Driving the Future of Design: BAC Supports Student Concept Car Competition

Briggs Automotive Company (BAC), who have long championed unique, One of a Kind design concepts are proud to have inspired the Fusion Educators Hub’s latest competition for students at UTC schools and colleges.

The competition challenges any student enrolled in a UTC programme for the current academic year to design a concept vehicle which stays true to the philosophy of a ‘concept car’: a design study which challenges convention, something which plays a vital role in influencing the design trends and innovations that will be used to solve the requirements of vehicles over future decades. Young minds from UTC schools and colleges will dive into the world of automotive design, challenging them to envision the future of mobility using state-of-the-art design tools provided by Fusion 360 and Autodesk — the creators of the software used to design Mono, from its concept stages to the latest iteration of the new BAC Mono and Mono R.

For BAC, the concept of a road-legal single-seater supercar has remained remarkably close to its original conception. The current generation of Mono still proudly champions the original concept’s vision of a focussed piece of equipment for the sport of driving, which places performance and driver engagement as the cornerstones of its purpose.

“We set out to produce a car that was about the sport of driving, driving as a leisure activity. From an inspiration point of view, we looked to science fiction, robots, things from the future. For people like us who enjoy driving, we wanted to focus on a futuristic look and feel.”.

— Ian Briggs, Co-Founder and Design Director.

The top ten student designers will be invited for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the BAC manufacturing facility, and winning entrants will be invited to exhibit their designs at the MACH 2024 show this spring. The overall winner will receive a trophy in the form of a 3D printed realisation of their design.

Entries close this week, and the competition is exclusively for UTC students. Please find more information at: https://www.fusioneducatorshub.com/competitions/concept-cars