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  • The Vencer Sarthe

    Concerned that there simply aren’t enough low-volume, hyper-exotic supercars on the market to choose from? Fear no longer, because your shopping list is about to grow by one, assuming that the Dutch firm Vencer puts its Sarthe into production. Named, we presume, for the Circuit de la Sarthe, home to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the mid-engine Vencer Sarthe promises to blend a tubular-steel frame with a floor made of honeycomb aluminum and body panels made of carbon fiber. The result is a total weight of just 3,058 pounds, and a weight distribution of 45-percent front, 55-percent rear. Power...

  • Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept for the 2012 Beijing Auto Show
    Chrysler Returns To China With Jeep Wrangler And Chrysler 300 Concepts

    To mark the return of Chrysler to the Chinese market, the automaker is showing two design concepts built specifically for the Chinese market at this week’s Beijing Auto Show. Named for a symbol of prosperity, the Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept is sprayed in Maximum Steel and trimmed with a...

  • Audi's Q3 Jinlong Yufeng concept for the 2012 Beijing Auto Show
    Audi Shows Its Q3 Jinlong Yufeng Concept In Beijing

    In Chinese, jinlong yufeng translates into “Golden Dragon in the Wind.” While that may seem to be an odd name for an Audi concept, it plays on 2012 being the Chinese year of the dragon. Coincidentally, 2012 is also the year that Audi will launch its Q3 crossover in the Chinese market...

  • Volkswagen E-Bugster: 2012 Beijing Auto Show
    Volkswagen Shows E-Bugster Electric Beetle In Beijing

    Volkswagen has chosen the Beijing Auto Show for the Asian market reveal of its E-Bugster electric concept, shown to North American audiences in hardtop form at this year’s Detroit Auto Show. Based on the newly redesigned Volkswagen Beetle, the E-Bugster (which is an amalgam of Electric Bug...

  • 2012 SsangYong XIV-2 Concept live photos
    SsangYong XIV-2 Concept Live Photos: 2012 Geneva Motor Show

    SsangYong may not be a household name in the United States, but the South Korean manufacturer has a strong global presence and is best known for its four-wheel-drive SUVs. Last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show surprise hit was the automaker’s XIV-1 compact crossover concept, so SsangYong is...

  • 2012 Hyundai i-oniq concept
    Hyundai i-oniq Concept Live Photos: 2012 Geneva Motor Show

    Hyundai's extended-range electric concept, the i-oniq, makes its public debut at this week's Geneva Motor Show.

  • 2012 MINI Clubvan Concept live photos

    MINI has created a small delivery van concept, called the "Clubvan," and is using the Geneva Show to gauge public interest in the idea.

  • Nissan Hi-Cross Concept  -  2012 Geneva Motor Show
    Nissan Hi-Cross Concept: Live Photos And Video From Geneva

    At the Geneva Motor Show, Nissan released more details for the Hi-Cross Concept that it's previously teased. At face value, the Hi-Cross provides a first glimpse of a considerably curview next-generation X-Trail crossover—a vehicle that's sold in Europe, Australia, Japan, and other markets...

  • Acura NSX Concept live photos
    Honda Honors The NSX, Past And Future: Video

    A new video from Honda honors the original NSX sport coupe, while teasing its 2015 replacement.

  • What's beneath the curtain? Ram isn't saying, yet.
    Explore The Dark Side Of Ram: Video

    Ram has something up its sleeve, and it's using sex to tease a new pickup variant coming soon.

  • Jeep's "production-ready" 2012 Grand Cherokee concept
    Jeep Reveals New 2012 Grand Cherokee Package, "Name My Ride" Contest

    Jeep is launching a new trim package for Grand Cherokee models, and letting fans name it.

  • Audi A1 quattro
    Lexus LF-LC Leaked,Tesla Model S Priced, Audi A1 Quattro: Today's Car News

    Today at Motor Authority, Tesla finally released pricing for the 2012 Model S electric car and Chevrolet teases us with six new videos of the Camaro ZL1. Audi made our mouths water with the new A1 Quattro and announced a new design chief. All this and more in today's car news, right here on Motor...

  • BMW i8 Concept live photos, 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    2011 has been a great year for concept cars, with everything from eco vehicles to supercars, to... eco supercars. There's definitely been some imaginative shapes appearing on the motor show stands, so here are some of our favorites - in no particular order... Toyota Fun-Vii The writing is on the wall - or rather, expressed across the side of your vehicle. It's not in the least bit production viable but the Fun-Vii looks like Batman's weekend wheels and reflects your mood down the side of the car, so everyone knows how irritable you're getting in traffic. Suzuki Regina When most concepts these...

  • FedEx to use Nissan NV200 electric van in London
    Nissan Pathfinder, Electric Van Concepts Coming To Detroit Auto Show

    Nissan will debut the all new Pathfinder SUV concept and an electric-powered van at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

  • Mitsubishi EMIRAI biometrics concept
    Mitsubishi EMIRAI Concept: Biometric Future For Our Cars?

    We couldn't resist showing you just one more concept from the recent 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, as next year's Detroit and Geneva shows approach at ever greater pace. You'll be familiar with Mitsubishi Cars, though perhaps less so with the Mitsubishi Group's Electric arm. It dabbles in everything from...

  • Kobot personal transportation electric vehicles
    Kobot EV: More Personal Transportation Concepts From Tokyo

    Japan's car industry has a bit of a problem. As the cost of motoring rises and cities like Tokyo become ever more crowded, Japan's youth is quickly getting turned off owning cars - even diminutive Kei cars dwarfed by vehicles like the Ford Fiesta. In a busy world mobility is still important though...

  • 1965 Mustang with Ferguson Formula 4WD. Image: Anamera
    For Sale: Four-Wheel-Drive, 1965... Mustang?

    A prototype 1965 Mustang is for sale at a dealership in the UK. One of three built, the car has racked up just 73,000 miles since new/

  • Ford's Mustang Boss 302SX concept. Image: Mustangs Daily
    Ford Racing Reveals Mustang Boss 302SX Concept

    At last week's PRI Show in Orlando, Ford showed a concept Mustang designed to slot in between the Boss 302 S and 302R racers.

  • 2011 Nissan Pivo3 concept

    Maybe we spoke too soon when nominating some of our favourite bits of technology and design from the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. Small electric cars were all the rage at Tokyo, from the Teewave AR.1 sports car - a collaborative project between carbon fiber experts Toray and engineer Gordon Murray - through to small, Renault Twizy-alike tandem city cars from Honda, Suzuki and Nissan. Nissan's contribution is particularly intriguing, according to our sister site Green Car Reports. Called the Pivo3 concept, it's the latest in a line of other Pivo concepts from previous years at Tokyo. They've each...

  • Mazda i-ELOOP capacitor-based regenerative braking technology
    Mazda Spawns World's First Capacitor Brake-Regeneration Tech

    With the stunning Mazda Takeri concept car due at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show beginning Wednesday, the company will pioneer a piece of technology that improves the fuel economy of its cars by 10 percent. Known as i-ELOOP, it uses a capacitor as part of its regenerative braking system, for the first...

  • Hot Wheels Camaro at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show
    Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Concept Live Photos: L.A. Auto Show

    One particular Camaro on the Chevy stand at the Los Angeles Auto Show looked a little wild, and a little larger than life. That's because it's inspired by something very small--a Hot Wheels car.

  • Vespa Quarantasei (Photos: Vespa Facebook)
    Vespa 46 Blends Technology, Style Both Old And New (Video)

    We tend to feature four wheels rather than two here at All Car Tech but we're always prepared to make exceptions for objects of great beauty and technological interest. That's why you're looking at the Vespa Quarantasei ('46') concept (via Wired), the embodiment of a possible future direction for...

  • 1969 Holden Hurricane Concept
    Holden's 1969 Hurricane Showed Us The Future Of The Automobile

    The 1969 Holden Hurricane concept pioneered many of the features and technologies we take for granted in modern automobiles

  • 2011 Audi Urban Spyder Concept
    2011 Audi Urban Concept Goes Spyder

    It turns out Audi has two Urban Concepts to show in Frankfurt.

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