Porsche
Carma
The
Porsche Carma concept is a creation of four students from the Institute
Supérieur de Design in Valenciennes, France. Germain Baillot, Julie Dicks,
Pierre Fichet Delavault and Simon Menu designed the Carma concept to be an
extreme sports car which could also cope with daily use.
One
of the areas the team looked at closely was the aerodynamics of the car. This
has resulted in a few surprises under the skin of the Carma including an
internal spoiler under the rear end, and at speed the rear panel slides back
from the rest of the body a few inches to channel air to the mid-mounted
flat-six engine before exiting out the rear creating extra downforce. To
further help the Carma hug the road the concept is fitted with underfloor
aerodynamics which quite literally suck the car towards the road at speed.
The
exterior design of the Porsche Carma borrows a few styling elements from past
and present Porsche models. Perhaps the most obvious is the rear end which
bares more than a passing resemblance to the 928's rear. The headlight and
bonnet layout are similar in proportion to the 911's, as is the sloping
roofline.
The
Porsche Carma concept is purely a styling and computer modeling exercise. There
are no plans to build a working prototype or production model.
