S K O D A V I S I O N G T Mk 1.0 | VISION PROTOTYPE FOR GRAND TURISMO
Lead designer on the interior I Design & blender modeling of the interior and chassis I Vred renders & video editing for communication.
The ŠKODA VISION GT is a study of a single-seater all-electric sports car. It was inspired by the 1100 OHC that competed on racing circuits in the previous century.
The first sketches and the idea for the project came about in 2019, when the design team turned their attention to the beautiful 1100 OHC. We were just approaching the brand’s 125th anniversary and we thought we could celebrate the brand’s racing history as part of that. The freshly restored ŠKODA 1100 OHC proved to be a great source of inspiration.
We considered simply reviving the original 1100 OHC, while the other option was a more futuristic design for the digital world of the future.
The VISION GT was first created entirely in a digital environment. We sketched out different versions and combined the different ideas into a final whole. We really enjoyed the creative freedom that allowed us to push our own boundaries. The team went to unexpected lengths in preparing the study, resulting in a vision of a single-seat electric sports car that (as the designers envisioned) rests on a slightly modified platform of the production OCTAVIA RS.
We also try to think about a number of other details: the optimum handling characteristics are ensured by active aerodynamics, and an active cockpit with a spring-mounted driver’s seat takes care of ideal load balancing. The driver steers with a futuristic, flattened carbon steering wheel. The flat screen of the on-board system also serves as a wind shield and the car shows important information as a head-up display on the visor of the driver’s helmet.
Please find in the following embedded link a video presentation of the concept. All the animation has been calculated with Autodesk Vred, Blender and edited on Adobe After Effects. Enjoy!
DESIGN TEAM CREDITS
Oliver Stefani - Head of SKODA DESIGN
Franck Le Gall - Lead Exterior Designer
Julien Petitseigneur - Lead Interior Designer
Boris Kovalik - Interior Designer
Filip Kroll - Interior Designer
Romain Bucaille - Exterior Designer
JG Kim - Exterior Designer
Andrey Denisov - Interior CAD Modeler
T H A N K Y O U !
