Concept Cars
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Wey is the new luxury brand from China's biggest SUV maker Great Wall Motors. Launched in China in 2016, the brand currently sells a trio of SUVs but is keen on expanding this in the future, including in the new fields of electrification and self-driving capability. Wey will use this week's 2018 Beijing auto show to present its vision for self-driving cars. The vision will come in the form of the Wey-X, an SUV concept with an electric powertrain and Level 5 self-driving capability. Level 5 means a car can safely operate on its own and thus doesn't require a driver onboard. For self-driving...
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Mercedes-Maybach SUV concept leaked ahead of Beijing debutThe first photos of the Vision Mercedes-Maybach Ultimate Luxury concept have surfaced ahead of next week's debut at the 2018 Beijing auto show. The photos were published early by accident on an official website and give us a clear look at the concept, inside and out. The folks at Maybach weren't...
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Custom Nissan Armada Mountain Patrol wants to be the best overlanding SUVOff-roading draws a dedicated following that pursues a variety of enthusiast avenues. Nissan wants to capitalize on that love affair and plans to show off a pretty wild Armada, but the brand wants fan input first. Next month, Nissan will unveil the Armada Mountain Patrol, which it hopes will be the...
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Buick Enspire electric SUV concept bows in ChinaBuick has delivered a handful of knockout concept cars in the past few years. From Avenir to Avista, each has carried an elegant and luxurious design. Now, meet the Buick Enspire—a battery-electric SUV concept. The brand revealed the Enspire on Tuesday ahead of its formal reveal at the...
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Byton sedan concept coming in JuneByton seemed to come out of nowhere when it showed up at the 2018 Consumer Electornics Show in January with a cool-looking SUV concept and confirmed the start of production for next year. But the SUV is just one of at least three electric cars Byton is planning. Another is a sedan, a concept of...
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Mercedes-Maybach teases Ultimate Luxury SUV conceptMercedes-Maybach has given us our first look at a concept set to debut this month at the 2018 Beijing auto show. Maybach has released a teaser sketch and video that provide a glimpse at the concept's interior, which is lined in leather and accented with polished metal and blue ambient lighting...
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DS is preparing a successor to its E-Tense electric sports car concept unveiled at the 2016 Geneva auto show. The French premium brand is holding back details but has given a glimpse of the new concept, called the DSX E-Tense, in a shadowy teaser video that hints at a sporty grand tourer with a swept-back look. All DS will say is that the car envisions one of the brand's models for the year 2035, suggesting it may be the latest member of the Vision Gran Turismo challenge. There doesn't appear to be much in common design-wise with the previous E-Tense concept apart from both cars being coupes...
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Audi's PlayStation concept to be turned into realityIt's been more than four years since the first Vision Gran Turismo concept was rolled out but there's still no end in sight. The cars are the result of a challenge put out by the makers of the “Gran Turismo” video game to see which design team could come up with the best-looking grand...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Buick bringing electric SUV concept to 2018 Beijing auto showBuick will present an electric SUV concept called the Enspire later this month. A teaser shot released on Monday hints at a handsome design that takes current Buick themes to the next level. All Buick is willing to say is that the concept is an exploration of future design elements and technology...
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VW teases potential US pickup truck with Atlas Tanoak conceptMight a unibody pickup truck from Volkswagen be on the cards? Quite possibly. The German automaker on Wednesday unveiled the Atlas Tanoak concept at the 2018 New York auto show. It's a mid-size pickup based on the Volkswagen Group's flexible MQB modular platform, and while there are no plans for a...
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Genesis Essentia video previewConcept cars this year are either fast, green, or coming soon. The Genesis Essentia Concept you see here is fast, and it’s green. Coming soon? We’re not so sure. Let’s get this out of the way right now. It’s highly unlikely that we’ll see this coupe on the streets...
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VW Atlas Cross Sport concept ditches 3rd row for sharper lookVolkswagen in 2019 will add a second SUV to the production line at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Atlas Cross Sport concept unveiled Tuesday is a direct preview of it. The concept is a shorter, more rakish version of the Atlas, which is also built in Chattanooga, and this time there's...
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Chocolate eggs, jelly beans, and Peeps (gross) are on the shelves, which means it must be time to start talking about the 2018 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. As is tradition, Jeep is bringing a flotilla of one-off concepts to this year's event and the selection is typically eclectic, mixing impressive craftsmanship with a spread of the company's Mopar-branded aftermarket bits. There are seven vehicles in this year's showcase, and as is usually the case, the newest Jeep models take center stage. That means even more modified Wranglers than usual. But while Jeep's iconic off-roader takes...
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Pininfarina confirms specs for production H2 Speed supercarPininfarina bosses are planning the launch of a premium electric car brand utilizing the name and talents of the Italian design house. And a Pininfarina-badged car has already been confirmed for production later in 2018. We are talking about the H2 Speed, an electric supercar that relies on a...
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Jeep teases two of its Moab Easter Safari conceptsJeep once again plans to show off a slew of wild concept vehicles as it prepares for the 52nd annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari. Ahead of the event, which takes place from March 24 to April 1, the brand teased two of the concepts in sketches released on Thursday. The SUVs shown are obviously based on...
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Lincoln Aviator concept teased ahead of 2018 New York auto showAll the rumors are about to prove true as Lincoln has just announced the reveal of an Aviator concept at this month's 2018 New York International Auto Show. The Ford luxury division posted a video to its Facebook page on Thursday that gives us a few glimpses of the SUV concept, which looks to...
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China's LVCHI unveils 1,000-horsepower Venere electric sedan in GenevaA new Chinese company has come out with ambitious plans to launch a family of electric cars, but unlike others this one has teamed up with an established design firm to work on its products. The company is called LVCHI, and on Tuesday it unveiled the Venere concept at the 2018 Geneva International...
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Tata shows E-Vision electric sedan concept in GenevaTata is one of the biggest automotive brands in India but is barely known elsewhere. One of its biggest claims to fame is the launch of the world's cheapest car, the Nano, back in 2009. Tata knows it will need world-class vehicles if it is to be recognized on the world stage, so it recently...
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French automaker Renault unveiled Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show an electric self-driving car concept that the automaker says could be part of a fleet of ride-share vehicles ready to be summoned by users as early as 2022. It's a strategy similar to the one Daimler is pursuing with its Car2Go car-share, except that the French brand's EZ-GO concept can seat up to six passengers. Daimler's self-driving Smart Vision EQ concept unveiled last fall has room for just two riders. The EZ-GO features an electric powertrain that supplies power to the rear wheels, although the...
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Pininfarina-styled HK GT concept debuts at Geneva auto showChinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic has unveiled a new concept car at a major auto show for the fourth time in less than two years. The latest study is the HK GT, described as an electric grand tourer powered by an extended-range electric powertrain. It made its debut on Tuesday at the 2018...
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2019 Supra: Toyota promises low-slung fun, life lessons learnedThe next Toyota Supra will revive its signature inline-6 engine because the car’s fans demand it. Even so, it’ll have a lower center of gravity than the flat-4-powered Toyota 86, promised Tetsuya Tada, Toyota’s global chief engineer. Speaking with a translator, Tada said Tuesday...
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Volkswagen ID Vizzion electric sedan unveiled at Geneva auto showVolkswagen used this week's 2018 Geneva International Motor Show to unveil the ID Vizzion concept, a large electric sedan that is more or less a replacement for the Phateon that ended production two years ago. The ID Vizzion will go into production by 2022, Volkswagen said, and is intended to show...
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Hyundai Le Fil Rouge concept is the shape of things to comeAnyone remember Hyundai's "fluidic sculpture" design language? It's over. Starting at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the South Korean brand is launching a new style that focuses on "sensuous sportiness" and the Le Fil Rouge Concept is its pioneer. The sleek sedan features a low nose, a...
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Imagine wagon: Subaru Viziv Tourer concept shows at GenevaIt wouldn't be an auto show if Subaru didn't bring a lusty concept to the floor. On Tuesday, the automaker unveiled the Subaru Viziv Tourer concept as a preview for future long-roof designs. The Viziv Tourer is slightly more compact from head to toe than the current Subaru Outback, although the...
Aaron Cole