a2rl

Client	A2RL, Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League
Type	Themed coffee cart
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Car body	2.37 m long, fibreglass
Our scope	Concept, drawings, foam sculpting, fibreglass, build

A2RL races autonomous cars at Yas Marina Circuit, and wanted a coffee cart that looked like part of the race. We built the cart around a scale replica of the A2RL race car, shaped by hand from foam and moulded in fibreglass in our own workshop.

We did all of it ourselves: the concept, the scaled drawings, sculpting the foam, the fibreglass work, the paint and branding, and the cart and canopy on top.

Finished A2RL themed coffee cart — The finished cart, ready to serve

2.37 mScale replica of the A2RL race car

100%In-house, from foam sculpt to final paint

1Car body shaped by hand, no off-the-shelf parts

01Reference & drawings

We started from the real A2RL car. Our team studied it up close, then drew a scaled side profile with every key dimension: wheelbase, nose, sidepods, wings. That drawing guided the whole build.

The real A2RL race car used as reference — The reference: A2RL's race car

Scaled dimension drawing of the replica car — Our scaled drawing: 237.2 cm overall

Concept visual of the A2RL coffee cart — Our concept visual for the client

02Foam to fibreglass

The car body was sculpted by hand in foam, piece by piece, checked against the drawing and the reference sketches on the wall. Once the shape was right, it was moulded in fibreglass, then filled, sanded and primed by our team until the surface was smooth enough for paint.

PatternHand-sculpted EPS foam, built up in blocks and shaped to the drawing

BodyFibreglass shell, filled, sanded and primed in-house

FinishPainted and wrapped in A2RL's purple, blue and red race livery

CartSteel-framed counter with worktop, built into the car body

CanopyBranded canopy in A2RL colours

Foam sculpt of the car body in our workshop — Step 1: the foam sculpt

Stargate team sanding the fibreglass car body — Step 2: fibreglass, sanded by our team

Colour palette

Race Blue#2E2A8CMain livery

Race Purple#6B2FA8Livery gradient

Race Pink#E0245ELivery gradient

A2RL Red#D7262ECanopy & logo

Logo White#F4F4F2Branding

Carbon Black#111111Wings & tyres

Want something nobody else has? We'll build it.

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