Alfa Romeo Pandion
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The Alfa Romeo Centennial celebration concept
First concept car as Bertone Design Director was presented in 2010 and was commissioned by Alfa Romeo CEO Sergio Cravero to celebrate their Centennial Anniversary. The fully driveable prototype was designed and built in just 4 1/2 months and was full of radical, cutting-edge solutions. testifying to the importance of this advanced research project.
The Pandion was featured in the 2010 Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance, which celebrated Alfa Romeo's Centennial Anniversary. The name Pandion comes from "Pandion Haliaetus", the scientific name for the Osprey, which dives into the ocean for fish with it's wings straight up, just like the "wings" on the Alfa Romeo Pandion.
Innovative Bertone door openings
The reverse scissors doors cover the entire bodyside of the Pandion, using the rear tire hub as the center of rotation.
The rear 3/4 panels rock inwards transformer-style in order to make space for the 3.6 meter door rotation (see video below).
First application of Algorithm Design in cars
Algorithm Design describes natural phenomena with code, and then reproduces the phenomenon with Random Form Generation
Quartz Algorithm used for the Exterior
Tree roots Algorithm used for the Interior