In Autumn 1979 a study, group consisting of four university departments for automobile engineering was given the opportunity by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology to design and build the research-vehicle UNI-CAR, introduced in its specifications in 1979, within a period from 1.10.1979 to 14.9.1981 and to test the vehicle thereafter till the end of 1982. This final report supplies all results and findings obtained in the phases 2 'vehicle development' and 3 'Demonstration, testing and evaluation of development results'. One complete and three partially equipped prototypes of the UNI-CAR were built, all of them fit for driving. UNI-CAR was designed as a complementary alternative to the research cars of industry and as a 'contribution to the leading position to German automobile industry in the long run'. Throughout the whole project emphasis was put on fuel consumption, safety of pedestrians and bicycle riders, exterior noise, passenger safety in case of side crash, aerodynamics and efficiency, unfortunately though some originially planned technical components had to be given up and unavoidable or necessary alterations had to be made in construction. (ERA citation 11:016544)


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    Title :

    UNI-CAR - The Research Passenger Car of the Inter-University Study Group IKA (Aachen), IFT (Berlin), FKFS (Stuttgart), FZD (Darmstadt). Final Report


    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    510 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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