The concept for the apex finds it's focus driven by the need for the youth oriented market to have exciting rugged high tech, high performance vehicles. These new hybrid concepts will be the culmination of many types of performance vehicles.
Enter the apex, part car part truck, motorcycle and helicopter all rolled into one hot little package. The end result would be a go everywhere do everything two place new generation cross trainer. The apex will start life with a unique hydroformed, exo-chassis framework, which combines the heavy duty suspension and 4 wheel steering mechanism into the spider like “inverted U” articulated chassis assembly. The drive train, differential and transaxle reside madcap, up top, just behind the drivers head. Also, riding midway the power plant, 4 or 6 cylinder, 300 hp, 4 cam, supercharged and inter cooled. The engine and drive train components sit “cradled 'between the chassis encased in sort of weather proofed “jacket” allowing in only service fluids thru formula one type valves.
The aggressive, catlike stance and muscular utility type set-up is further enhanced by the sleek passenger canopy bubble which also “hangs” from the chassis members. Occupants enter thru an opening on either side, Snuggling into the cozy, cocoon-like interior. A Thick padded rollover capsule wraps the riders safe inside the canopy. High tech no nonsense instrumentation informs the driver of the apex vitals in analog, digital and HUD . Because of the absence of body panels the Apex is light in weight Primary materials used in this design are steel chassis components along with aluminum and carbonfiber composites.Modular designing could offer a multitude of “bolt on” design variations. Different lighting configurations fenders, all weather canopies and other options could be removed or installed to the owners taste, or the governments regulations, or the envoirmental operating conditions.
The apex could be found almost anywhere on the active life style circuit. Jumping dunes in Baja, blazing thru snow in Iowa. Or cruising the beaches in the south of France. An average consumer could buy a base model and instead of trading it in, they could go out and buy upgrades that would retrofit right on to the base vehicle. No two vehicles would have to be alike or ever outdated.