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Motor Trend has published an in-depth article, roundtable video, and spin-off posts that offer a speculative look at the design and features of the so-called "Apple Car." The renders, which are completely imaginative, were designed by industrial designer Garrett DeBry and rendered by creative studio Mind Over Eye.

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While the article is headlined "Apple Car exclusive," most of the information and images are purely speculative and based on the fanciful vision of a group of automotive enthusiasts. In fact, the design looks largely based on the look and feel of the latest iPhones and iPads, right down to the matching gold color.

The car features a tinted glass windshield and roof with a boxy frame and Apple logos emblazoned on the front, back, and all four wheels. The taillights appear to be one consolidated line of red dotted lights, while the rear wheels have fender skirts that provide further aerodynamic emphasis from the rear bumper forward.

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The renders highlight thirteen fun but certainly questionable features, such as a 360-degree augmented reality experience, wireless charging, proximity sensing and wearable technologies, Tesla Model X-like "Falcon Wing" doors, indirect and ambient lighting, and a color-coded light strip that can double as a turn signal.

With few concrete details known about the Apple Car, these images are purely conceptual and, unsurprisingly, should not be interpreted as factual. Dozens of similar mockups are just one Google Images search away, and each offer a fun but likely mostly fanatical vision of Apple's much-rumored electric vehicle.


Apple Car rumors have gained momentum since early last year, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has hundreds of employees working to develop an electric vehicle under the codename "Project Titan." The bulk of research and development may be taking place in secretive buildings in Sunnyvale, California, where late night "motor noises" have been heard in recent months.

Multiple sources have indicated that the Apple Car could be finalized by 2019 or 2020, but a more precise timeframe remains unclear due to possible internal setbacks and other unforeseen circumstances. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently called the Apple Car an "open secret," as his company aims to begin fulfilling more than 325,000 pre-orders for its lower-priced Model 3 by late 2017.

Article Link: Motor Trend Shares Purely Imaginative Vision of Futuristic 'Apple Car'
 
Hideous. Saying that...Steve Ballmer would be proud of this design.....looks a bit brownish to me ..... maybe they will bundle one of those many closet driven unsold Zunes to match this fugly beast.

Where has the WOW factor gone in Apple hardware design since the new Mac Pro? Just mainly milking off previous designs for years now with some cosmetic changes but no real bold revolutionary shifts....just evolutionary.

Jony ... are u still there? Big expectations for the next generation design iMacs. No protruding chin please!!
You can play with your projects but besides iOS and the fugly car, don't forget to love the Mac !!
 
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I'm fairly confident that Motor Trend is completely wrong on absolutely everything. If they were going to fantasy and fun, how about designing a car that someone might want?
 
it is definitely ugly, but don't despair: there's an s version rumored to get rid of the ugly white band on the front :rolleyes:
 
Yeah, this is most likely the project that Jony moved on from daily management to go work on. He loves fancy cars with classic lines. There's no way it's going to look like a space go-kart.
Well this is what he drives, though I suspect an Apple car will look more like am Audi or BMW than this.

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The renders were designed by industrial designer Garrett DeBry

Horrible and unimaginative.

images are purely speculative and based on the fanciful vision of a group of automotive enthusiasts.

Automotive enthusiasts? LMAO. Yeah. Right.

Looks like something out of a bad '80s sci-fi movie.
 
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Hideous. Saying that...Steve Ballmer would be proud of this design.....looks a bit brownish to me ..... maybe they will bundle one of those many closet driven unsold Zunes to match this fugly beast.

Where has the WOW factor gone in Apple hardware design since the new Mac Pro? Just mainly milking off previous designs for years now with some cosmetic changes but no real bold revolutionary shifts....just evolutionary.

Jony ... are u still there? Big expectations for the next generation design iMacs. No protruding chin please!!
You can play with your projects but besides iOS and the fugly car, don't forget to love the Mac !!

Um...
The renders were designed by industrial designer Garrett DeBry
 
These pics just got another 50k Tesla Model 3's pre-ordered.

The deposit is 100% refundable on the Tesla Model 3, so it's a bit silly to be postponing your Model 3 deposit just because you think someone else might have a better car.

Make the deposit now, and if Faraday Future, or GM, or Mercedes, or Nissan, or Apple, or Google, or anyone else ends up with a car you'd rather have within the next two years, just withdraw your deposit on the Model 3 and go with that other company.

In the 99% chance that nobody else has anything even close to as good as the Model 3 in the next 8 years, you'll be happy you were in line earlier rather than later for the Model 3.
 
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