Concept Cars

The previous Kizashi concept vehicles from Suzuki were the carmaker’s first attempt at developing a model that could be sold in the middle class segment and its popularity at the Frankfurt and Tokyo Motor Shows last year quickly prompted officials to green light the project. The original...

One of the more stunning concept cars set to debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show won’t be the creation of some overpaid and stuffy professional designer. Instead, it will be the work of a group of students from Italy’s famed Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). The new concept is the...

German-based coachbuilder IndiKar has been chosen to develop the rebirth of the mythic GDR Trabant economy car as part of the latest initiative of another company, scale carmaker Herpa. A full-scale concept car is expected be unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show although no information has been...

The original Renault Alpine Interlagos was a niche sports car built under license in Brazil during the 1960s. The car was based on the Renault Alpine 108 sports coupe but picked up its own unique ‘Interlagos’ title as homage to the famous circuit of the country in which the custom model...

Most of the car-related buzz coming out of Australia at the moment relates to the launch of the next-generation Ford Falcon sedan, which is set to take place at next month’s Melbourne Motor Show. Arch rival Holden, however, isn’t one to sit idly by and let Ford take all of the...

Cadillac has confirmed the new CTS sedan will spawn several other body styles including a coupe and wagon-crossover, and now we have the first tangible evidence that GM’s product planners are working on at least one of these new variants. GM used this week’s Detroit Auto Show to roll...

The 2010 Lincoln MKT crossover has officially been revealed at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Click here for all the details and images. Lincoln surprised show goers at the NAIAS with the unveiling today of the new MKT sedan concept, showcasing the brand's new design language on a spacious luxury...

One of the highlights of the Mitsubishi stable at this year’s Detroit Auto Show is the new Concept-RA eco-friendly sports coupe design study. Although the concept looks ready to roll onto showroom floors, officials assert that it was created solely as a ‘technology showcase’ but...

A prototype of the next-generation Honda Pilot was unveiled today at the Detroit Auto Show, just months ahead of the production version’s debut pencilled in for the second quarter of the year. Honda is calling its new Pilot a crossover-SUV, because it apparently offers the benefits of both a...

Images of what’s set to be one of the hottest cars at this week’s Detroit Auto Show, the all-new Lexus LF-A convertible, have leaked onto the Internet just hours before the show officially kicks off. Finished in a striking red paint scheme, the latest LF-A concept has another legendary...

Ford has taken the wraps off the third iteration of its Verve family of concept cars, the latest being a four door-sedan variant that previews a future production model set to go on sale in the U.S. by 2010. Officials will also present the three-door version of the car, which was first displayed at...

One of the highlights of this year’s Detroit Auto Show is a new plug-in hybrid four-door coupe from California’s Fisker Coachbuild. The new car is called the Karma and it sports advanced technologies such as a lithium-ion battery array, aluminum construction and varying driving modes...

It’s hard enough just getting a job after completing your studies at university, so imagine how tough it must be for a group of automotive design students straight out of the classroom to form their own car company and start production of their very own sports car. Despite financial and time...

European websites overnight leaked the latest concept by Swedish company Saab. Dubbed the 9-4x, this new crossover is expected to be close to a production model being released by the company in 2009. Saab has been one of the pioneers of ethanol fuel so it’s only fitting that this concept is...

Just a week before the NAIAS show in Detroit, Cadillac is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an international technology trade show, with its high-tech Provoq concept. Another iteration of GM’s E-Flex platform, like the Chevy Volt and the Opel Flextreme concepts, the Provoq shares some...

UPDATE: In addition to the new pictures you’ll find below, we’ve found some more details on the R8 V12 TDI coming to Detroit next week. The diesel mill’s 500hp should drop four tenths of a second off the 0-100km/h time to bring it down to 4.2 seconds. Fuel consumption will be...

Oil topped $100 per barrel in America just the other day and fuel conservation is now a hotter topic than ever. Some pundits are predicting gasoline prices in excess of US$4 per gallon before the end of Q1. Sure, these prices are pretty tame by the rest of the world’s standards, but Americans...

It’s becoming something of a trend for electric-powered cars to fail to meet deadlines and goals - in the case of cars such as the Tesla, repeatedly. GM’s Volt series hybrid has added itself to the list of potential no-shows, stating that a 2010 debut for the Volt couldn’t be...

Although we’ve already seen what is almost certainly a production-trim Mercedes GLK in both pictures and video, we can now bring you official, high-res shots of Mercedes’ GLK Freesider ‘concept’ in advance of its reveal at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show in less than two...

Already famous for its LS prototype designed to compete for the 100mpg Automotive X-Prize competition, Loremo may be planning to unveil a new concept convertible at Geneva in 2008 according to the latest rumours. The previous LS concept was groundbreaking not just in its miserly fuel consumption...