Posted in Concept Cars, Volkswagen on Jul 15th, 2008
Volkswagen have released their first images of their vision of the automotive world 20 years from now. “Our designers and developers have created three innovative vehicle concepts exclusively for this web special in order to illustrate the automotive world of tomorrow. We have called them ‘one’, ‘ego’, and ‘room.’ They give an idea of the [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars on Jun 26th, 2008
For every cool looking concept car, there is a pig ugly dog of a concept. This post celebrates those dogs. The concept cars that make you groan and want to look away. The kind of concept cars that make you yearn for the pedestrian life. So here’s a few concepts that just don’t got no [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Mazda on Jun 18th, 2008
Mazda will present an all-new show car at this year’s Moscow International Automobile Salon. The concept is a sporty, compact crossover SUV designed especially for the Russian market. The Moscow show car is the latest concept to be developed using the new design direction called Nagare – following in the footsteps of Nagare, Ryuga, Hakaze, [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Holden on Feb 29th, 2008
Overshadowing pretty much all of the other big “reveals” at the Melbourne International Motor Show was GM Holden’s two door performance concept, the Coupe 60. Yes, it’s smells like the next “Monaro”, however at this stage it doesn’t look like the Coupe 60 will see production. The throbbing 6.0 litre V8 engine was one of [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Mitsubishi on Jan 28th, 2008
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is to give the Prototype-S concept its global debut at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show which runs from March 4 through March 16. Distinguished by the inverted-slant nose with trapezoidal grille front fascia that marks Mitsubishi Motors new design identity and with wide-and-low proportions that leave no doubt as to the [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Mitsubishi on Nov 27th, 2007
Mitsubishi Motors have announced that they will premiere the Mitsubishi Concept-RA at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (Detroit Motor Show). It’s the latest in a long line of good looking concept cars developed by Mitsubishi. The Mitsubishi Concept-RA is touted as being a fusion of dynamic performance and environmental sensitivity that to it [...]
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Posted in BMW, Concept Cars on Oct 25th, 2007
The new BMW Concept 1 Series tii has made a splash (ie. it launched) at the Tokyo Motor Show 2007. As far as ‘concepts’ go, this one doesn’t look all that exciting. I mean, if you like the standard sort of BMW look then you’ll appreciate the Concept 1 Series tii design. You’d be hard [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Honda on Oct 10th, 2007
Honda are again proving that in order for a car to be environmentally friendly it must also be ugly and/or weird looking. Honda are showcasing two new environmentally friendly concepts at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show. The first concept, rivals the Nissan Pivo 2 for the prestigious title of “Ugliest Car I’ve Seen Recently”. The [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Nissan on Oct 9th, 2007
Here is yet another example of a butt ugly, yet environmentally friendly car. Fortunately, the Nissan Pivo 2 is only a concept, because I’m not sure I could handle seeing these thing on the road out in the real world. The Nissan Pivo 2 is an electric powered concept car that will make its debut [...]
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Posted in Concept Cars, Mitsubishi on Sep 11th, 2007
Mitsubishi Motors are show casing their i MiEV SPORT at the Frankfurt Motor Show. First impression? “Geez, that thing is UGLY!”. The Mitsubishi press release states that the i MiEV SPORT “enhances the ‘driving’ image of Mitsubishi’s electric vehicles”. I would argue that is a very very long bow to draw! If you can look [...]
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