Article: Designer Exercise: BMW Z0 Project

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 Designed by Romanian industrial design graduates Andrei Avarvarii (exterior design) and Adrian Vasiliu (interior design) the BMW Z0 project is a sports car for the next decade. Intended as a smart, efficient and environmentally friendly sports car, the Z0 project takes the �less is more� approach with its minimalist looks and wraps it into a package which gives an unfiltered driving experience.

According to the two design graduates, the fossil fuel-challenged years ahead are a real threat to the traditional driver�s machine. However, by going back to the roots of the automobile, they were able to create an exhilarating yet environment friendly sports car.

Similar to BMW's Hydrogen 7, Andrei and Adrian have chosen a Hydrogen combustion engine as the powerplant as opposed to a more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell. As the �0� represents in the name, the 200hp 1.6-liter turbo hydrogen engine produces zero CO2 emissions. With a Caterham reminiscent kerb weight of 450 kg, 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) would take 4 seconds.

Although the designers ambitiously project a 10 year window for such a vehicle to be feasible, hydrogen technology for a mass market sports car application is going to take much longer.

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