Win $1,000 for creating the coolest (and maybe greenest) Kia online
Kia knows how to have fun with the Soul, and now it's your turn. The company and Antenna Magazine are partnering up to let people design their perfect car in a contest called Soul Xpression. Based on the the vehicles that have been submitted by recognized design houses and other entrants, the contest is trending hip and urban, with a bit of eco-chic thrown in. Some of the submissions include reclaimed tiles used in the exterior design, solar panels for recharging electronics, and a Soul ID card, which could be used in a car sharing situation so that when you get into a Soul, it reconfigures itself to your settings. There are eight examples up on the contest site, and Kia is looking for yours.
If your idea is particularly eco-friendly but there's no way to represent this in the pictures, Antenna also allows a short written segment. The winner will walk away with $1,000 and the deadline is December 11th. One fun line in the official rules: "only images of your own non-damaged Kia Soul vehicles may be submitted as part of an Expression." Non-damaged? What happened to require this bit of legalese?
[Source: Antenna Magazine via Treehugger]
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paulwesterberg 4:05PM (11/12/2009)
And by "design" they mean paint. The greenest color of paint is #00FF00.
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Chris M 4:14PM (11/12/2009)
I suspect the "non-damaged" part was added because they were worried that someone would propose it be crushed and recycled as a way of going green, instead of being driven. That wouldn't help their sales any, which is the main objective of this contest.
Minor nitpick: The 2nd sentence has a repeated word, "the the". Delete one, please.
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carazoocars0 5:54AM (11/13/2009)
This is a good way to encourage engineering and design students.
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