Local Motors Rally Pick-Up with Parallel Architecture

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The project tries to achieve a car that combines the dynamics of the Local Motors Rally Fighter with the utility of a Pick-Up, by using Parallel Architecture. The original Rally Fighter design is a mid-centre engined car, with the driver moved backwards in order to centre the engine and improve the weight balance of the car. With Parallel Architecture, the original V8 engine would have to be replaced with an inline-6 unit placed in the same position, in order to be as narrow as posible, so it will be possible to move forward the driver´s position and the cabin. As the engine would keep its mid-centre position but the cabin is moved forward, the engine would now be placed below the central dashboard, in Parallel with the driver´s legs. At the same time, as there is not need to access the engine head area from the hood at the front, the base of the windscreen is moved forward and lowered down, maximizing cabin volume, driver´s visibility and the aerodynamics of the car. Therefore the rear area behind the driver would increase, maximizing cargo space, and a removable rear roof would transform the car into a Pick-Up, further improving its utility. The end result should be a car with less power but better dynamics and driver´s visibility, better aerodynamics, better cabin space and better cargo space and utility than the original.