EDAG GENX Concept

[silverhawk]

i found this car at a site.

[silverhawk]

In order to present EDAG's capabilities as an innovative development partner for complete vehicles and production systems to a broad public, the company exhibits show cars with pioneering ideas and impulses at international motor shows. The world premiere of the genX at the International Motor Show in Geneva 2004 is the continuation of EDAG's series of innovative vehicle concepts.

The genX, conceived as a sports car for the next generation, reflects the changes in living, working and leisure time habits of society in the new millennium. Independence, speed and the desire for individuality are increasingly the striking features of private and working life. The genX has been created for people who find the boundaries between work and leisure time dissolving more and more into thin air. ''Mobility, flexibility and fun are the maxims of modern, success-oriented people,'' explains Johannes Barckmann, head of the EDAG Design Studio. This future target group is shedding social conventions such as fixed working hours and working locations and defining modern nomadism as the new lifestyle.

The show car genX was conceived as an answer to social needs of the future: an individual 2-seater sports car which offers, the first in this vehicle segment to do so, a full-size bed for the driver. The interior of the genX is enlarged accordingly by means of an electric lift room. The module-like, external transport boxes which are fitted in the slim waist of the genX are available for individual uses. The boxes can be removed and carried as suitcases without any trouble. Besides the normal function as travel luggage, equipment variations such as office packs, sports packs or camping packs are planned. Thanks to its versatile concept, the genX offers its driver absolute flexibility for a wide range of working or private activities. Level regulators and all-wheel drive make the genX at home off the road as well as on.

The exterior design of the genX underscores the independent character of the innovative sports car concept. The slender waist of the genX is the major feature of the overall appearance and is a formal reminder of the concept behind a Formula 1 meteor. The extremely flat silhouette, coupled with the protruding width of the vehicle, make the genX an imposing figure on the road and convey a powerful and self-confident image in the best sports car tradition.

Story by EDAG

[Matra et Alpine]

.... an individual 2-seater sports car which offers, the first in this vehicle segment to do so, a full-size bed for the driver. The interior of the genX is enlarged accordingly by means of an electric lift room.

I love when companies do somethig stupid and try to 'sell' its 'design expertise'.

Se let's see..
A non-cheap sportscar, so if I could afford the car I can afford to pay for a hotel or B&B !
A low slung sportscar, so I'm never going to be able to take it off-the-beaten-road where their might not BE any hotels or B&Bs !!
A sportscar and I'm going to pay for all the weight of a lift and a bed !!!
'Level regulators' so it can go offroad - so I've compromised the suspension and handling characteristics as well.

And this is meant to be a sportscar ??

NOT

For me all this tells me is that EGAD as a company have NO COMMON SENSE

Nice pics and report, thanks again. This one had me laughing.

[lithuanianmafia]

I love when companies do somethig stupid and try to 'sell' its 'design expertise'.

Se let's see..
A non-cheap sportscar, so if I could afford the car I can afford to pay for a hotel or B&B !
A low slung sportscar, so I'm never going to be able to take it off-the-beaten-road where their might not BE any hotels or B&Bs !!
A sportscar and I'm going to pay for all the weight of a lift and a bed !!!
'Level regulators' so it can go offroad - so I've compromised the suspension and handling characteristics as well.

And this is meant to be a sportscar ??

NOT

For me all this tells me is that EGAD as a company have NO COMMON SENSE

Nice pics and report, thanks again. This one had me laughing.

Couldn't have said it better myself

[MrVette83]

I think the car looks visually ok until you reach the door jams, it shows real possibility with a little bit of refinement up to that point. After the doors though the design just goes to crap and fast.

[henk4]

I love when companies do somethig stupid and try to 'sell' its 'design expertise'.

Se let's see..
A non-cheap sportscar, so if I could afford the car I can afford to pay for a hotel or B&B !
A low slung sportscar, so I'm never going to be able to take it off-the-beaten-road where their might not BE any hotels or B&Bs !!
A sportscar and I'm going to pay for all the weight of a lift and a bed !!!
'Level regulators' so it can go offroad - so I've compromised the suspension and handling characteristics as well.

And this is meant to be a sportscar ??

NOT

For me all this tells me is that EGAD as a company have NO COMMON SENSE

Nice pics and report, thanks again. This one had me laughing.

Excellent PR crap, you could have added that the car is offering a bed for the driver only, so what about the girl with you? I also think the designers are not old enough to remember the average european sedan of the sixties/seventies which was fitted with folding-down front seats, so the interior could be transformed in a double bed.

[Matra et Alpine]

Excellent PR crap, you could have added that the car is offering a bed for the driver only, so what about the girl with you?

Personally don't have an issue as then they have to go on top

I also think the designers are not old enough to remember the average european sedan of the sixties/seventies which was fitted with folding-down front seats, so the interior could be transformed in a double bed.

or the VW camper van with the folding bed area with extending roof - no wait you had to hand-crank that. These new engineers are fantastic this one's electric. Wow, we've advanced in 40 years

[Niko_Fx]

Sleeping in there must be like sleeping in a coffin.

[henk4]

Sleeping in there must be like sleeping in a coffin.

Driving too!