The annual Stellantis Drive for Design contest challenged high school students to “Design the Future of Fast” this year and the winner took inspiration from fighter jets to create a two-seat supercar.
The SRT Warhawk, designed by Wisconsin 12th grader Felix Bucaro, features a split spoiler design like an F-22 and a tandem seating arrangement under a one-way glass canopy that allows for a “private, yet visceral experience.”
Powertrain details are not specified, but the car features side-exit exhausts like the Dodge Viper and aero heat shields that suggest it is meant to have a powerful internal combustion engine.
“The Warhawk is not bought as a status symbol, but as a driving machine. It celebrates engineering and turns it into a visual statement,” Bucaro writes.
The second place SRT Mayhem was another fighter jet-inspired supercar created by Owen Bronson, a 12th grader from Michigan and three-time top-three finisher in the contest. The mid-engine style coupe features a split front fascia drawn from the 1970 Dodge Super Bee.
Third place was a motorcycle that brings to mind the 2003 V10-powered Tomahawk concept. The Dodge Nighthawk SRT “reimagines the brand’s DNA, muscle and aggression on two wheels,” according to its designer, 11th grader Javier Espino of Michigan.
Bucaro’s desing won him eligibility for a Summer Design Internship with the Ram and SRT Design Studio, while the second and third place finishers won scholarships to the College for Creative Studies three-week Pre-college Summer Experience “Transportation Design” program.
Unfortunately for sports car and bike fans, none of the designs have been greenlighted for production … at least not yet.
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