I Saw The New Italdesign Quintessenza And It's Stunning

The design philosophy of Italdesign's Quintessenza is rooted in a human-centric approach. The Italdesign Quintessenza project revolves around humans as the central figures, serving as both creators and users. As creators, humans are responsible for the show car's design, development and construction. As users, they utilize the Quintessenza to connect with the various elements of nature: water, earth, fire and air. In this conceptual yet very tangible journey, humans emerge as the stars of their own world and determine how to interact with it.
Drawing on more than five decades of Italdesign heritage, the Quintessenza's design approach was inspired by the concepts of flexibility, freedom, sportiness, and duality in concept and architecture.
The design is created by humans for humans. The vehicle embodies an Italian design that serves as a universal, boundless form of expression, a design that seamlessly blends technology and human-machine interaction and incorporates elements of nature into the project while also connecting the car's occupants with the outside world.
The Quintessenza caters to the desires and requirements of free-spirited, youthful individuals seeking a vehicle for urban travel with their families but who also like to get away to deepen their connection with the natural world and its elements. Positioned to serve a global market, this multi-role vehicle falls within the performance pick-up and sport activity vehicle category.
The Quintessenza is also evidence of Italdesign's new design philosophy, based on a modern interpretation of the concepts that have inspired the company for over 55 years. Italdesign has consistently embraced the principles of "beautiful and functional", a human-centric approach, combining Italian style with universal appeal, and daily driver capabilities. These concepts are masterfully brought to life by Italdesign in the Quintessenza through a modern and boundless lens.
Exterior
Italdesign's Quintessenza has two souls. It embodies both the dynamic prowess of a GT and the versatile adaptability of a pick-up truck, establishing the foundation for a potential groundbreaking architectural concept that has yet to be witnessed in the global automotive industry.
The challenge was to reimagine the proportions and style traits of the automotive world's well-established architecture and seamlessly integrate them into a style that was fluid and dynamic but also realistic and functional.
The design of the exterior establishes a distinct yet balanced conceptual separation between the front and rear of the Quintessenza, capitalizing on the vehicle's large size and on proper proportions. This emphasizes its dual nature as a sports car with off-road and load-bearing capabilities.
The front takes the sporty approach of an Italian GT supercar while also providing ample seating for 4 passengers. Its lines are muscular, yet tight and fluid at the same time. The rear design expresses functionality and usability, features commonly found in pick-up trucks and off-road vehicles.
In this dual vehicle architecture, the two design approaches seamlessly merge together, evident in the proportions, the generous overhangs (especially in the rear), and in the unambiguous lines and volumes, which are sporty but definitely practical.
The nose of the car displays an aggressive and significantly sporty character. The clearly muscular design continues on the fenders and on the front bumper, which integrates active aerodynamic systems. In fact, a large double-rod-supported splitter with an active aerodynamic function extends from the bottom of the bumper. The splitter stays in a neutral raised position during off-road or low-speed driving and progressively lowers during high-speed sports driving to maximize downforce and simultaneously increase the airflow to help cooling.
In a contrast color and made from natural fiber composite laminate elements, the two front fenders exude a strength and muscular presence that is rarely seen in traditional GT models, despite their inclusion of aerodynamic features typical of sporty racing-inspired designs. The three-quarter view reveals upper furrowed fender profiles that end at the turn signals and optimize side aerodynamics.
The large bonnet contains the entire aerodynamic flow control system (for flows coming from the front), the cabin ventilation system, and a spacious luggage compartment in line with EV architecture standards.
A defining feature of the front of the vehicle is its bar headlight assembly incorporating both horizontal and vertical headlight arrangement and DRL function.
Vertical welcome lights can also be seen on the front trunk lid. Together as a whole, they allude to the four natural elements, with the Italdesign logo illuminated at the center as a fifth visual element.