New Suzuki Misano EV Concept Is Part Speedster, Part Motorcycle

This is the new Suzuki Misano, a new concept created by the students of the Master in Transportation Design at IED Torino in collaboration with the Japanese carmaker.

The new speedster design study comes with an unusual off-center tandem seating layout as a way to connect Suzuki’s car and motorcycle expertise, with the name Misano coming of course from the famous Italian racetrack.

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The new Misano concept’s connection to 2 wheels goes even deeper, featuring not a traditional steering wheel and pedals but a control stick inspired by motorcycles. The offset positioning of the seats also makes room for a battery pack and a boot space, since the new Suzuki Misano is an electric barchetta.

“Thanks to the collaboration between IED and the brand Suzuki, a new concept vehicle was created looking both at the compact car and motorcycle Suzuki’s manufacturing,” said Kimihiko Nakada,Suzuki Design Center Director. “Misano is a thesis born out of the passion of young designers and developed as a project in a design center to offer the next generation a new lifestyle experience”.

The front end of the new concept features a set of distinctive arrow-shaped headlights that are mounted together with a grille, a setup that’s repeated on the rear of the vehicle. The single door on the left also comes with a glass panel, allowing the driver to feel even closer to the road.

The Suzuki Misano was designed by the students of IED Torino’s Master in Transportation Design:  Stefano Bizzo (Italy), Karan Chowdhury (India), Michele Coen Pirani (Italy), Shreyas Pratap Dalvi (India), Chetan Rajkumar Dekate(India), Emir Demircioglu (Turkey), Thomas Daniel Faragalla(France), Jonathan Farah (Lebanon), Leonardo Ferraro (Italy), Vigneshwar Ganesh (India), Shachar Koren (Israel), Alejandro Llisterri Vicente (Spain), Bhavjyot Singh Mann (India), Luca Milesi (Italy), Sebastiano Miraka (Albania), Rushabh Mistry (India), Ram Kaushik Ragala (India), Linda Ravella (Italy), Aldo Rosario Russo (Italy), Massimo Salpietro (Italy), George Schelfaut (Belgium), Shubham Sen (India), Nicolò Vallauri (Italy), Pratyush Sanjay Wasule (India).

The Suzuki Misano concept will be on display at the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino from May 15 to June 6.