are typically relatively true to life, predicting real world machines that are just a few months from production. This time, however, the company is going out on a limb with a bold future vision designed to evoke an ethos, if not an actual forthcoming model.
The skysphere is a substantial two-seat grand tourer, a classic and desirable automotive archetype reinvented for a new era. There’s a rapid shift happening in the sporting and luxury end of the auto industry, as consumer enthusiasm for noisy, fossil-fuelled transportation evaporates faster than a puddle in a Portland heatwave.
There are other technologies in this future pipeline, and the skysphere is designed to showcase them all. The most pressing is autonomous driving. Although this is still very much an unknown quantity in the real world, autonomy is the stuff that car designers’ dreams are made of, opening up an unlimited range of interior ideas. As a result, the skysphere has been given an impressive party trick.
The skysphere’s concertina-style bodywork is first and foremost about glamour and presence. Conceived and developed at