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Added on the 20/09/2023 06:28:54 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
CUPRA has pushed countless boundaries with the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar. It embodies the passion for design of a brand that questions the way cars will be created in the future. The exterior is pure provocation, which is further magnified exponentially in an interior designed to boost emotions.Light is one of the most important aspects of the interior of the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar, as it conditions the design and gives personality to each of its parts. Three original exponential environments have been developed that represent a core CUPRA reality: Square, Cube and Infinite. Embracing CUPRA's distinct mindset and digital DNA, the CUPRA DarkRebel redefines the automotive experience, seamlessly blending the physical and digital worlds. By integrating a gamified experience, users are not just driving; they are engaging in an ongoing, immersive connection with the CUPRA Tribe. Once again in the interior, the central spine features prominently as an iconic element. In the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar, it goes from being a design element to a functional part that incorporates mobility. This showcar reinforces CUPRA’s strategy of focusing on authenticity, using parametric design and additive manufacturing. The central spine is made of an aluminium and titanium alloy, also using 3D technology with additive manufacturing, taking CUPRA’s design appeal to the next level.
CUPRA reveals the design secret of the CUPRA DarkRebel and makes its vision of the automotive future come true. The concept vehicle embodies the maximum provocation of the CUPRA design language and sets new standards in design and performance. It is the first vehicle designed entirely in CUPRA virtual space for a future generation of drivers.The CUPRA DarkRebel Showcar is the result of more than 270,000 configurations by the CUPRA Tribe, which also includes brand ambassadors such as FC Barcelona players Alexia Putellas, Marc ter Stegen and actor Daniel Brühl. The data collected in the online hyperconfigurator flowed into the final design of the CUPRA DarkRebel show car, which has now found its way from the virtual to the real world with the unveiling of the physical version at the IAA MOBILITY in Munich.The result is an all-electric, two-seat, shooting-brake sports car that reflects the passion and disruptive mindset of the CUPRA brand. Examples of this are a mysterious, mercury-like exterior color, the innovative use of light as a tactile material and a more consistent focus on sustainability.
The covers are off the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar. Created from obsession, it is the maximum provocation of CUPRA design. A sports car that pushes the boundaries of design and performance and questions the way cars will be imagined and created in the future. It’s the physical translation of the first car fully created in CUPRA’s virtual space, for a future generation of drivers.More than 270,000 CUPRA configurations from the CUPRA Tribe, including brand ambassadors like FC Barcelona players like Alexia Putellas, Marc ter Stegen, and the actor Daniel Brühl helped shape the design of the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar. Data collected from the online Hyper Configurator was injected into the final design of the CUPRA DarkRebel showcar, which has now moved from the virtual to the real world with the reveal of the physical version at the IAA in Munich.The result is a 100% electric two-seat sports car with a shooting brake architecture that reflects the passion and disruptive mindset of the CUPRA brand. Incorporating an enigmatic mercury-like exterior liquid body colour, light as a tangible material and heightened attention to sustainability.
CUPRA pushes the boundaries of automotive design with the unveil of CUPRA DarkRebel, a virtual sports car. Embodying the unconventional challenger brand’s spirit of performance and emotion, the CUPRA DarkRebel is the first showcar presented through Metahype, CUPRA’s space in the metaverse.The CUPRA DarkRebel brings CUPRA’s DNA to the maximum without any boundaries. It is not a prediction, but rather a provocation, showing that design is a dialogue, not a process. The CUPRA DarkRebel is defined by its sharp lines and the athletic proportion of a sports car combined with a shooting break architecture.The showcar features a radical and sharper than ever front end. The long endless bonnet has an arrow shape that provides the maximum feeling of speed, while the cabin is pushed to the rear, to create attractive proportions.The triangular light signature, the brand’s icon, comes with a new approach that emerges from the body, bringing the car alive, while the central spine connects the front and the rear as the core of the skeleton of this all-electric sport car.
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