Over one hundred years ago Henry Ford created the Model T, one of this century’s engineering design classics. In celebration of 100 years Ford issued a challenge for students around the worked to design a model T for the 21st century.
The Ford Nucleon concept car of 1958 was designed to be powered by a small nuclear reactor. The car didn’t progress past a interesting motorshow mockup.
The joint winners of this global competition were Deakin University in Geelong and a team from Aachen University of Cologne Germany.
Come and see the prototype vehicle created by Deakin University and contemplate our possible future of automotive design.
The 1958 X-2000 gave people a glimpse of what cars in the year 2000 might look like.
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The 1996 Iosis was first showed at the Paris Motor Show and gave people the first look of some design cues which are being introduced into Ford’s styling over the next few years.
