Socialist or not, this car is bitchin'
The name Renault in American minds mostly conjures up memories of that horrid little Le Car that came to our shores in the 1970s and 80s. But Renault is hugely successful in Europe and produces positively wonderful cars like the Mégane Renault Sport hot hatch. Just announced, the French automaker has pulled the covers off [...]
More good stuff from the three-pointed star
We think the latest cars from Mercedes have been well-designed, bordering on beautiful (the CLS, especially). This statement can easily be made for the soon-to-be-revealed Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe, or CSC, which will bow at the end of the month in Beijing. The rakish and sleek “four door coupe” that follows in the CLS’s footsteps [...]
Strap in the groceries
Audi’s Q5 has been a huge success both on our shores and internationally, so it makes perfect sense for the German automaker to capitalize on the SUV/Crossover segment with the introduction of the Audi RS Q3 concept at the upcoming Beijing Motor Show. The question remains as to whether we’ll be lucky enough to get [...]
The anti-wagon wagon
There are plenty of tasty vehicles we never get to see stateside, and though some we won’t lose sleep over, others cause us to drool with desire, like the Citroen Numero 9 Concept. About to make its debut at the Beijing Auto Show, this shooting-brake (European for three or five door station wagons) sports a [...]
We've seen the future, and it's topless
If Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn was ever searching for the perfect summer ride, it would most certainly be the BMW i8 Concept Spyder, about to debut in New York. Based on the ultra-futuristic BMW i8, the Concept Spyder is driven by the same 131 horsepower electric motor, providing a whole 19 miles of electrical driving [...]
A thousand quarters for the air pump
Looking like it could easily conquer a bog, a lunar landscape, or your neighbor’s perfectly coiffed shrubbery, the Jeep Mighty FC Concept is one of six concept vehicles recently revealed to the public for the Easter Jeep Safari. Built as a tribute to the old Jeep Forward Control, the Mighty FC (or “Mighty F*#ing Cool” [...]
Vintage Voltage
Most electric vehicles today either look like a slightly massaged lozenge or a hugely expensive exotic. It’s hard to find something with truly vintage roots and an ultra-modern electric powertrain (because there’s a line wrapped around the block, waiting for ‘em). Just revealed to the public as an exercise in what “could be”, the Morgan [...]
Rising from Down Under
Only the automotive cognoscenti recognize the Holden name, the car manufacturer out of Australia out of which great engineering and automobiles have emerged. Here’s a good reason to remember the name–the 1969 Holden Hurricane Concept, recently restored to its original glory. The restoration project took a full five years, but it was clearly worth it [...]
Shockingly Advanced
Derivative design in the automotive world is about as common as iterations of Law & Order on network television. The same can be said for boring designs in the electric car arena. Then you have cars such as the Rimac Concept One, introduced at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Cleanly and beautifully designed both inside [...]
Ashamed of the Rio
When you think of Kia, what comes to mind? Econobox is one word. Lustworthy is not. That’s about to change if the new Kia GT Concept has anything to say about it. Just revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Kia’s mysterious four door sports car has just taken off its cloak. With curvaceous sheet metal [...]
Sand Scorcher
If Chevy has the cojones not to completely bludgeon the buff and beautiful design of the Chevrolet Colorado Rally Concept, then they just might have a winner in the evolutionary-but-not-revolutionary pickup truck field. The recently released images reveal a rugged and ready vehicle that’s more Paris-Dakar than Paris, Texas. The Colorado Concept sports a new, [...]
Double Bubble-icious
Aston Martin needs no introduction. Their cars have worn and continue to wear some of the sexiest sheet metal in the automotive world. Zagato may be lesser known in the general public, but the Italian design house has partnered with the likes of Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lancia and Alfa Romeo for decades, using its knowledge [...]
Orange Slice
At the 1970 Turin Motor Show, Italian design house, Bertone, revealed to the world an automotive design so radical that it marked a new era in exotic automotive design, taking risks that seemed borderline insane. The 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero, or just “Zero” rocked automotive circles like practically nothing else before it. Bertone did [...]
From Boxy to Foxy
Even though Geely sounds like a name your kid might have chosen for his pet hamster, the Chinese automaker can respectably take the stage with a beautiful new concept car, the Volvo Concept Universe. In the 70′s and 80′s Volvos were relatively reliable European cars but tended to channel large kitchen appliances on the design [...]
The Holy Grail of Sports Sedans
The BMW M5 has stood as the definitive sports sedan for two decades. Others have tried and though some have duplicated its power, no one has been able to harness the commensurate handling dynamics in this category. Now, BMW has pulled back the curtains on its 2012 BMW M5 Concept, and the results are nothing [...]
