M346 Homage Kereta Sport by Robson Marques de Pontes

M346 Homage Kereta Sport by Robson Marques de Pontes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Emas in Reka Bentuk Kereta dan Kenderaan Bermotor Darat Competition Category.

EmasKereta· 2022

M346 Homage Kereta Sport

by Robson Marques de Pontes

Client: Robson Marques de Pontes

A' Design Award Emas Winner in Kereta Category

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The Design

About M346 Homage Kereta Sport

M346 Homage ialah sebuah kereta sport dua tempat duduk yang direka untuk kegunaan jalan raya dan litar lumba. Badannya diperbuat daripada komposit gentian karbon dan disokong oleh rangka tiub daripada aloi aluminium aeroangkasa berkekuatan tinggi. Nama dan bahasa bentuknya diilhamkan daripada pesawat Aermacchi M-346, yang garis-garisnya diterjemahkan menjadi permukaan automotif yang mengalir lancar. Beberapa perincian membawa fungsi seperti aerodinamik aktif dan daya tekan bawah, yang membantu semasa membelok dan membrek. Dua versi dirancang, satu dengan enjin V8 dan satu lagi dengan sistem penggerak elektrik.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Emas

M346 Homage Kereta Sport ialah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengiktirafan yang amat berprestij yang dianugerahkan kepada reka bentuk kelas pertama, menakjubkan dan cemerlang. Pemenang Emas ialah ciptaan yang sangat inovatif, berwawasan dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kegeniusan, kebijaksanaan dan kepakaran pereka bentuknya. M346 Homage Kereta Sport diharapkan menjadi ciptaan yang sangat dipuji, perintis aliran dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa tandingan. Reka bentuk pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini ialah projek yang menakjubkan dan disegani yang memberi manfaat besar kepada dan memajukan batas seni, sains, reka bentuk dan teknologi. M346 Homage Kereta Sport mencetuskan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan semangat, menggalakkan kreativiti dan memukau kita.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The M346 Homage is an all carbon fiber bespoke sports car body project developed to dress a light-weight, aerospace inspired, all electric or mid-engine multipurpose automotive platform. The project reanalyzes conventions by blending the aerospace world with that of the automotive and, from the first sketch to virtual reality reviews, CFD simulations, generative design and the scrutiny until the last detail, everything in the project has been designed in an integrated and bold design taste.
Dimensions & Packaging: With more than 700 hp (in its internal combustion engine configuration) pulling a bumper to bumper total length of 4778 mm and a wheelbase of 1.193 mm, the mid-engine, two-seater M346 Homage stands at 1.193 mm from the ground and has a total width (discounting side mirrors) of 2.066 mm.
Tags: automotive design, car design, sports car, supercar, automotive project, automotive engineering, fighter aircraft, Aermacchi M346, aerodynamics, generative design
Production Technology: To be offered either with a V8 internal combustion engine or with an electric powertrain, from the beginning, the M346 Homage has been designed using either pen on paper traditional sketching skills to computer aided styling, augmented reality, other computer simulations and industry cutting edge materials and technologies available to achieve the final platform and body work that, inspired by the aerospace world, use light materials such as high strength aerospace aluminum alloy and carbon fiber composites in a perfect balance between craftsmanship and high tech solutions.
Design Challenge: Going end-to-end and completing the whole design research, creating a design story theme, sketching ideas, computer aided styling modeling and computer generative imagery rendering in only two months was a huge achievement, but accomplishing this on the top of a ready-to-build chassis platform with all the hard points and engineering restraints, while transforming and adapting the more brutal and technical formal styling language of an fighter aircraft into that of a fluid and elegant super car and enhancing active and passive aerodynamics with unique design solutions, was the biggest challenge in the design process of the M346 Homage.
Research: During the research phase of the project a deep analysis of both the formal design language as well as the functional elements of the Aermacchi M-346 fighter aircraft were carried out. All data collected in the form of visual and text input was then experimented in an automotive manner until achieving a perfect blending together with more traditional car design features and functions. As a result, the M346 Homage resembles the aircraft counterpart in its looks while reverse-engineering its aerodynamic solutions and preserving all the sharpness and sexiness of a sports car of such a nature.
Inspiration: In a balanced blend of elegancy and sharpness, lightness and rigidity, aerodynamics and downforce, form and function, the M346 Homage takes its name from its counterpart, the Aermacchi M346, an aircraft first created as a pilot trainer, but then quickly surpassing all expectative to become a fully armed fighter aircraft and finally having the honor of equipping the Tricolor Arrows. To keep up with this big responsibility, the project blends together emotional and functional design with a bespoke platform that will deliver the M-346 enough performance to literally take off.
Project Duration: The exterior design of the M346 Homage project was initiated in January of 2022 in Germany and Italy and completed, only 3 months later, in March of the same year.
Operation Flow: The M346 Homage is intended as a high performance road and track sports vehicle that takes its formal design language and concept at the lines and technical solutions found in the Aermacchi M-346 counterpart. With an aerospace aluminum tubular frame which also receives bespoke light-weight components as a backbone, the M346 Homage transforms this fighter aircraft language input into automotive fluid lines that elegantly morph into clever details that carry functions such as vehicular active aerodynamics and downforce for improvement in cornering and breaking assistance.
Patents: Intellectual property of the M346 Homage body design belongs to Robson Marques de Pontes.
Team Members: Robson Marques de Pontes - Lead Designer
Luciano Maffini - Collaborative Designer
Image Credits: Image #1: Computer Generated Image and collage by Robson Marques de Pontes, March 2022.
Image #2: Computer Generated Image and collage by Robson Marques de Pontes, March 2022.
Image #3: Computer Generated Image and collage by Robson Marques de Pontes, March 2022.
Image #4: Computer Generated Image and collage by Robson Marques de Pontes, March 2022.
Image #5: Computer Generated Image and collage by Robson Marques de Pontes, March 2022.