Maestro Works - Talking about the uniqueness of
Luigi Colani's work, a renowned contemporary industrial designer may never end, even though the designer passed away in 2019. This is not surprising, because this German designer has been active in the modern industrial world since the early 1950s to the second millennium, with his work segmenting diverse, not only from the automotive world but also the world of aviation, buildings to household furniture.
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The Colani Mamba Concept made by Luigi Colani back in 1998 to 1999 is reportedly built as a design study for new model of Dodge Viper. (Picture from: Colani)
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As a designer,
Luigi Colani is famous for his design lines imitated various naturally dynamic forms which later developed his creative language called
Biodesign, made up of often exaggerated roundness, which evoke the dynamism and vitality of an object, as the result seems quirky and unique. If you look closely,
Colani applies the
Biodesign style on many his vehicle works to interpret what he called as natural forms which has none or minimal straight lines so they give a unique and quirky impression.
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| Luigi Colani posed along with his car creations, such the Mamba Concept, Ferrari Testa D'Oro, and many others. (Picture from: RawViper) |
Besides that, it turns out there is a vehicle of the designer which in our opinion is very unique so that it invites great our curiosity as well. Unlike his other works, the mentioned car model named the
Colani Mamba Concept made by
Luigi Colani back in 1998 to 1999 is reportedly built as a design study for new model of
Dodge Viper.
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| The
Colani Mamba Concept when viewed as a whole from the front, You would
seen all of pull of the lines and curves unity became into a Mamba snake's
head shape. (Picture from: Sumally) |
It is not known whether this project was carried out by
Colani under his own initiative or in collaboration with
Chrysler, the American auto giant as the owner of the
Dodge car brand at the time.
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| The Colani Mamba Concept is described the maestro's interpretation about an American modern muscle car with an optimized
airflow so no spoiler required. (Picture from: OcalaAutoRepair) |
Apart from that in our opinion, there is something very interesting about this concept car when viewed as a whole from the front, You would seen all of pull of the lines and curves unity became into a Mamba snake's head shape, thus maybe that's why the car concept is called as it.
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| The Colani Mamba Concept (middle) posed along with the original 1999 Dodge Viper (left) and the Colani-Getra's Dodge Viper coupe remodel versions (far right). (Picture from: AllCarIndex) |
The car concept is described as a
Colani's
modern interpretation of an American muscle car with an optimized
airflow so no spoiler required, and has a matching side view as well.
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| One of original Dodge Viper remodeled versions (in coupe style) by Colani in collaboration with a Köln-based automotive company, Autohaus Getra in the 1999. (Picture from: RawViper) |
As what we've quoted from several sources, especially the
Luigi Colani Design Museum, the mentioned concept car is just a rolling body model without doors and windows and the black sections are painted. However, the plan will be powered by a V10 engine capable of blowing a maximum power of up to 900 hp.😉
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| One of original Dodge Viper remodeled versions (in coupe style) featured with additional headlights by Colani in collaboration with a Köln-based automotive company, Autohaus Getra in the 1999. (Picture from: ReddIt) |
This one-off rolling body model has been showcased by the maestro at several events around the world, and before it sold in October 2019 had shown in Joop Stolze Classic Cars showroom in De Lier, Netherland, lastly was seen stored in the Milan Sesto scrapyard in Italy along with the Mazda Le Mans and other 4 prototypes. |
| One
of original Dodge Viper remodeled versions (in roadster style) and said only three units have produced by Autohaus Getra in the 1999. (Picture from: Nitter.net) |
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As a designer, Luigi Colani is famous for his design lines imitated various naturally dynamic forms which later developed his creative language called Biodesign, made up of often exaggerated roundness, which evoke the dynamism and vitality of an object, as the result seems quirky and unique. If you look closely, Colani applies the Biodesign style on many his vehicle works to interpret what he called as natural forms which has none or minimal straight lines so they give a unique and quirky impression.
Uniquely, in the same year of 1999 Luigi Colani also presented a remodel car design of the original Dodge Viper, with a striking distinguishing feature, namely additional headlights. It is noted that several remodeled cars were made in the coupe and roadster versions, carried out by a Köln-based automotive company, Autohaus Getra, and said that there's only three unit cars like this have been produced. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | COLANI | LUIGI COLANI DESIGN MUSEUM | STOLZECLASSICCARS | ALLCARINDEX | CARSTYLING.RU | RAWVIPER | AUTOTITRE | ALESUPERCARS.WEEBLY | BLOGOMOTIVE | REDDIT LUIGICOLANI | OCALA AUTO REPAIR | BOX26.CH | LCDM@NITTER.NET | CAR-PASSION BY R&O | GEOBLOG.RU ]
