Jan 22, 2005 - The judges of the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Design Challenge have named the Dodge Superbee and Volkswagen Mobile Lounge as joint-winners of the first ever automobile design studio competition.

The Los Angeles area has the highest concentration of automotive design studios in the world, and as part of the LA Auto Show's 'Design LA' initiative, all 13 studios were invited to create their vision of the ‘Ultimate LA Machine’.



The Dodge Superbee, from DaimlerChrysler’s Pacifica Design Center, is intended to reflect the California lifestyle, allowing owners to commute efficiently during the week and providing the ultimate tool to explore the Pacific Coast Highway or Muhlholland Drive through the Santa Monica mountains on weekends. According to Brian Nielander of the Pacifica Design Center, "It’s open and lightweight – almost a motorcycle on four wheels. We imagine a small two liter V8 that revs to 14,000 RPM that burns cleanly on natural gas, or how about hybrid or fuel cell power?"


Head of Advanced Product Design, Pacifica Design Center, Freeman Thomas accepts the joint first prize award!

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redriderbob

 

Just for a little fun fact... Brian Nielander was the guy who designed the 2004 Chrysler ME-412 Concept and the 2005 Chrysler Firepower Concept...

redriderbob

 

WOW wait a second!!!! this car will not even be produced as the image. the engine cant get outdoors (2 difficult), and second, superbee means MUSCLE CAR, not sport car. if u have photoshop, please make a charger 2 door, with a big spoiler, big rims, convertible, and the 1970 look-alike grills of a 1970 superbee. i would like to see it!!!!!

 

Too Crossfire for me. I'll stick with the Viper line.



-Matt-

 

Wonder what the price of the Firepower is going to be. That's a sharp car.

 

they say around 50K for the firepower..thats only the estimated base price tho

0-60 in 4.5 seconds 1/4mile - 12.8 @ 112

14 city mpg and 19 highway

370 cu in hemi

not bad if u ask me

 

Yeah......I read that the Firepower! has a $40,000 paint job. I believe it was in Car and Driver. Anyhow, I think it looks pretty tight.

 

Hahaha. I think I'm old enough to have a mid-life crisis.

 

Yep I like the Firepower, its time again for Dodge to offer something for us guys that can afford the $50K cars... especially since the vipers have gone up over $30 since they came out in 1992. But what in the world is up with that Super Bee pictured at the top, that isn t even a car, its just ridiculous to say the least, even the Prowler was more practical than it.

 

Yeah, that Firepower is looking really sweet... not so sure about that superbee though.