Inspiration: series 1

This is the first of a line of inspiration series that would focus on cars that share the same spirit as the NaijaCar. This series would shed light on a car that's almost totally forgotten, the Chrysler Composite Vehicle (CCV) concept shown to the world in 1997. The objective was to design a car for China that would be cheap to build, easy to maintain and cope with rough roads. The striking thing about this car is an entire chasis made of plastic as indicated in the concept's name. The benefits of this is a car that weighs just 545kg. The manufacturing costs are also drastically reduced. The car is composed of 1100 components compared to 4000 for a regular steel car and assembly time of 6.5hrs vs 19hrs. Chrysler estimated the car to cost $6000. I like the car's simplistic design. Looks like a modern day Citroen 2CV. The engine was an air-cooled 2 cylinder 800cc. It saved weight by using a rollup fabric roof as well. There are clever touches all around the car's design. Spartan it may be, but it looked good being a basic transportation. It's just sad to see the car not make production as the idea was scrapped after DaimlerBenz took over Chrysler in 1998.
No company has followed Chrysler's footsteps since then, nonetheless analyzing the cars specifications opened my mind on the possibilities of affordable mobility without relying on outdated production assembly like PAN( Peugeot Association of Nigeria) is doing with the Peugeot 504.