French designer Bruno Delussu is a master of retro-futurist concepts. His Bugatti Stratos takes its main cues from the Bugatti Type 57S Atlantic, a 1930s design that is constantly at or near the top of most best-looking car lists. Here in 2009, the Stratos may take inspiration from the past, but the result is fresh and hugely desirable.
Would it work on future streets? Delussi’s Stratos is pure styling, with little or no regard to technical or production issues, so maybe the design is too pure to make in today’s car plants, or to drive on the potholed highways. However, in times to come, affordable small-scale robotic custom production is a strong possibility, and with space- and energy-saving alternative fuel sources starting to come onstream, highly individual cars like these may be possible in the not too distant future. Let’s hope so, but only time will tell.
Bruno Delussu's website is here.
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