Concept Cars

Behold the new A3 clubsport quattro concept, a hotted-up version of the 2015 Audi A3 sedan that’s powered by a five-cylinder TFSI engine developing—wait for it—525 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. The concept will be shown for the first time at the 2014 Wörthersee...

It’s not uncommon to find stunning car designs on the internet that have been penned by students knowledgeable in the use of popular CAD software. Unfortunately, most of these designs will never be adopted by a major automaker but that may soon change thanks to Volkswagen. Between now and...

About a year ago, it was reported that the Russian government had requested local automakers to come up with designs for a series of luxury vehicles that could be used to transport officials and possibly even form the basis of a new Russian luxury car brand. At present the Russian government uses...

Here in America at least, small trucks are dead, as are the -amino and -chero car-truck mashups of decades past. For the most part those are both good things. But every now and then we come across a modern car converted into a pickup-like vehicle that makes us wish things were different. The MINI...

Volkswagen’s insane Golf R 400 concept from the recent 2014 Beijing Auto Show has been confirmed for production, according to VW R&D chief Heinz-Jakob Neusser. Speaking with Car and Driver, Neusser revealed the good news but didn’t say whether the production version would be offered...

So, you thought cooled cupholders, touchscreens, and high-speed connectivity were the very latest in SUV technology? The Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept has lasers for eyes and it can be driven by smartphone. At the New York auto show, the new Discovery Vision Concept shows off the style and...

Volkswagen presented a stylish four-door coupe concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show over the weekend. The concept is called the New Midsize Coupe and it’s about the size of a Jetta, although its proportions are much sportier than any production VW. Designers say it gives an idea of what a...

Audi has revealed a new concept car at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The concept is based on the recently revealed 2016 TT sports car but features four doors, a raised ride height and four individual seats. It’s called the TT Offroad, and according to Audi it provides a glimpse of how the...

Lincoln’s current MKX has been on sale since the 2007 model year and has only been updated once during all these years. Lincoln is well aware that its mid-size crossover is in need of renewal, and we’re getting our first look at the next-generation version in the form of a concept at...

Chevrolet takes a lot of pride in being the progenitor of the SUV segment, starting with the Suburban back in the 1930s. Land Rover makes much of being the first luxury SUV maker via the Range Rover built starting in 1970. But the world of SUVs has come a long way since those pioneers, folding in...

BMW’s new concept for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show isn’t the 7-Series-aping mega sedan that we were expecting, but it does pack enough technologies, premium materials and innovations to be worthy of a new BMW flagship. The concept is the BMW Vision Future Luxury, and as its name suggests...

If you thought the latest 2015 Golf R was going to be the most extreme version of the seventh-generation Golf, then you’d be wrong. Volkswagen has just rolled out a 395-horsepower version of its latest Golf, and though it’s strictly a concept at this point the German automaker says the...

About a month ago we heard the BMW was planning a new concept for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show that envisions a potential 9-Series flagship. Now the German automaker has confirmed that it will present a forward-looking concept at the Chinese show that demonstrates its perception of luxury. As a taste...

BMW is working on a plug-in hybrid version of its X5 SUV, with prototypes already testing on public roads (read a drive report at Green Car Reports), but the vehicle isn’t due to enter production until sometime in 2015. In the meantime, the German automaker is rolling out concept versions of...

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French automaker Peugeot has taken the covers off a stunning four-door coupe concept that it plans to present at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. Called the Exalt, the concept takes the aggressive look first showcased on Peugeot’s Onyx supercar concept in 2012 and applies it to a...

Mercedes-Benz has given us our first look at a new crossover with coupe-like styling that it plans to launch in 2015 as a rival to the BMW X6. That first look comes via a new concept, which will make its world debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on April 20. The concept’s profile looks very...

Bentley has hinted at the launch of a hybrid for the past couple of years and confirmed at the reveal of its EXP 9 F in 2012 that an electrified option was being considered for the SUV concept’s eventual production version. Now the British automaker has previewed its hybrid system in a...

Search any automotive-themed internet forum and at some point, somewhere, you'll find a post from someone urging Toyota to bring back the Supra. The rear-drive sports car was once a mainstay of Toyota's range but died off in the U.S. in the late 1990s. Since then, only the short-lived MR2 Spyder...

Ford’s European division has revealed the second concept previewing its new Vignale premium trim. The concept, which made its debut today at Milan Fashion Week, is based on the previously revealed S-Max concept and follows on from the original Mondeo Vignale concept shown last year. Vignale...