Concept Cars
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The reveal of new ‘Vision’ concept cars developed purely to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo video game series is starting to get a bit old hat—after all, we’ve been seeing them periodically rolled out since November of last year—but the latest from Mazda is somewhat special. That’s because it honors one of our favorite race cars, the #55 787B that won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac CTS-V Does A Burnout In Its First Driving Footage: Video In honor of the original four-rotor racer of the early ‘90s...
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Drama Drives A Cadillac Ciel Four-Door Convertible In ‘Entourage’ Movie: VideoIn the popular television series Entourage, main character Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his crew cruise around Hollywood in a classic Lincoln Continental convertible. However, for the upcoming movie version, it looks like the Lincoln has been dropped in favor of a new set of wheels—the...
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Google Autonomous Car Edges Closer To ProductionBack in May, Google unveiled a mock-up of a fully-autonomous car the tech giant plans to introduce to the world at some point in the near future. The car came without a steering wheel and pedals and many other features typical of a street-legal set of wheels; now, Google has unveiled a new...
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Infiniti Vision Concept Launches Today For 'Gran Turismo 6,' Hints At Potential FlagshipThe Gran Turismo video game series has quickly become the go-to place for automakers to give the public an up close view at their latest concept vehicles. These cars may someday appear in a flesh form at an auto show, but a consumer will never drive such a vehicle. In the Gran Turismo world...
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EDAG Light Cocoon Concept Set To Illuminate 2015 Geneva Motor ShowEngineering firm EDAG will debut a concept featuring backlit fabric skin.
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BMW To Present Self-Parking Technology At 2015 CESAt this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, BMW gave us our first taste of its new ActiveAssist autonomous technology in the form of a 2-Series prototype that could handle itself while driving at the limit. At next year’s show, which runs from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, BMW will show an...
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For years, hybrid technology has been marketed purely as a means of improving vehicle efficiency, but now that the technology has matured we’re starting to see automakers investigate ways of using the addition of an electric motor(s) to boost performance as well. The turning point was 2013’s launch of hybrid hypercars from Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche, and now more mainstream makes are jumping on the performance hybrid bandwagon. MUST SEE: Car Crashes Into Bedroom Of 71-Year-Old Car Enthusiast: Video One of these is BMW, which recently presented its new Power eDrive hybrid...
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Infiniti Teases Q60 Coupe ConceptInfiniti will use next month’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show to unveil a striking new concept previewing its next-generation Q60 coupe. The Q60, for those still not up to date with Infiniti’s new naming strategy, is essentially the G coupe, whose last complete redesign was back in 2008. A...
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nanoFLOWCELL-Powered Quant Sedan Edges Closer To ProductionAt the 2014 Geneva Motor Show last March, a little known startup by the name of nanoFLOWCELL showed off an electric sedan concept whose motors were powered by energy stored in a device called a flow cell. In essence, a flow cell combines characteristics of a traditional battery and more advanced...
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Rinspeed Budii Is Your Friend On WheelsSwiss design and engineering firm Rinspeed made it clear last year that its vision of driving in the future is an autonomous one and that cars, rather than being a tool to simply take you from point A to point B, will become an extension of your lounge or office. Now, Rinspeed is taking this...
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Watch The Reveal Of The Aston Martin DB10 At The James Bond 'Spectre' Launch: VideoYesterday was the production launch of the new James Bond movie Spectre, the 24th member of the ever-growing franchise and the 10th to feature an Aston Martin. Yes, director Sam Mendes has confirmed that an Aston Martin will feature in the new movie, continuing a 50-year partnership that started...
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James Bond To Drive New Aston Martin DB10 In Upcoming ‘Spectre’ MovieA new James Bond movie is coming next year, and with it a brand new Aston Martin developed exclusively for the world’s most famous spy, the Aston Martin DB10. We’re not talking a regular production model but a special, limited run of 10 cars that will be used for filming of the new Bond...
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Mercedes-Benz is scheduled to unveil a new concept car at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in early January, which the automaker is hoping will drive the social discourse on mobility and the design of the urban environment ahead—primarily in the area of autonomous cars. We’ve already been given a preview of the concept’s interior, which looks more like a lounge than the cabin of a car, and now we have some spy shots showing the exterior. The concept is heavily masked but we can make out the general shape and see the design of its tail-lights, which looks to feature the...
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Infiniti Synaptiq Concept Merges Human And MachineThe Synaptiq is Inifniti's entry for the 11th Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge.
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Diesel-Powered Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Concept Crawls Into L.A.The Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 is a diesel-powered off-road machine.
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Chevy Chaparral 2X Vision Gran Turismo Concept Makes Its L.A. Auto Show Debut: VideoThe futuristic Chaparral is the latest "Vision" concept for Gran Turismo 6.
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Infiniti Q60 Concept Confirmed For 2015 Detroit Auto ShowInfiniti may have just lost its turnaround strategist Johan de Nysschen but the automaker has no intention of slowing down the expansion plans devised under the guidance of the South African executive. Infiniti recently appointed a new chief in the form of former BMW exec Roland Krüger, and at...
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Lexus LF-C2 Concept Roadster Shows An Even Racier Side: Live Photos & VideoShould Lexus go a step more aggressive with an amped-up RC F roadster variant in the future? If the beautiful concept it showed this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show is any indication, it might be a distinct possibility. MUST SEE: 2016 Cadillac ATS-V And ATS-V Coupe: 455 HP And 0-60 MPH In 3.9...
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Volkswagen unveiled a fuel-cell version of its Golf SportWagen at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Audi A7 h-tron quattro Fuel Cell Concept Debuts In L.A.It was back in June that we first learned Audi was working on a version of its A7 powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Today, at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, the German automaker presented its A7 fuel cell vehicle which has been labeled the A7 h-tron quattro. Though still a concept, the vehicle...
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Subaru Viziv Vision Gran Turismo Concept Revealed: VideoSubaru's Vision Gran Turismo concept is a 591-horsepower hybrid coupe.
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Audi Prologue concept revealed, presages new look for brandAudi’s forward-looking Prologue concept has finally landed, and it’s bigger and bolder than ever. The stylish coupe doesn’t preview any one particular model currently being developed, but instead showcases a new design language for the entire Audi brand crafted by German designer...
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Lexus Releases More Teasers For RC Convertible-Previewing LF-C2 ConceptLexus has released more teasers for a new concept car appearing this week at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. The concept is called the LF-C2 and it hints at a new convertible Lexus is likely to put into production in the near future. Lexus was already confirmed to be making a world premiere in...
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Bentley Raises The Roof With Flagship Grand Convertible ConceptIs there the demand for an open-air touring car, sized and priced above the Continental GTC and based on the Mulsanne? That’s essentially what Bentley is asking with the new Grand Convertible Concept that it previewed at a studio space in West Hollywood, prior to the start of the Los Angeles...
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