New value for small cars

The vehicle can be of any category and have any number of wheels. It can be acommuter, sports car, rescue vehicle, taxicab, or evena vehicle with a new concept ... anything that takes advantage of small size. For example, consider the possibilities for a fire truck that is smaller than alight vehicle. As was the case after the Kobe earthquake, often the streets in places were disaster has hit are cluttered and large fire trucks cannot get through, so the damage spreads uncontrolled. Asmall fire truck might be able to reach the fire, and the water could be supplied by pump from a distance.Thus, with small bodies the capacities of vehicles can be used to their best advantage through specialization of vehicle's functions.

The motorcycle taxis common in Southeast Asiaand southern China are based on the premise that they are only meant to carry one customer at a time.They can be used even in narrow alleys. But motorcycles are not suited for large cities with muchtraffic for reasons of safety. There is also theproblem of rain.

The MCC Smart that is selling so well in Europe isa typical example of a "kiss & ride" vehicle - a carused by mom to drive dad to and from the station - with a highly maneuverable body just 2.5-meterslong. The Smart also offers the fun of customizing it by changing the colors of the outer and inner panels.But couldn't there be a design more practical than theSmarts?

In this way, our hope is that you will discover newvalues for small automobiles. The body can be ofany category. The secret of success is to establish aclear purpose as you put together the concept. We hope you will have fun designing your vehicle.

Categories

Entrants will be divided into two categories: the Student Division and the General Division. The student division is for those who wilI be registered in university or college at the time ofthe final deadline for preliminary screening; others will be entered in the general division. If theapplicable category ia not clear, the contestant will be entered in the student division.

Schedule

The competition will begin with preliminary screening, followed by the finaljudging. There is no need for advanced registration.

Deadline for entries for preliminary screening:Entries must arrive at the competition office by 17:00 on August 17, 2001.

Announcement of results of preliminary screening: CAR STYLING vol. 145 (on sale October 19. 2001).

Deadline for entries for final judging: Entries must arrive at the competition office by 17:00 on December 27, 2001. They can also be brought directly to the Tokyo Auto Salon between 18:00 and 16:00 on January 10, 2002. They cannot be sent to the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Entries for final judging will be displayed at theTokyo Auto Salon (January 11 to 15, 2002).

Announcement of final results: January 11, 2002,at the Tokyo Auto Salon, and in CAR STYLING vol.147 (on sale February 19, 2002).

Prellminary screening

Entrants will be screened based on a description of the concept and two-dimensional representations. The documents listedbelow should be submitted. Your name should be written on all documents.

(1) Personal information: Indicate your category,name (in such a way clearly indicating which is your given name and which is your family name),sex, age, address, postal code, telephone/fax number wbere you can be teached, occupation and nationality on one sheet ofB5 (18Z x 256 mm) or A4(210 x 297 mm) size paper .

(2) Description of concept: If in Japanese, 500characters or less. If in English, no more than one A4 page of 30 lines.

(3) Package layout drawings: Clearly indicate themotor, drive system, seat layout, etc., on one sheet of B5(364 x 512 mm) size paper.

(4) Views from the four sides: On one sheet of B3 paper.

(5} Rendering: On one sheet of B3 paper. Indicatethe features of the exterior and interior design and the graphics.

Final judging

Those who have passed the preliminary screening will compete in the finaljudging with three-dimensional models.

The models should be scaled to about 1:10, and affixed to bases measuring a maximum of 250 x 500mm. The models should be made in industrial clayor the like. They can be in any color. The parts should be fixed on the models when the models are sent in.

For participants from outside Japan, the modelcan be photographed and color prints or color copiessent in instead of the actual model. The photographs should be cabinet size (120 x 168 mm) or larger.There should be at least six prints or copies, showing the model from six angles: front, side, back,diagonal front, diagonal back and top. Please indicate your name on the back of the photos.

Models will be returned to contestants after the end of the Tokyo Auto Salon (17:00 to 17:45 January 13,2002) at the exhibition hall. They will not be returned at any other time. Please take photos of them for yourrecords.

Offlcial languages

Japanese and English. Please indicate Chinese and Korean addresses, personalnames, school names and company names in English letters.

Awards

AII contestants who pass the preliminary screening will be given a set of Alpha Clay by Tools Corporation to build their models.

The awards for final judging are as follows:

Grand Prize:Student division (1) ... Trophy and 500,000Yuen
General division (1) ... Trophy and 800,000Yuen
Excellent Awards:Student division (5) ... Plaque and 100,000Yuen
General division (2) ... Plaque and 100,000Yuen

"Digital" Award (For a work which have used computers effectively for design development. Maybe granted to the winner of one of the above awards.):For both divisions (1) ... Plaque and 100,000Yuen

"Tools" Prize (For a work demonstrating excellent modeling techniques and not a winner of one of the above awards. Previous called the Too Prize.): Forboth divisions (2) ... Copic Marker set

Honorable Mention: To be awarded to a few works.

Address to which entries should be sent

International Car Design Competition (ICDC)
CAR STYLING
4F, 4-8-16 Kitashinjuku
Shinjukn-ku, Tokyo
169-0074 Japan.