Chapter 8
Analysis of the Personal Cars
Sustainability in Relation with Their
Formalistic Characteristics in Iran
Mohammad Zolfaghari and Seyed Javad Zafarmand
Abstract Considering the importance of personal cars in Iranian users’ daily life,
this research is aimed to firstly make it clear what level of sustainability the personal
passenger vehicles used in Iran have. One of the most important issues that all car
makers and designers are concerned about is the formalistic characteristic or stylistic
feature of a car. So, the other aim of this research is to understand whether there is
any relation between the cars sustainability levels and their formalistic features. In
this research, 45 samples of sedan and hatchback cars, which are the most commonly
used ones in Iran, are collected. After extracting the indicators of vehicle sustainability from the scholar works, the samples levels of sustainability are calculated. The
samples are then analyzed on the basis of their formalistic characteristics. Accordingly, the relation between sustainability levels and the formalistic characteristics of
the samples is drawn. The results of this analysis could be effective for developing
the design guideline for formalistic features of the sustainable cars.
Keywords Vehicle · Indicator · Sustainability · Formalistic features · Iran
8.1 Introduction
Regarding the theme of this research, on one hand, the formalistic characteristics
and stylistic features of cars are very important, since they have a direct effect on the
customers’ mind. They can give competitive edge to the cars. Many scholar works
are done on this issue, such as Hyun et al. (2015). On the other hand, nowadays large
number of studies about of cars sustainability and sustainable transportation show
the importance of this issue. With high consumption of fossil fuels, there are so many
environment impacts derived from cars, such as emissions of HC, CO, NOx and the
M. Zolfaghari
Industrial Design Department, Quality Department, School of Architecture and Environmental
Design, Iran University of Science and Technology; Pars Khodro (car factory), Tehran, Iran
S. J. Zafarmand (B)
Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University; Industrial Design Department, Iran University
of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: zafarmand@shirazu.ac.ir
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Analysis of the Personal Cars
Sustainability in Relation with Their
Formalistic Characteristics in Iran
Mohammad Zolfaghari and Seyed Javad Zafarmand
Abstract Considering the importance of personal cars in Iranian users’ daily life,
this research is aimed to firstly make it clear what level of sustainability the personal
passenger vehicles used in Iran have. One of the most important issues that all car
makers and designers are concerned about is the formalistic characteristic or stylistic
feature of a car. So, the other aim of this research is to understand whether there is
any relation between the cars sustainability levels and their formalistic features. In
this research, 45 samples of sedan and hatchback cars, which are the most commonly
used ones in Iran, are collected. After extracting the indicators of vehicle sustainability from the scholar works, the samples levels of sustainability are calculated. The
samples are then analyzed on the basis of their formalistic characteristics. Accordingly, the relation between sustainability levels and the formalistic characteristics of
the samples is drawn. The results of this analysis could be effective for developing
the design guideline for formalistic features of the sustainable cars.
Keywords Vehicle · Indicator · Sustainability · Formalistic features · Iran
8.1 Introduction
Regarding the theme of this research, on one hand, the formalistic characteristics
and stylistic features of cars are very important, since they have a direct effect on the
customers’ mind. They can give competitive edge to the cars. Many scholar works
are done on this issue, such as Hyun et al. (2015). On the other hand, nowadays large
number of studies about of cars sustainability and sustainable transportation show
the importance of this issue. With high consumption of fossil fuels, there are so many
environment impacts derived from cars, such as emissions of HC, CO, NOx and the
M. Zolfaghari
Industrial Design Department, Quality Department, School of Architecture and Environmental
Design, Iran University of Science and Technology; Pars Khodro (car factory), Tehran, Iran
S. J. Zafarmand (B)
Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University; Industrial Design Department, Iran University
of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
e-mail: zafarmand@shirazu.ac.ir
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Y. Kishita et al. (eds.), EcoDesign and Sustainability II, Sustainable Production, Life
Cycle Engineering and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6775-9_8
115