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Lotus Planning BMW Megacity Rival; Prototype to Debut at Paris Auto Show
Hot on the heels of a press release from Lotus Engineering about a new lightweight vehicle study comes related news that the British sports car manufacturer will debut a new electric small car at the Paris Auto Show. The release from Lotus states that the company has been commissioned by the Air Resources Board of…
Mazda Shinari: New Pictures of Mazda’s Stunning Concept
With the reveal of the Shinari concept earlier this week, Mazda has now released an additional selection of photos of the car, making us love this design even more. Giving us a glimpse at the next Mazda6, the Shinari is also a design concept for all future Mazda models as the Japanese automaker moves away…
Horribly Executed Corvette Stingray Concept Replica Actually Sells on eBay
Someway, somehow this “creation” managed to fetch over $40,000 on eBay. Needless to say, this surely proves there’s absolutely no accounting for taste. Funnier still is reading the description on eBay about this one-of-a-kind Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept replica. But we’re less amused by the fact that this replicar meant they had to destroy a…
Jaguar to Unveil Design Concept at Paris Auto Show
Jaguar will showcase an all new concept model at the upcoming Paris Auto Show that will inspire future models, including the next XK. According to AutoCar, the sports car concept will be close in size to the current XK but will depart dramatically from past Jags. Inspiration for the car is believed to come from…
Lotus to Debut Modern Seven, Turbocharged Esprit and Two Hybrids at Paris Auto Show
Lotus is certainly getting the reaction they wanted in the lead-up to the Paris Auto Show, with rumors continuing to swirl. In fact, it’s quite possible the Lotus display will be the biggest news out of the major automotive event. According to a report by AutoWeek, the British sports car maker will debut a modern…
HumanCar Reminds Us Of The Flintstones, Hardly The Way Of The Future
The Flintstones started off in 1960 and portrayed life in the Stone Age where cars were simply powered by your feet. The jokes are plentiful and anyone that’s ever done a swap on a car or gutted one out has sure to step inside their engine bay and pretend to run in order to power…
Mazda Shinari Shows Brand’s New Design Direction
Mazda has just unveiled its new Shinari four-door sports coupe in Milan, Italy. The vehicle will set the design tone for all future Mazda models. Recently Mazda announced it would move away from the Nagare design language that has inspired its recent smiley-face models. This new design language will be called Kodo – a Japanese…
High-Performance Ford Focus Concept to Debut at Paris Auto Show
Ford will debut a concept version of a high-performance Focus model at the upcoming Paris Auto Show. Calling it an “exciting performance model” it will be a concept and not a production version, but it’s likely to be quite close to reality with Ford already announcing plans to deliver a “global performance model” of the…
Kia POP City Car Concept to Debut at Paris Auto Show
Looking like what Hello Kitty might drive if she lived in the Tron universe, this new city car concept by Kia is called “POP” and is set to officially debut at the Paris Auto Show this fall. Taking design cues from the Kia Ray electric coupe concept, the POP is roughly 10 feet long and…
Porsche 918 Spyder Footage Hits The Web
After months of nothing but static shots of Porsche‘s 918 Spyder hybrid, there is finally real proof that the car is capable of moving under its own power. While we only see the 918 Spyder driving for a couple short moments, the 3.4L V8 makes an interesting sound at low revs, sounding a bit like…
W.K. Cherry Design VRS Concept on Display at Pebble Beach Concours
Considering how long it’s been around, we were surprised to see the VRS Concept on display at the Concept lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Regardless, it’s a unique vehicle using a tubular chassis and a first-gen Cadillac CTS-V engine. The Caddy connection is an obvious one thanks to the dramatic front grille. Equally…
Alfa Romeo Pandion Betrone Mantide Concept Celebrates The Past, Hints at the Future
Unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show earlier this year, the Alfa Romeo Pandion Bertone Mantide concept car is once of three coachbuilt vehicles built to celebrate the brand’s centennial. Based on the Alfa 8C platform and using the same 4.7-liter V8 engine, it features over-the-top design language, especially when it comes to the particularly Baroque…
Morgan EvaGT Concept is Aggressively Retro
What better venue for classic British automaker Morgan to debut a new concept than at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Keeping the same general body shape as the Aero, the EvaGT does away with the VW Beetle headlights in favor of some angry LED units. The large Morgan grille remains, however, and grows in size…
Porsche 918 Spider Debuts at Pebble Beach as Hybrid Supercar of the Near Future
Easily the star of the Geneva Auto Show, Porsche‘s 918 Spider concept has since been confirmed for production as a hybrid supercar with true Porsche style and performance. Since Geneva it has been so widely acclaimed and consumer interest so significant that Porsche has given the green light to send the 918 Spider into production….
Jaguar XJ75 Concept Debuts at Pebble Beach; Do Customers Want a Pimped-Out Jag?
There’s no doubt that with the new XJ, Jaguar decided to leave behind its decades old approach of building the same old vehicle in order to take on the luxury saloons of Germany with something fresh and new that would appeal to less traditional Jag customers. Taking that approach to the next level is the…
Nissan to Display Four Historic Race Cars, Two New Zs at Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Nissan will display its proud motorsports heritage as well as its current sports car offerings with a six car display at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion – a part of the week-long Pebble Beach festivities. Historic racers include the Brock Racing Datsun 240Z, the Bob Sharp Racing Datsun 240Z, the Bob Sharp Racing Datsun 240Z…
Baby FT-86/FR-S to be Based on Toyota GRMN FR Hot Hatch Concept
Several months ago the first reports of a “baby” FT-86/FR-S rear-drive sports car emerged and now that project is taking shape. Toyota has reportedly begun the work of building this lower cost alternative to the FR-S as a tribute to chief test driver Hiromu Naruse, who died recently while testing a Lexus LFA in Germany….
Subaru FT-86 to Boast as Much as 260-Horsepower
According to the latest reports out of Japan, Subaru‘s version of the Toyota FT-86 (FR-S) is still on track with plans to deliver a higher-powered version of the two-door coupe. Believed to be powered by the same turbocharged 2.0-liter engine that powers the WRX STI it will make around 260-hp – a 60-hp jump over…
Lamborghini Estoque Back Under Consideration
With sales of its models slumping so far this year Lamborghini is reconsidering expanding its range of models, which could mean the Estoque concept is back on the drawing board. While no green light has yet been given to the project, Lambo CEO Stephan Winkelmann recently commented in an interview with Bloomberg that, “A third…
BMW Banned from Calling Electric Vehicles “CO2 Free” in Europe
BMW will not be allowed to market electric cars like the ActiveE concept in Europe as emissions free, after a ruling by the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA). The news comes despite the fact that operating the fully-electric ActiveE produces no emissions. According to EASA the ActiveE is not a zero emissions vehicle as is…
Porsche Boxster EV To Begin Testing Next Year
Porsche has confirmed that electric prototypes of their Boxster model are currently being evaluated by the company. The Boxster prototypes give a clue to the company’s direction with alternative fuel projects, as Porsche moves from experimenting with hybrid vehicles into fully electric cars. “We will definitely be offering an electric sports car in future. But…
Meet AJ: the Ford Fiesta that Can Tweet
Recently Ford engineers drove a modified Fiesta concept car from Ann Arbor, Mich., to San Mateo, Calif., as part of a new technology experiment. Along the journey it was the Fiesta, and not the folks inside it, Tweeting about the trip. Equipped with software called the “Auto”matic Blog, the Fiesta (named AJ) was able to…
Honda Plug-In Hybrid Coming in 2012, Next-Gen Civic Hybrid to Use Lithium-Ion Battery
Honda CEO Takanobu Ito has given a look at the direction Honda will be taking in the coming years, putting strong emphasis on small cars and hybrids. At his annual mid-year speech, Ito gave a rough outline of the Japanese automaker’s future direction, while dropping a few important notes about new products. Two important new…
Lincoln, Mercury Concept Cars Up For Auction
Five Lincoln concept cars, as well as one Mercury concept will go up for auction at RM’s Sports & Classics of Monterey on August 12th. The six concepts are being sold by Ford Motor Co. through RM Auctions, a well known auction house that regularly handles ultra high end vehicles. All vehicles, except the Lincoln…
