Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technical University of Kosice has designed fully functional car in real size, thus demonstrating their knowledge and skills of the development and construction vehicles. The cabriolet ICAR 2010 is an attractive car made by Slovakian students.
The aim was to build a car to simulate the procedure of real car production. Moreover, the car should gain attention by its originality, aggressiveness, speed, advanced and innovative features.
The design and development of the vehicle took one year, another year working on the proposed line to pass to the final shape. The result is a elegant two-seater roadster ICAR 2010 with a body length 418, width 170 and height 139 cm. The original body has sliding wing door, built-in steel reinforcements, fiberglass parts and carbon materials were also used.
Student’s prototype car shows the potential of university education, which can be a partner for the automotive industry. Project of student prototype car was driven by prof. Ing. Milan Kovac, DrSc., Director of the Institute of technology and management and was financially supported by the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Košice Dr.hc prof. Ing. Miroslav Badida, PhD. and co-founded by the fund for the construction of laboratories.ICAR 2010 is only the beginning. The next project will deal with building the electro mobile.