{"id":24032,"date":"2017-08-04T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=24032\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:56:04","slug":"the-best-concept-cars-of-the-2000s-mercedes-benz-f-015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2017\/08\/the-best-concept-cars-of-the-2000s-mercedes-benz-f-015\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST CONCEPT CARS OF THE 2000S \/ MERCEDES-BENZ F 015"},"content":{"rendered":"

LUXURY IN MOTION\u00a0 (Auto&Design n.211)<\/strong>
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From modern luxury to luxury in motion. This is the direction Mercedes-Benz\u2019s design philosophy is taking in the context of the \u201csensual purity\u201d pursued by Gorden Wagener. The F 015 concept vehicle presented at the Las Vegas CES and later in Detroit, is a milestone in the quest for the \u201ccar of the future\u201d and the exciting prospect of autonomous driving. \u201cWe wanted a luxury car with the interiors of a comfortable lounge\u201d, explains Daimler\u2019s design chief: \u201cWe were looking for a combination of sensuality and purity expressed in a special, intelligent, emotional fashion while still demonstrating a pioneering spirit\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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A creature of Advanced Design, where Steffen K\u00f6hl is responsible for externals, this concept is characterized by a monolithic structure: rather than speak of volumes, Wagener prefers to talk about \u201cspaceflow\u201d, a highly fluid movement from grille to tail: a single line that runs from very low at the front, wraps round the roof of the cabin and drops down to the tail after forming muscular shoulders on the rear wheels. The sides, to whose visual structure a contribution is made by the very low skirts between the enormous 26 inch wheels, are made even more eye-catching by the apparent lack of pillars (there are no B pillars and the doors open 90 degrees).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Everything\u2019s new in the F 015: from the big front and rear lighting modules, a whole mass of LEDs (even the Mercedes star is made of lights) able to \u201ccommunicate\u201d with the outside world (for example signalling to a pedestrian that he has been seen, or projecting a pedestrian crossing on to the road to invite him or her to cross), to what Wagener calls \u201ca perfect symbiosis between the virtual and the real\u201d thanks to the interior side panels, enormous touch screens developed in the Sunnyvale studio in California through which the occupants communicate with the outside.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It should never be forgotten that this is a \u201cVision 2030+\u201d but that according to the people in Sindelfingen, it is destined to become reality. In this context, the interiors, the work of the Como studio headed by Michele Jauch Paganetti with the final touches added by the designers led by head of Mercedes interiors Hartmut Sinkwitz, take on great importance: from the seats with aluminium frame lined with a soft and elegant white napp leather to the light-coloured wood floor, in a fusion of organic and synthetic materials that transform the lounge into a livable as well as a digital space of the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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