Concept Cars

  • Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept

    Acura’s Advanced Sports Car Concept has finally been revealed, a car whose styling hints at the next generation NSX supercar that’s expected to be displayed at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. The Acura concept showcases a new high-tech look for exotic sports cars, and is designed to incorporate a front-mounted V10 engine with drive sent to the rear wheels. The concept is also said to feature a unique rear-wheel-drive based version of Acura's exclusive Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD). According to Honda boss Takeo Fukui, “a car like this, I can tell you it will...

  • More details on Ford’s new TwinForce V6
    More details on Ford’s new TwinForce V6

    First shown on the Lincoln MKR concept, Ford’s new TwinForce engine technology is said to deliver V8 power with V6 fuel economy. Although appearing in concept form only, the new technology is expected to feature in future vehicles for both the Ford and Lincoln labels. Combining direct...

  • Mazda Ryuga Concept breaks cover
    Mazda Ryuga Concept Breaks Cover

    Mazda has finally dropped the embargo on its Ryuga concept and we can now present to you the vehicle in all its glory. Following on from the Nagare, which was displayed at the L.A. Auto Show, the Ryuga is, according to its designers, “the next step in the evolution of Nagare.” Japanese...

  • Ford Airstream Concept
    Ford Airstream Concept

    Ford’s wacky Airstream concept car gives us a glimpse of what the future of motoring may hold. The concept showcases advanced design features such as the plug-in hydrogen hybrid fuel cell powertrain, floating instrument panel and dual-view information panels as well as new four-point safety...

  • GM's plug-in Volt concept
    GM's Plug-In Volt Concept

    The Chevrolet Volt concept sedan is General Motors' answer to the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has been slammed for shutting down its EV1 program, but the Volt gives us a peek at what's in store for us over the next decade. The Chevrolet Volt is a...

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    Video: Jaguar C-XF concept

    The only thing more stunning than the exterior of Jaguar’s new concept car is the interior. Check out the trick navigation display and various other features in this short teaser video, courtesy of our friends over at Autoblog.

  • Ford's stretch Transit van XXL

    We rarely cover vans on Motor Authority, preferring instead to write about high-performance exotica, but we couldn’t resist this extended Ford transit van. The Transit XXL literally stretches the van to new lengths and is made from two short wheel base Transit Tourneo models which have been meticulously joined together. The Transit XXL carries the driver plus seven passengers in full 'first class' comfort. It measures 7.4m in length, more than a meter longer than the biggest Maybach. The Transit XXL also features four full sliding doors – two on each side – while the entire...

  • Ford's bold new Interceptor concept
    Ford's bold new Interceptor concept

    Ford has taken the wraps off its previously rumored Mustang-based sedan, called the Interceptor. With styling to match the aggressive name, the Interceptor concept is a preview of a potential RWD addition to Ford’s boring sedan line-up. The brutish front-end reminds us of the Super Chief...

  • Toyota to reveal FT-HS hybrid sports car at Detroit
    Toyota To Reveal FT-HS Hybrid Sports Car At Detroit

    Toyota will be unveiling its latest concept at the Detroit auto show - the FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept. For everyone nodding off right about now, rest assured that this isn’t another one of Toyota’s incredibly bland mass-market offerings. The FT-HS is a 2-door sports coupe that will put...

  • Chrysler: We won’t build Firepower
    Chrysler: We won’t build Firepower

    Despite previous reports that Chrysler was seriously looking at a production version of the Firepower concept it showed at the 2005 Detroit show, it won’t be building the Hemi-powered GT sports car. In an interview with trade publication Ward’s Auto, Trevor Creed, senior vice...

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    Video: Sneak peek at Chrysler concepts

    Chrysler has released a teaser video showing off its new Nassau and Trailhawk concepts it previously announced. The Nassau is a four-door coupe similar to the Mercedes CLS, while the Trailhawk is touted as a Wrangler merged with a Grand Cherokee. The concept will feature the ruggedness of the...

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    Video: VW Tiguan

    VW’s Tiguan is coming to showrooms by the end of next year, but you can see it here and now in this video. Designed as a baby Touareg from the get-go, the Tiguan measures 4.4m long, 1.85m wide and 1.69m high and is similar overall to the Touran compact MPV. Key features include a panoramic...

  • Lincoln to show new RWD concept at Detroit

    Lincoln will debut a new concept car at the Detroit Auto Show based on Ford Australia’s bread-and-butter Falcon sedan, picture above. After suffering years of shrinking sales and poor brand image, Lincoln will try to appeal to a younger audience with a new model. The concept car will be RWD, but execs are currently debating whether the production car should also be RWD like most high-end luxury cars or FWD/AWD like most cars in the Ford line-up. The concept was made under the watch of Ford North American design chief Peter Horbury, who has said it will incorporate design cues that will...

  • Honda to show Accord Coupe concept in Detroit
    Honda to show Accord Coupe concept in Detroit

    A brand new look for the next-generation Honda Accord Coupe will be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January. The Accord Coupe Concept will convey exterior styling cues and design features that provide a first look at the direction the next-generation Accord will take, which hopefully means...

  • GM snags L.A. Auto Show design award
    GM snags L.A. Auto Show design award

    GM’s Advanced Design has won the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Design Challenge for the second year in a row. This year’s winning entry is a two-dimensional rendering of a 2015 Blue Sky Concept that addresses environmental sustainability. Called the HUMMER 02, this design proves that...

  • Hyundai HDC10 Hellion Concept
    Hyundai HDC10 Hellion Concept

    Hyundai has presented its HCD10 Hyundai Hellion concept at the L.A. Auto Show today, showcasing the Korean company’s take on the compact three-door sport crossover. Inspired by the tough, hard-shell backpack that’s seen in the animal world, the Hellion’s architecture consists of...

  • Acura’s Advanced Sedan Concept debuts in L.A.
    Acura’s Advanced Sedan Concept debuts in L.A.

    Acura has unveiled probably one of the ugliest concept cars at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. The creation of the company’s Los Angeles-based advanced design team, the Advanced Sedan Concept illustrates Acura's commitment to modern design and cutting-edge style. The primary goal of this...

  • Honda reveals REMIX and Step Bus concepts
    Honda reveals REMIX and Step Bus concepts

    Honda has displayed two new concept cars at the L.A. Auto Show in the form of its REMIX small sport concept and the Step Bus MPV. The REMIX explores the shape and design of a two-seat sports car, which can double as a practical daily-driver. The low-slung car features a wrap-around canopy that adds...

  • Mazda's Nagare concept hints at future design

    Mazda’s Nagare concept is just the latest in a string of recent concept cars from the Japanese brand, which includes its Sassou from Frankfurt in 2005, the Senku at Tokyo also in 2005 and the Kabura in Detroit this year. Their latest effort is the first of a new series of design concepts that Mazda will showcase at several major auto shows this year. Developed by Mazda’s US based design team, the Nagare, which means “flow” in Japanese, suggests where Mazda design will go in 2020. According to a Mazda spokesman, “the company doesn’t produce concept cars to...

  • Test drive of Ford’s Iosis X concept
    Test drive of Ford’s Iosis X concept

    We always see futuristic concept cars with high-tech interiors and massive 20in and over sized wheels that their makers claimed costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop, not to mention the number of man-hours and the hurdles thrown at developers from upper management. So it’s rare to...

  • Volkswagen reveals the Tiguan Concept
    Volkswagen reveals the Tiguan Concept

    Volkswagen has unveiled its compact 4x4, the Concept Tiguan, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and has confirmed that the first production versions will be hitting showrooms by the end of 2007. The drawn out gestation of the Tiguan, including the poll of 350,000 readers of magazines of the AutoBild...

  • The stunning Giugiaro designed Mustang concept
    The stunning Giugiaro designed Mustang concept

    Fabrizio Giugiaro of Italy’s Italdesign studio fell in love with the new Mustang when he first laid eyes upon it. He was so taken with its classic styling and muscular appearance that he contacted Ford’s VP of design, J Mays, in early 2005 to talk about doing an Italian job of the car...

  • Blast from the past: Veritas RS3
    Blast from the past: Veritas RS3

    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. Their most famous car is easily the...

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    Video: VW Neeza concept

    Yet another cool video with a Eurotrash/techno background. For more information about the Neeza concept, check our previous post by clicking here.

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