Concept Cars
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A few weeks ago we told you that Aston Martin was preparing a special hydrogen-powered Rapide that it planned to race at the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race this year. Today, the British automaker revealed its special race car, which it calls the Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S. Aston Martin boasts that this will be the first time a race car has used hydrogen in a mainstream motorsport event, and that it will also be the first time that a complete lap will be achieved with zero C02 emissions. Aston Martin’s Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, which is based on the latest 2014 Rapide S luxury...
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One-Off Lamborghini Prototype On Sale For $2.1 Million: VideoConsidered to be one of the last Lamborghini vehicles created wholly by the Italian company before its takeover by Audi, the Pregunta prototype from 1998 is now up for sale and can be yours for the sum of 1.6 million euros (approximately $2.1 million). It is being offered for sale through French...
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Citroën DS Wild Rubis Concept Headed To 2013 Shanghai Auto ShowFacing dwindling sales in its home market, as well as in the rest of Europe, where the bulk of its models are sold, French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën is well aware of the need to sell more of its models overseas. At the same time, the automaker has also realized it needs greater...
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Subaru Design Boss Talks WRX Concept: VideoSubaru has been telling us for a while that the next-generation WRX will not be just a hopped up Impreza, and it used the 2013 New York Auto Show to give us our first glimpse of this with the WRX Concept. While we've spied the next-generation Subaru WRX undergoing testing, the WRX Concept gives us...
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A Close Look At The Design Of The BMW Concept X4: VideoWhether you’re a fan of the new crossover coupes that have been trickling onto the market since the introduction of the BMW X6 back in 2008, you had better get used to seeing them on the roads as a handful of automakers are working on new versions of their own. In the case of BMW, it’s...
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BMW Concept X4: Dividing By ZeroAs BMW's model proliferation continues, with a renaming scheme impending, we have to wonder: where will it end? Not here, apparently. The latest addition to the BMW fold is a concept, but it appears to be a concept in name only. The BMW Concept X4 brings to the X3 size class an X6-like Sports...
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Pictured here is the Hyundai Equus by Hermès concept car presented by the Korean automaker at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show last week. Hermès is a high-end fashion label that in the past has been connected with brands such as Bugatti and even Smart, and soon we could be adding Hyundai to that list. Unlike Hyundai’s previous collaboration with fashion label Prada, which saw the launch of the well-appointed Hyundai Genesis Prada back in 2011, the new Equus developed with Hermès is not yet confirmed for production. However, given the strong reception received by the...
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Subaru WRX Concept Video Preview: New York Auto ShowThe next-gen Subaru WRX will be leaving its past close twinning to the Impreza model in the dust for its next generation, but it will still share some of its underpinnings with the more pedestrian Subie. Best of all, while this WRX Concept isn't quite the real deal, it does reflect the core teem of...
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2013 Subaru WRX Concept: New York Auto Show Live ShotsWe’ll warn you in advance that the 2013 Subaru WRX Concept displayed at this week’s New York Auto Show may or may not be what the final product looks like. Subaru is hedging its bets, saying only that the show-stopping concept represents its “new design language” for the...
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Kia Reveals Its Cub Concept At The 2013 Seoul Motor ShowThough the Seoul Motor Show may not draw the same attention as the (simultaneous) New York Auto Show, it’s still an important home market event for Korean automaker Kia. On Monday, we brought you a teaser image of the brand’s latest concept, the Kia Cub four-door coupe, set to be...
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Lexus LF-LC Concept Confirmed For Production: ReportThe Lexus LF-LC Concept’s reception at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show was an undeniable a success, but in a world where economics rule that doesn’t necessarily mean production is a given--even with Lexus attempting to inject some much-needed sportiness to its lineup. Nevertheless...
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Hyundai HND-9 Coupe Concept Debuts At 2013 Seoul Motor ShowCoinciding with this week’s festivities in New York is the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in Korea, where the stunning new HND-9 coupe concept from Hyundai made its debut. After a brief preview last week, Hyundai has now revealed the full details for the HND-9, which the automaker has...
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Subaru has gone to some length to separate the WRX from its former pedestrian platform-mate, the Subaru Impreza. In 2012, Subaru dropped the Impreza name from the WRX and introduced an all-new Impreza; since then, only spy photos have hinted at what the next WRX would look like. Thanks to Subaru’s WRX Concept, revealed this morning at the New York Auto Show, we now know what the next-generation WRX is likely to look like. Subaru isn’t calling the concept “near production,” instead saying that it “hints at the design language of the next generation WRX.”...
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Kia Builds Cub Four-Door Coupe Concept For 2013 Seoul Motor ShowKia has rolled out a handful of striking concepts in the past couple of months (Provo, Cross GT), and it looks like the Korean automaker has no intention of slowing that pace as a new one is scheduled to bow at this week’s 2013 Seoul Motor Show. While all eyes will be on New York from...
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Icona Readies New V-12 Supercar For 2013 Shanghai Auto ShowItalian coachbuilder and design house Icona, a company founded in 2010 but with links to the auto industry that date back much further in time, has revealed the first image of a new V-12 supercar concept it plans to unveil at next month’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The new supercar, which is...
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Subaru Confirms New Performance Concept For 2013 New York Auto ShowSubaru will have two major debuts at next week’s 2013 New York Auto Show. One of these has been confirmed as the 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid (pictured below), the automaker’s first hybrid vehicle and the first to be powered by Subaru’s proprietary hybrid drive technology...
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Next-Gen Hyundai Genesis Coupe Previewed By HND-9 ConceptHyundai is giving us our best look yet at the company’s next-generation Genesis Coupe with the new HND-9 concept car, previewed today ahead of its official debut at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in the Korean capital next week. Most of the details are being kept secret until next...
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Small Run Of Pininfarina Sergio Speedsters May Be BuiltOne of the standouts of the recent 2013 Geneva Motor Show was the Pininfarina Sergio speedster based on the running gear of a Ferrari 458 Spider. Unfortunately, the Sergio was built purely as a one-off showpiece honoring the late patriarch of the Italian design firm that shares his name. That may...
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Mitsubishi is giving a clear indication of its future plans with the reveal of two new concept vehicles at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show this week. Both vehicles fall into the ‘electrified’ category, though the two couldn’t be more different. One is a diesel-electric hybrid pickup truck called the GR-HEV and the other is a battery-powered electric compact called the CA-MiEV. Mitsubishi sees its future models adopting a philosophy of sustainable fun. That’s why the automaker has pledged a goal of offering some kind of electrified drivetrain technology on 20 percent of its...
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Spyker B6 Venator Live Photos From Geneva DebutSpyker is back to doing what it does best, and that’s building beautifully detailed sports cars with the performance to match their good looks. After several years of selling its C8 range of supercars, Spyker determined that what it needed was a car with the same bespoke craftsmanship and...
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Pininfarina’s Ferrari-based Sergio concept debuts in GenevaOne of the highlights of this week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show turned out to be Pininfarina’s new Sergio concept car, which was built not only to showcase the latest trends and talents of the Italian design house but to also honor its late patriarch Sergio Pininfarina. The Sergio concept...
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Subaru Viziv Concept Live Photos: 2013 Geneva Motor ShowWhile Subaru's crossover and SUV styling has had some notable misses, the new Viziv concept unveiled today at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show looks to put the brand on a very attractive new heading. Still a bit quirky--certainly not plain vanilla--the Viziv doesn't offer any of the awkward or confused...
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Italdesign Giugiaro Parcour Concept: Live Photos From GenevaThe concept: Take a Lamborghini Gallardo, and add some SUV toughness, so that the Parcour can, true to its name, go anywhere--at least anywhere there's a road. Of course, since Italdesign Giugiaro is behind this new concept, shown here at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, they've also made it beautiful...
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Spyker B6 Venator Sports Car Tipped For Production In 2014It’s been a while since Spyker launched a new model under its own brand. After all, its current--and only--model, the C8 Aileron, can trace its roots back to the C8 Spyder launched in 2000. Over the years, the Dutch sports car manufacturer has tried to branch out into more profitable areas...
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