Geneva Motor Show: Giugiaro VAD.HO

The decision to remove the steering wheel took Italdesign Giugiaro to the creation of a highly innovative driving system: two joysticks are fixed on the armrests of the pilot's seating and pedals unit, where all elements can be adjusted and customized to the driver's needs. The armrest/joystick/ electrical pedals and seating unit is not connected to the chassis. This and its by-wire impulses system allow to adapt the different versions with right, centre and left driving with no onerous works once the vehicle should go into production. This system presents design - construction and performance - characteristics that prompted Italdesign Giugiaro to patent it.

VAD.HO is meant to be an open "work in progress": it has been positively welcome by BMW that accepted to provide for it their series 7 12 cylinders hydrogen powered engine.
One curiosity: the acronym "VAD.HO" is a play on words that uses the name of the Vadò industrial area in Moncalieri where Italdesign Giugiaro headquarters have been located since 1974, and also refers to the hydrogen propulsion system adopted for the vehicle (vado - or "I go" in Italian - on H).
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SilverAero - 3/11/2007 4:21:19 PM

+1 Boost

What's the purpose of this body. I mean did they just design an engine and say "lets make a wierd body that no one could see on the road, and then put that on our cool engine too make the engine look more far fetched". i don't get it. Its Hot Wheels meets the Jetsons glued together with stupid. All i'm saying is that if you have a cool engine let it speak for itself, dont embelish and distract.