Teenager Creates Awesome Dodge Hellcat SRT Concept, Wins Fiat-Chrysler's Design Competition
A 17-year-old teenage kid from Ohio won Fiat-Chrysler's "Drive for Design" contest by creating a futuristic concept of the Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT.
Ben Treinen, a student of Archbishop Moeller High School, has won the company's car design contest, while also managing to win a set of cool prizes that includes a three-week automotive design course at the Detroit College for Creative Studies.
Apart from that, Ben will also take home a new MacBook Pro, a dinner with the Chrysler design team, a 3-day, 2-night stay in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and three passes to the 2016 Detroit Autorama.
Ben's work will also be featured to every media outlets that covered the Fiat-Chrysler contest.
As reported by Torque News, the Chrysler Group has been promoting the contest for months now and has invited kids from the 10th to 12th grade to create their own concept of the Dodge SRT Hellcat for the year 2025.
The company did not give any solid guidelines for the students, but gave a number of inspirations to be used on their creation. The official photos released by Fiat-Chrysler are the Hellcat Challenger, the Hellcat Charger and the SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo,
Head of Dodge and SRT Design Mark Trostle said of the contest, "The Drive for Design contest continues to be a great way for the FCA U.S. Design team to connect with students that show an interest in art and design."
He added that the team was always in a constant search for a fresh perspective and they hope that they inspire students like Ben.
As for Ben, he said that he already has an idea of what the company was looking for, which led him into thinking of the design of the Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT. He added that he made a conscious effort of not going over the top with the design so that the engineers could make it into an actual product, WCPO News reported.
Ben said that he took design cues from the current generation of the Hellcat Charger, which included the front-facing hood scoop, the rear-facing hood vents, the crosshair grille and lastly, the thin LED headlight design.
For Ben, he said that he liked the idea of creating from scratch an entirely new design of a car and being able to see it actually being driven on the road.
According to the report, Ben plans to work in Detroit after finishing college. "I already have an in with the Fiat-Chrysler North American design team," he said.
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