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The Xlr8 was the result of an initiative taken by four students of Post Graduate Transportation Design program of MIT Institute of Design to build a full scale model of a vehicle. The idea of building such a vehicle met up with the full support of the Head of Department of Transportation Design Prof. Gaurang Shah and the college administration. |
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| The four students, Bibhuti Binayak Deep, Hemal Lad, Rakesh Sinha and Shirin Mistry along with Mr. R. Donshong Koren, Senior Lecturer, then went on a seemingly endless journey for five months through the hardships of making an actual prototype of the concept of Xlr8. | ||
The Xlr8 is a crossover between two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles. It is a quad bike designed for the urban jungle and meant to be driven on the roads of today’s metro cities. The bike is aimed at the youth of today’s generation who would like to have the excitement of riding on a two wheeler with safety of a four wheeled vehicle. Power, aggression and stability are some of the attributes that define the Xlr8. |
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The project had various phases such as Benchmarking and Initial Conceptualization, Chassis building, Physical modeling, Mould making and Painting and Assembly. |
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Along the project, help was enlisted from various other faculties of the institute, Mr. Chaitanya Kachare (Technical Advice) and Mr. Ajay Patil (FRP body moulding), as well as staff members Suresh Mistry (Automotive Clay modeler) and Subhash Shitole (VMC Engineer) along with the workshop assistants. |
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The bike body was first sculpted out in polystyrene foam and then this foam pattern was used to make moulds for moulding the FRP body panels. The students and faculty members involved have worked through many a night to make this project a reality. |
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The project was undertaken so that the students involved could have hands on experience of what goes into making a vehicle right from the scratch. They also got to know the different processes, the technical problems faced in making four wheeled vehicles and making of the body panels. The students also learned about the processes and techniques involved in surfacing and painting a vehicle. |
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The hard work paid off when the bike was finally unveiled by Dr. Sunil Karad - Executive Director, MAEER's MIT Pune, at the Quasar-Design festival week at the MIT Institute of Design. |
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