design is that the passenger space is uneven, and the other side of the body carries a battery pack and storage area.
Unfortunately, it does not provide a good view of the cabin.
However, they reported having a joystick to maneuver the car, rather than a steering wheel.
The idea was inspired by a motorcycle joystick.
“Thanks to the collaboration between the design department and the Suzuki brand, a new car concept has been created looking to combine the manufacturing of the compact car and Suzuki motorcycles,” said Kimihiko Nakada, Director of the Suzuki Design Center.
Nakada added, “Misano is a thesis born from the passion of young designers and developed as a project at the Design Center to provide the next generation with a new lifestyle experience.”
As a design study, the Misano will not be produced, and there are no details about the powertrain.
However, given Suzuki’s current lineup, the company has a gap in the range for a sports roadster.
Malakicom has been awarded the list of students working on the Misano concept and includes: Stefano Pizzo (Italy), Karan Chowdhury (India), Michele Quinn Pirani (Italy), Shreyas Pratap Dalvi (India), Chetan Rajkumar Dekate (India), Amir Demircioglu (Turkey). ), Thomas Daniel Farjala (France).
Jonathan Farah (Lebanon), Leonardo Ferraro (Italy), Veneshwar Ganesh (India), Shachar Korin (Israel), Alejandro Listeri Vicente (Spain), Bhaviot Singh Man (India), Luca Melici (Italy), Sebastiano Miraka (Albania), Rushab Mistry (India), Ram Kaushik Ragala (India), Linda Ravella (Italy),
Aldo Rosario Rosso (Italy), Massimo Salpitro (Italy), Georges Shalvo (Belgium), Chobham Sen (India), Niccolo Vallauri (Italy), Pratiush Sanjay Wassoli (India).
It is worth noting that the Misano bush, which was named after the Suzuki car, became known as Marco Simoncelli, is a racetrack located near the city of Misano Adriatico (province of Rimini) in the Frazione Santa Monica Sella.
Originally designed in 1969 with a length of 3,488 kilometers (2.17 miles), it hosted its first event in 1972. In 1993, the track length was increased to 4,064 kilometers (2.53 miles).
As of 2007, it began hosting the Grand Prix of San Marino and Rimini Coast as part of the MotoGP World Championship.
In 2012, the track’s name was changed to celebrate Marco Simoncelli, a local motorcycle racer who died in 2011.
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