Concept Cars

Ford's Raptor is the undisputed king of production off-road truck awesomeness, but it may soon have a challenger, previewed here with the GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept. Bigger, diesel-powered, and suitably brutish, the All Terrain HD is at this point, "strictly a concept," however. According to...

Over the past 12 months or so Volkswagen has unveiled three all-electric taxi concept vehicles based around its Up small car platform. These included the previous Berlin and Milano Taxi concepts, and now this new London Taxi. While the cars themselves are nothing to rave about, the possibility that...

With the release of models like the Clubman and new Countryman crossover, there are fears that the MINI brand is treading away from what its very name reflects, mini cars. Heck, even its smallest model, the MINI Cooper hatch is nearly double the size of the original 1960s models, an issue BMW...

The ramp-up for the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, or North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is well underway, with Honda today releasing a preview sketch of an upcoming Civic concept for the show. The ninth-generation Civic, slated for production in 2011 as a 2012 model, will be based on the...

We’ve already seen a number of variants spun of Ford’s global C-segment platform, aptly named the C-platform and underpinning cars like the new 2012 Ford Focus hatchback and sedan, as well as the U.S. bound C-Max MPV. And at next month’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show we’ll see yet...

The world of virtual design concepts often comes up with some wacky ideas, but we have to admit Idries Noah's execution of the 2010 T2 Concept is attractive--and better yet, it gives us an idea of what to expect from a completely different car: the rumored-to-be-reborn Honda/Acura NSX. How is it...

Concept cars are a mixed breed. Sometimes, they're the real thing slightly disguised, and sometimes they're way-off abstractions in the Tomorrowland vein. In a handful of cases, concept cars are annoying knock-offs of the boy who cried wolf, without the bit that makes the fairy tale appealing. You...

Gratuitous beach bunnies aside, there's not much to the Rinspeed BamBoo concept, and that's the point. A self-described "meta" four-seater with onomatopoeic inclinations, the BamBoo is a car built for people that don't actually like cars. At least that's our take on it. Nestled in the press release...

BMW is working on a brand new plug-in hybrid sports car based on its Vision EfficientDynamics concept car for launch in 2013, around the same time Mercedes-Benz plans to launch an all-electric version of its SLS gullwing sports car. However, this is just the start of the battle for ecological...

As awesome and impressive the GT1 race cars are, they are typically based on cars most mere mortals could never afford. Except for perhaps the Nissan GT-R and the former Corvette models, most GT1 race cars are based on vehicles that in production form feature pricetags that can run into the...

The Sesto Elemento concept car unveiled back at September’s 2010 Paris Auto Show may not have been the preview of the Murcielago replacement that we had all been hoping for but it was enough to get our heart rate jumping, even if only a concept. Well, that last part may not be entirely true...

Despite the growing popularity of crossovers and hatchbacks the compact sedan is here to stay, well, according to Nissan it is. At this week’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Nissan rolled out a new concept previewing the design of its future sedan models and from what we can tell it’s going...

The 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show is chock full of new cars, debuts, and concepts, but Subaru's Impreza Design Concept is sure to grab its share of attention. Aggressively styled but with just enough/not too much of the funky that often pervades the brand, the car points toward the possible future for...

Honda has been slow to the game when it comes to plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles but today at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show the automaker proved that it was not completely in the dark in this area. Honda unveiled a new version of its Fit compact car powered by an electric drivetrain, as...

On the eve of its Los Angeles Auto Show appearance—and six weeks or so after its Paris Auto Show debut—the British automaker gave comedian and late-night host Jay Leno an exclusive opportunity: He's the first person to drive the C-X75 on a public highway. Why Leno? The entertainer...

Mazda's Shinari Concept points the way toward the future of the carmaker, and we have to say: it looks good. These live photos bring the concept to life, fresh from the floor of the Los Angeles Auto Show. It was supposed to show at the Paris auto show, and we saw official preview images then, but...

The 2011 Ford Fiesta is going rallying factory-style with the R2 Package unveiled earlier this year, and now its slightly bigger brother, the new 2012 Ford Focus, is getting similar treatment. At the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show today Ford is rolling out the Focus Race Concept, built to compete in...

If you have possibly the most striking concept car of the year, what better place to show it off than what may be the biggest, best, and most jaw-dropping car collection in the U.S.? Which is how Jaguar came to display its stunning C-X75 supercar concept at Jay Leno's Garage. In a nondescript...

With Aston Martin bringing the Toyota iQ-based Cygnet on the market next year, and BMW working on a new generation of front-wheel drive minicars, there’s no reason why America’s leading luxury automotive label, Cadillac, can't bring out a version of its own. Today, on the eve of the...

Without doubt one of the most striking concept cars of the recent past is the 2009 Infiniti Essence, a large and luxurious GT with an advanced hybrid powertrain and styling to make you melt. Sadly, Infiniti has no immediate plans to put the Essence into production although its design will influence...