Will exterior color choice(s) be factored into the scoring criteria? After all, a good color combo will improve a great exterior design even further.
I’ve also noticed that the last car in the list of company inspirations is most likely based on one of the '89 Ice Cream body sets, but looks far more modern due to incorporating quite a few post-2020 exterior design trends.
Might want to clarify Advanced Trim Settings rules btw.
Also, regarding this:
So is this going to be a pure design challenge or are some stats going to be of any importance in the judging process?
The CSC challenge series have always been about design only - you’re proposing a new design for the company in question (Homada). Decision is up to hosts but CSC has always been design-only.
I’m still unhappy with the inspirations lol.
To be overly blunt, I don’t really see what Homada’s current design identity is, apart from the taillights… While you being transparent with not having built that many cars for this company is good, I nevertheless think this challenge would be better if there was more to go off.
One thing that would help I think would be showing the years the cars in the pictures are supposed to be from (to understand what direction the brand is going), perhaps even giving a little written context to some of them (is that green sedan with very few fixtures a concept of some sort?). Apart from that, giving us maybe a more specific old 4x4 to draw inspiration from for the retro part would imo also be really nice.
But this is all just my dumb opinion, and the freedom we currently have could also just lead to more diverse entries, so who knows…
The main design language things I’m reading from the very nice and modern Homada inspirations:
Angles in the fascia, front features straight-line DRLs, line is mirrored with a rear lightbar in the taillights
Usually a pair of smaller lights beneath said DRLs
Angled shape to vents at lower corners of front. Size of grille in center varies but consistently has some sort of bar between it and the de-facto “bumper” region
Some sort of sweeping curve to accent the lower region of the doors
A dark contrast in cladding/ground effects towards the bottom, possibly plastic
I’m also getting hints of Audi-ness from the overall shapes of said lights, though the trucks remind me of GMC light setups. (I hope this doesn’t come off as “is this X brand?”-ing! lol)
With these traits in mind, there’s a lot of additional possible inspirations beyond similar models in the segment — the inspiration tab as of now almost feels more like a “possible competitor” tab to me.
This is just my interpretation, though. Feel free to use it if you wish.
Thing is with the style of car we want is that is doesn’t necessarily need to follow a certain language, it’s a box
They usually have circular headlights & square taillights
Look at the g-wagon - doesn’t really follow the regular merc language, ford bronco, suzuki jimny, etc.
(You don’t need to make the lights circular & square, just using an example)
And I’ll add on to what saturn said,
I guess i thing ive been doing recently is having bodylines above the wheels, see the grey sedan, green sedan & the yellow hatch.
But genuinely it’s not a requirement.
Free reign because it’s a brand new type of vehicle for the company.
