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Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept by Quesada at Italdesign

By Brett Davis |

What do you think of this? It’s called the Subaru Celeno Sports Sedan Concept and it was designed by an intern artist at Italdesign that goes by the name of Xuacu Pérez Quesada.

The futuristic, aspirational design even takes some design cues from the BMW EfficientDynamics Concept.

There’s no roof, in case you didn’t notice, the windscreen just goes all the way back to the rear window. We’re not sure how rigid this design would be though as there appears to be no cross-bar bracing the upper left of the car to the right.

Featuring the latest mirror-less trend, the side-mounted cameras/sensors pick up any blind-spot details the driver may want to see. And in this world of thin-as-paper laptops and TVs, they rid the somewhat cumbersome and dated mirror technology leaving the car with a much much sleeker look.

The boot lid is very interesting and a bit of a mystery. Is it covered in blue tinted glass or is it simply painted to match the long roof? The LEDs that run up the rear pillar are also quite interesting and would be great in traffic as motorists could see the driver’s brake lights from many angles.

The high waistline gives the car a retro chop-top look whilst also presenting high chunk/solid factor; note the lack of door handles. The wheels are also very beefy and modern, and they don’t look unreal like so many other futuristic concept wheels.

The entire car is a design that stems from Subaru’s own Hybrid Tourer Concept and taken further into the future. All in all, it’s a stunning, clean interpretation with loads of attention to detail.


 
  • Joker

    Well, they’re definitely making in-roads from the current design DNA..(if this is anything to gauge future releases by)

  • Shak

    Anything would be an improvement from their current (lack of) design language. And this is quiet nice, so if they can move this way, then good on them.

  • crouchy

    Looks like a sneak peak of Subaru’s take on the FT-86 joint venture… Check out the rear quarter shot (4th photo).. very similar!

  • greenroom

    i reckon it looks like a bucket of bling. costume jewellery.

  • Eric

    I wounder if the roof is self darkening?

    I loke the side, but I don’t like the black lines in the bonnet or the red lines in the boot.

    Eric

  • A

    It looks okay from the back, but from the front it looks like its trying to eat itself.

  • delux

    Looks like a Kia Optima. Thats not a bad thing. Can definately see some first gen Leone in the design also. In the read quarter and the high waist.

  • http://baji192.wordpress.com Baji

    @delux, I do see optima in this design as well, especially the rear door and c-pillar. The overall shape of the car looks alright, but I don’t really like the smaller details.