{"id":103966,"date":"2025-08-31T00:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T00:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103966\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T00:10:16","slug":"skoda-felicia-fun-pick-up-reinvented-using-ai-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103966\/","title":{"rendered":"Skoda Felicia Fun pick-up reinvented using AI for\u2026 fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disappointingly, designer Julien Petitseigneur decided not to include the first Felicia Fun\u2019s sliding rear partition or folding second-row seats in the <a class=\"polaris__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/concept-cars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concept car<\/a>. Skoda says that \u201cwhile the concept could certainly accommodate them, [Petitseigneur\u2019s] priority when sketching was to capture the \u2018cool beach vibe\u2019 in a form that would fit naturally within Skoda\u2019s current line-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve only been issued a single sketch of the interior so far, which features a huge CRT monitor-inspired screen that stretches the entire width of the dashboard. Elsewhere, there\u2019s a high centre console and yellow seats, plus a squared-off steering wheel with pink Skoda lettering in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Skoda Felecia Fun concept - interior \" class=\"imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_eexbs15meyqxwml polaris__image\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skoda Felecia Fun concept 2025 003.jpg\"   width=\"376\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The design process started rather unconventionally, with Petitseigneur and his team using it as an opportunity to experiment with AI tools. \u201cI researched the car, then tested different prompts and tweaked them in AI to create initial concepts that captured the spirit of the original,\u201d he said. \u201cThis allowed me to explore possible directions quickly and decide how to proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following this, Petitseigneur developed the details and intricacies by hand: \u201cAI outputs are always quite rough \u2013 more like outlines. I applied my own style to the chosen concept and refined it thoroughly\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, the new Felicia Fun is a purely computer-generated study with no plans for a physical concept car or production model. Shame, we\u2019d have loved to have seen the quirky pick-up adding some much needed colour to UK showrooms in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can sell your car with Auto Express? Get the highest bid from our network of over 5,500 dealers and we&#8217;ll do the rest. <a class=\"polaris__link in-cell-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoexpress.co.uk\/sell-my-car\">Click here to try Auto Express Sell My Car now<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disappointingly, designer Julien Petitseigneur decided not to include the first Felicia Fun\u2019s sliding rear partition or folding second-row&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-103966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}