A conceptual race-chariot for gladiators of the future - Yanko Design

Worried that closed-cockpits were taking away the enthusiasm of watching a driver control a wild beast of an car down a racetrack, Dong Yi designed the Concept Chariot, a vehicle that brought back the joyous fervor the Romans felt every bit they watched their gladiators on the race-runway, behind chariots led by wild stallions, fighting vigorously for survival.

While being a gladiator in 2nd Century B.C. substantially meant having a death-wish, Dong decided to have the aspect of performer-to-crowd engagement by redesigning the vehicle to exist more open, more visceral, more chariot-like. Designed in cooperation with the Hockenheim ring, Dong's Concept Chariot aims at rekindling the joy of watching humans equally they command their chariots that race speedily down a track.

The car's top-contour showcases a dissever in the book towards the front. Drawing inspiration from chariots that unremarkably had a pair of horses on the front, Dong split the vehicle's inductive, making information technology look like the Concept Chariot was being pulled past 2 masses at its forefront. The volumes unite at the back, much like a horse-pulled chariot would, and the commuter is required to mount on the vehicle much similar a snowmobile, making their seating posture much more dynamic, like a jockey.

Ultimately, the Concept Chariot is a vehicle with a completely exposed cockpit, borrowing from the setup establish in motorbike racing, and bringing information technology to motorcar-racing. Concerned that video-games were condign very immersive while the existent sport of racing wasn't rising upwardly to the claiming, the Concept Chariot also has video-game-like stylings, and with a driver that's clearly visible to the audition, rather than being shut from view, the chariot design is sure to go on the audience's interests piqued!

Designer: Dong Yi