Concept Cars

Moller International has announced that it’s nearing completion of its fourth M200-series flying car prototype and plans to start production of an initial run of 40 cars as early as next year. The first cars will be based on the M200G Jetson ground effect vehicle that’s designed to...

Update: Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has confirmed that the production version of the up! concept car will be offered with a front engine FWD configuration only. The original concept car featured a rear-mounted engine spinning the rear axle but this option was ruled out due to cost. Placing the...

Volkswagen has released its own maritime-inspired vehicle based on its Touareg SUV and called the North Sails Concept. The new design study comes only months after Audi launched the similarly-themed Q7 Coastline Concept, but unlike the Audi, the new Touareg North Sails was built in partnership with...

Just last week we brought you renderings of Luso Motors' LM23 track-day special kit car. The company has followed that up with a design study for a GT, and it comes in three flavors: convertible, shooting-brake and speedster. Like the LM23 the car is being designed as a lightweight sports car...

Lotus has given us an early look at a new environmentally friendly concept based on its Elise sports car, which is set to make its world debut in less than a fortnight at the London Motor Show. While efforts to reduce carbon emissions and fuel-consumption have been getting the most attention by...

Whether it's 'Monica Missiles' or 'Economic Stimulus Packages' the political misdirection is a tried and true method of shifting the media's attention from something undesirable and toward another issue that's easier to deal with. General Motors is reported to be considering just such an action in...

What may be the world's most expensive mobile tire test bed, the Maybach Exelero Concept, is being offered for sale at a starting price of €5,000,000 ($7,843,000). The retro-futuristic twin-turbo V12 concept car is capable of sprinting to 100km/h in 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 351km/h...

Range Rover tuning specialist Overfinch has developed a new concept vehicle based on the premium Land Rover SUV, which was displayed today at the Salon Prive Luxury and Supercar Show at the Hurlingham Club in London. The modified SUV, dubbed the Country Pursuits Concept, is based on the Vogue SE...

Subaru has revealed a new electric concept vehicle at today’s G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Japan, and announced plans to build a limited run of five cars to undergo a new trial. The new prototype, dubbed the Plug-in Stella Concept, combines the electric powertrain from the R1e with the...

Click here for all the official information and pictures for the 2009 Volkswagen Golf Mark VI Volkswagen has revealed its intentions to enter the race to build and market ultra-efficient plug-in hybrid vehicles with the unveiling today of the new Golf Twin Drive. The new concept car receives its...

Mazda has announced it will show a new concept car at this year’s Moscow auto show that previews a sporty, compact crossover SUV designed especially for the Russian market. Following in the footsteps of its previous concepts, the Nagare, Ryuga, Hakaze, Taiki and Furai, the new car is modeled...

Toyota will present a one-off sports concept based on its Aygo hatch at next month’s London Motor Show, which has been designed from the onset as a pure driver’s car. As such, the car is devoid of all electronic handling aids and has no power steering or ABS and is more akin to a...

BMW has given us a preview of future vehicle construction and design with the unveiling of the new GINA Light Visionary concept car. The car’s new name stands for ‘Geometry and Functions In “N” Adaptions,’ and its design showcases a number of future-oriented production...

Lancia’s new Delta officially went on sale today but the stylish hatch is just the first of a host of new upmarket models designed to position Lancia as a premium brand under the Fiat umbrella. Lancia is expected to launch a new flagship cabrio in 2010 and according to new reports a concept...

These are the first official images of a new compact city car concept Mazda is preparing for the Paris Motor Show in October. Rumored to be a preview of a future ‘Mazda1’, the new concept takes features of past design studies such as the Nagare, Furai and Ryuga but adds a few unique...

With the announcement last week initial prototypes for the upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid have already met their target of 40 miles of electric-only driving, GM CEO Rick Wagoner is confident the car could be released earlier than first predicted and has told German media that it could even...

Veritas was a small German company formed towards the end of WWII by three employees of BMW who wanted a brand to fulfill their dream of building and racing sports cars. Under the Veritas label, they managed to build 75 cars before the company went bust in 1952. The group was reformed in the 1990s...

The PanTerra Concept created by Australian designer Filip Tejszerski has taken top honors at this year’s Californian Off-Road Machine design competition organized by Local Motors. The goal for designers was to create an ‘exciting design for an exceptionally capable off-road vehicle...

Earlier today we brought you the all-new VW Scirocco GT24 and now we have two more specials shown at the Austrian tuner-fest. The VW GTI Performance is a factory-custom design study, while the Passat R36 Variant is the work of Volkswagen Individual, showing what the car might look like if it were...

Following the lead of its Audi subsidiary, Volkswagen has debuted a new race-inspired concept at this week’s Wörthersee Tour tuning show in Austria. The latest concept is the new VW Scirocco GT24, a road-going version of the carmaker’s new Scirocco race car that’s set to...