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Renders of a Lamborghini SUV have left everyone to wonder just what the Italians are up to with regards to their future plans (other than a dozen or so alphanumerically-enhanced Aventadors). The company has responded to the rumors with few details but some intrigue. More »
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These pictures, published in the appropriately-titled Italian magazine Quattroruote, claim to reveal the new Lamborghini SUV concept. Aventador styling on a tall Audi platform? Maybe. One thing's for certain, this ain't no rough-and-ready LM002. More »
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Setting the Citroen Revolte Concept within a hundred yards of a Citroen DS 23 seems like a very poorly-advised show floor plan. It makes picture juxtapositions like this far, far too easy. More »
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The Beijing Motor Show is big and has lots to look at. With so many booth professionals getting in the way, it was nearly impossible to take a clean photograph. Here are the leftovers we had to toss out. More »
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The big selling point of the Mercedes SLS AMG are the gull wing doors, right? Well, a competitor has emerged, and this one's packing stereotypically racist dolls for sale. The DFM Vender Truck: It's got wings too. More »
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The Hunan University State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body bus is epic. So much so we're naming it for the prestigious and made-up Jalopnik Best of Show for Tremendous Advancements in Non-Normative Wheel Layout award. More »
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Why this MINI Countryman was hiding in sniper camouflage, we don't know. But, judging by the wacky-haired Chinese hipster kids nonchalantly hanging out around the hidden car, it's got a good chance at taking a few out. More »
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Isn't this truck sexy as hell? This Genlvon Mynx was strutting its stuff in the heavy truck pavilion outside the Beijing Motor Show's main venue and the giant Victoria's Secret angel wings had everyone in attendance titillated. More »
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Like most Chinese copies, the furries of the Beijing Motor Show — from Pandas to bus people — are both creepier and more hilarious than the originals. Here's western culture's strangest fetish viewed through a cheaply constructed Chinese knockoff prism. More »
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The Great Wall of China's one of the seven wonders of the modern world. We checked it out after the Beijing Auto Show only to find the parking situation impressively awful. And the KFC outside the entrance? That's just depressing. More »
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The Supreme Court says you know pornography when you see it. When we saw the Ferrari F60 in person and experienced first-hand its ability to warp the universe around it while at rest, we realized it's absolutely pornography. More »
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In the Chinese calendar 2010 is the year of the Tiger. That does little to explain why this Dodge Caliber has been tarted up with a fearsome Jaguar paint scheme. Paging Ricky Bobby... More »
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The Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept (we don't care if Mercedes of China fucking mis-translates "brake" as "break," we don't regurgitate inaccurate marketing) previews styling of the next CLS and provides a sneak peak at at the upcoming CLS wagon. More »
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It sounded kinda ridiculous at first. The pedestrian Saab 9-3 Convertible sitting next to the bonkers Spyker Aileron in the same stand. And yet, the two might as well be married now. Things are starting to get weird. More »
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These gentlemen don't even look interested in this Ford Raptor for sale in a Beijing suburb. Heck, one's smoking while leaning against it. It's a good thing we didn't see him ash on the paint job while we were watching. More »
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Now that Hummer is dead, Chinese automaker Dongfeng's ripoff version needs to amp up the masculine sales pitch. The male model doing his thing works, but the whitewall tires and sunny paint job just end up sending a mixed message. More »
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This FAW Limousine we spotted here in Beijing is Chinese President Hu Jintao's official car. It's part rip-off Rolls Royce Phantom, part copied Cadillac, and a healthy dollop of wacky retro-futurism. Hold onto your butts, this faux Cadillac One's strange. More »
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With GM dumping ever-more cash into the Chevy Volt's hybrid system, you knew it'd seep into other products. Like this — the Chevy Volt MPV5 Electric Concept. It's a shrunken Orlando with Volt styling. In short, it's a Volt-U-Van. Eeew. More »
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The Ferrari 599 GTO looks like the fastest prancing stallion ever because, with a Fiorano Circuit time of 1:24, it is. The red-and-black firecracker bowed in China today and we obsessed over every inch. More »
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The 2007 Concept CS was a Shanghai surprise of refined Bangle-era BMW styling. Now, three years later, the German brand's trying to again redefine their look and feel with the Concept Gran Coupé — that'll make an elegant 6 Series. More »
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This is the limited-to-ten-units, China-only Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce China Limited Edition. With a bright orange stripe designed to "symbolize the strength of an erupting volcano" it may be the longest-named Lambo... in the world. More »
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BMW will launch a radically lightweight mass-production electric car in 2013. The BMW Megacity will be sold under a new sub-brand and based on technology being tested by the Mini E. [Autocar] More »
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The 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton continues to be one of the most over-engineered, understated ways to hit 186 MPH. Perfect for Chinese businessmen who don't want American peasants to realize who their real masters are. More »
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The industry term for an upgraded vehicular design is a "facelift." But the exceptionally minor enhancement to the Maybach 62 is barely a Botox treatment. More »
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With an exterior mashing together an Audi A1 and a jellybean, the Start looks like what it is — Ford's first concept in three years. Then you look inside and see the close-to-reality 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost and a manual transmission. More »
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The Porsche Cayenne is an incredibly popular vehicle despite looking like a mongoose in headgear, so it's no surprise a Chinese company is cloning it. What is surprising? Huatai improved the appearance by adding a Bentley grille. More »
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Longer than an S-Class and wider than a Maybach, the Citroen Metropolis is the French company's idea of the ultimate luxury car for China. Don't worry cute Pandas, the Metro is an environmentally friendly 460 HP luxobarge. More »
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We feel about the portly 5-Series GT the same way Indiana Jones feels about snakes. But the just-revealed Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept? Better than finding a new iPhone in a bar. Glorious photos of the sexy wagon inside. More »
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Last week, GM announced a production stoppage on Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon compact trucks due to defective Chinese-made microchips. If one poorly made Chinese part can down a car plant, what if the entire car is Chinese? More »
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Chinese automaker SAIC will unveil a hilariously literal "green" car at the upcoming Beijing Motor Show. It's called the "Leaf Concept." It has in-wheel turbines and a leaf-shaped oxygen-emitting solar panel as a roof. Physics be damned! More »
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One of the better looking sports cars at Beijing, and one of the few that will actually see production, is made by Oullim Motors of South Korea. Their Spirra S is a production-ready, mid-engined sports car based on the company's existing Spirra sports car platform. The looks borrow heavily from Lotus while the engine is a 2.7-liter supercharged V6 borrowed from Hyundai. The company plans to make 100 of these in hand-built cars in the first year, with production beginning next month, and 300 next year. Their presence in Beijing may be some hint that they don't just plan to sell them in the Korean domestic market. With a Hyundai mill you might thing the price would be on the lower-end for low volume supercars. You'd be wrong. The first cars should go for about $100,000 US. More »
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The Beijing Motor Show traditionally warrants nothing more than a collective "meh" from the mainstream automotive media, but it certainly caught our attention this year. Bigger and better than ever, automakers from China and abroad have done everything to bring attention to their cars but put a gigantic stuffed elephant in one. Oh, no, wait. They've done that, too. But why shouldn't they show off — as the Chinese market continues to mature into it's teenage years, we've watched it shed some of the awkwardness of puberty, but still manage to showcase that youthful wide-eyed optimism with some truly innovative, unique and beautiful concepts. Still, like pimples, a cracking voice and a random desire for adorning oneself with chrome bits n' pieces, this teen still shows off it's rebellious side with vehicles that are completely bizarre, ridiculous knock-offs of popular designs or in most instances, both. Follow us below the jump through as we watch the coming of age tale that is the 2008 Beijing Motor Show. More »
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Another day, another set of pics of a could-be Chinese supercar. As with the Soueast X1 and other concepts, this car doesn't appear to have a motor or, likely, even an interior. Still, it is nice to see BAW, which produces the Hummer Jeep, come up with their own concept. Though it borrows a little here and there from Aston Martin and Lexus, we have to give it credit for its athletic proportions and special touches. We especially like the air inlets, which are integrated into the lights and include an unusual geometric pattern reminiscent of a circuit board. Unofortunately, this particular model hasn't been endowed with a cool name like "Victory Leopard" or "Great Achievement Winner." More »
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As with many western auto shows, the Beijing Motor Show has become obsessed with hybrid concept cars. Though most of these hybrids are sedans or MPV's, automaker Soueast decided to go with a squashed GT sports car. The result is the X1 Plug-in HEV, which looks rather sharp and manages to be almost a modern interpretation of a Jensen from certain angles. Does the powertrain exist? Maybe, maybe not. Does Jackie Chan endorse this car? Probably not. But Soueast makes cars in a deal with Mitsubishi Motors so they probably had a bunch of posters lying around and everyone loves Jackie Chan. More »
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The Chinese are continuing to impress us with their stylistic variations on contemporary supercar styling. Unlike the obvious knockoffs, these cars expand on themes established by European designers. One example is the Geely GT, which draws inspiration from the Maybach Exelero while still maintaing its own design. Another example is the Scorpio concept from engineering firm Great Wall China Winner, a.k.a. CH Design. A little Reanult here, a little Ferrari there and maybe a touch of Aston Martin combine to make an attractive shooting brake-style bruiser. Unfortunately, the firm doesn't currently manufacture cars so this is probably just a design study. Sigh... More »
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Give the Chinese automakers some credit, at least they're starting to mix the sources of their latest designs. In this case we have the Faster SUV from truck maker Huanghai, which starts out as a Pontiac Torrent and then slowly fades into a Lexus RX. To confuse matters even more, the Faster is powered by a Mitsubishi 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. So that's Lexus, Mitsubishi and Pontiac. If only there were an authority figure around. More »
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For those of you torn between a Mazda3 and a non-Evo Mitsubishi Lancer, China's Hafei Auto may have the answer for you in the Saibao V (Saibao means "running leapoard"). This newly revealed car takes the stock Saibao sedan and adds numerous visual tweaks including the sportier wheels, revised front fender, a gigantic spoiler and the completely awesome rear diffuser. Though there's no word on any adjustments to either the power or the suspension on the car, the display model features four, count them, four booth models. Assuming you picked up four gowned girls in the Saibao V, you might end up having to put one in the trunk. More »
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When we first showed you a rendering of the Geely formula car, details were unavailable on what exactly it would be. We scoffed and expected nothing more than a semi-functional fiberglass F1-wannabe. But it turns out Geely actually turned up to the Beijing Motor Show with a relatively impressive machine. While it's not going to be racing in Formula One, it will be raced in Formula Geely, an Asia-only spec-series. How close is it to F1 specifications? More »
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Chinese Smart clones are nothing new. We even know how awful the Smart cloning working conditions are. But we have to tip our hat to the designers at Shanghuan Auto, who have taken their Noble clone and added the image of a Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide motorcycle to the side of it. At first we thought maybe this was yet another Harley tie-in until we realized that they painted their own logo on the motorcycle. Double steal! More »
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Leave it to the clever scientists at BYD Auto, who came up with the ferrous battery hybrid and the in-show test drive, to invent a new solution to keyless entry. Tired of carrying a clunky key fob everywhere you go? Try a sharp-looking watch that includes locking functions as well as wireless startup so you can start your car from your watch, just like Inspector Gadget! The watch is also kinetic, so you never run out of batteries. And that's not all BYD has up/on its sleeve. More »
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