Temporal Shape Changes and Future Trends in European Automotive Design
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Data Sources
Brand | Segment | Model | Year | Brand | Segment | Model | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat | A | Nuova 500 | 1968 | Ford | A | Ka | 1998 |
126 | 1973 | B | Fiesta | 1979 | |||
Panda | 1985 | Fiesta | 1982 | ||||
Cinquecento | 1995 | Fiesta | 1993 | ||||
Seicento | 1998 | Fiesta | 2001 | ||||
Panda | 2003 | Fiesta | 2005 | ||||
500 | 2007 | Fusion | 2005 | ||||
Panda | 2012 | Renault | A | 4cv | 1957 | ||
B1 | 600 | 1962 | 4 | 1979 | |||
Uno | 1992 | Twingo Mk1 | 2000 | ||||
Punto | 1993 | Twingo Mk2 | 2012 | ||||
127 | 1995 | B | Dauphine | 1960 | |||
Punto | 1999 | 6 | 1972 | ||||
Grande Punto | 2005 | 5 | 1980 | ||||
Punto Evo | 2010 | Supercinque | 1986 | ||||
Punto | 2012 | Clio | 1995 | ||||
B2 | 1100 | 1949 | Clio II | 2004 | |||
1100 | 1954 | Clio III | 2006 | ||||
128 | 1971 | Modus | 2006 | ||||
Ritmo | 1978 | Volkswagen | A | Fox | 2006 | ||
Brava | 1995 | Up | 2011 | ||||
Stilo | 2005 | B | Polo III | 2006 |
2.2. Shape Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta, Corrado, and Jacopo Aguzzi. 2015. "Temporal Shape Changes and Future Trends in European Automotive Design" Machines 3, no. 3: 256-267. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines3030256