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Autonomobile Ditches Seat, Pedals, Steering Wheel In Favor Of Bar
Designers who worked on the G1 phone have designed an autonomous car that they think will be "the end of driving." Don't worry, you can still get drunk, the Autonomobile has a bar. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Ash78: There is no way I would EVER give up control and individualism in the name of...hey, is that Sweetwater IPA... 29 Responses | Other threads
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Frazer-Nash Namir By Giugario Tackles Goodwood
The almost too-good-to-be-true Frazer-Nash Namir, the self-proclaimed world's fastest hybrid, took to Goodwood for the hill climb. More »
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Comment by pj134 can comment from work no more: Why a rotary? I would use something... you know... reliable... and...well... torquey. I would just slap a 2 cylinder diesel... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Lincoln Sentinel Concept: Buy It Now For $48,500!
There's a chance to own a piece of Ford history on eBay — the Blade Runner-esque, Lincoln Sentinel concept from 1995. This questionably-styled, rolling retro-futuristic concept chassis can be yours for a buy-it-now price of just $48,500. More »
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Comment by layabout returns: Fuck me that's ugly, let me balance this out.... That's better. 14 Responses | Other threads
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Aston Martin Cygnet City Car Rendered
AutoExpress illustrators have quickly released these two seemingly accurate renderings of what the new Toyota iQ-based Aston Martin Cygnet luxury tender will look like. We're not ashamed to say we actually kinda like it. More »
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Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic Concept: A Car For French Space Aliens
The French make the most outrageous modern super car and the current winner of Le Mans. What if they came back from an exile in outer space with an updated Bugatti Atlantic? This might be what it'd look like. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by FP - pass the stars, please: If I was utterly loaded, I'd put some snow tires on and drive that in reverse as a plow truck. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Aston Martin Partners With Toyota On Cygnet City Car Concept
The boys from Gaydon, England claimed they'd reveal a new model every year. A new super car? Nope. Actually, their latest concept, the Aston Martin Cygnet, a Toyota iQ-based luxury commuter city car, may even be a bit silly. More »
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Comment by Ash78: First thing coming to my mind is "Starring Rowan Atkinson as 'James Bond'" 14 Responses | Other threads
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Peugeot Metromorph: An Un-Car For People Who Don't Like Cars Anyway
Can’t stand these future-of-the-car capsules, correct? They’re not for you! But give them to the people who knit sweaters while driving Camrys and us car geeks will have more space and more petrol. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by combat chuck: Will women of the future be white silhouettes? 35 Responses | Other threads
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GTbyCITROﾃ起 Concept Does Tourist Thing On GT5 London Street Circuit
If you've ever been to London, you'll recognize every place in this photoset, taken when the GTbyCITROﾃ起 concept car hit the streets recreating a course from Gran Turismo 5 and generally doing the tourist thing. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by .357: the sting ray inspired stunner I can tell you one person who wouldn't like this car... Crikey, Bitches! 14 Responses | Other threads
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tokyo motor show
To Infiniti, beyond? Next Nissan Fuga will debut at Tokyo Motor Show. [7Tune via Autoblog]
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Riversimple: An Open Source Hydrogen Car
The Riversimple is a hydrogen-powered city car with a radically different "open source" production and design model. If a company takes the design and improves on it they have to share it with everyone else. More » -
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Priceless 1953 Willys Aero Wagon Concept Model Destroyed During Shipping, We Weep
While it's a bummer when an Enzo goes up in flames, at least a few hundred remain. Not so with this '53 Willys Aero prototype model, which suffered Death By Inept Packaging. More »
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Comment by FP - pass the stars, please: Aaaaaaaand FedEx. Or, alternatively, DHL. Or, actually, anyone but UPS. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Devon GTX Heading To Pebble Beach Despite Losing Viper Bid
The Devon GTX was supposed to be based on the Dodge Viper. Unfortunately, Scott Devon's $5.5 million bid for the Viper brand and factory was turned down. What can he use instead? More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Syrax: The only acceptable Panoz is the AIV, and only because of Midtown Madness: 5 Responses | Other threads
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Mercedes ESF 2009 Concept, Safest Car Ever
Since we can't even begin to explain how advanced technology like airbag brakes on the Mercedes ESF 2009 Concept work, we're extremely relieved to see Mercedes do it for us in these videos. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Officer BLW, Royal Canadian Grammar Polis.: Mercedes: Engineering cars for people who are such crappy drivers that they're bound to have an accident, since 1939. By the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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CarGo: Configurable Urban Delivery Vehicle Concept
With a pickup bed able to fold up into a vertical storage bin, Adam Schacter's CarGo concept is a Piaggio Ape for the 21st century. Like its ultra-stylish Italian predecessor, the battery-powered single-seater's designed for frequent deliveries in dense cities. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by BﾐｯﾐｴΖﾇ伸-ﾐｯﾐﾐΘﾐｯΤﾐﾐｯ with quadrozontal expierience: A four wheeler that leans over as a motorcycle getﾂｴs my approval stamp on it. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Ferrari X-Racer Concept: A Balls-Out, Flying Grand Prix Car
You saw the grim future of a budget-capped Formula One. Forget that. Let's dream big: all the way to Mach 2. Designer Vincent Montreuil’s flying Ferrari concept comes with twin turbos—turbostator engines, that is. More » -
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Russian Designer Creates Futuristic Muska Super Car
Russian designer Krasnov Igor's Ferrari concept got us to ponder the possibilities of a Ferrari sedan and his newest super car creation, the Muska, causes our brainwaves to communicate one thing: We want one! More »
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Comment by Nick Allain: I hope the two gaping black holes on the back shoot flames when people get too close. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Mercedes ESF 2009 Concept: Airbag Brakes?!
This is the Mercedes ESF 2009 Concept, scheduled to be officially revealed next week, it represents everything Mercedes knows about safety. Early details reveal airbags being used as emergency brakes. Wait, what? More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: 0.6 seconds is a long time, and well within the average person's reaction times. Raising the front wheels will... 4 Responses | Other threads
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alternative energy
First Look: Ferrari窶冱 Upcoming AWD Hybrid Concept
European patent filings already show us how Modena plans to use hybrid technology for performance instead of economy. Now we know when. Reports indicate a gas/electric Ferrari Hybrid may show itself at this year's LA Auto Show. Let's peek inside.
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Husqvarna Panthera Leo Concept: 21st Century Electric Mowing
What's one activity that hasn't yet been painted with the green brush? Mowing! Luckily we're more excited about the Husqvarna Panthera Leo's five motors than we are its recycled materials. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by lilwillie heart clicks GM: Complete junk. No cup holders. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Citroen DS Inside Concept Gets Interior Sneak Peak
We're still disappointed with the direction the Citroen DS Inside Concept as it indicates the DS3 will be a premium compact but does little justice to the original DS. Inside, it pays even less homage. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by Mike Delozier: I like it... good use to textures and colors... light years ahead of anything Chrysler and GM have ever done... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS: World窶冱 First Four-Door Folding Hardtop Supercar
Based on a Corvette chassis and using a 670 HP supercharged LS7, the Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS claims to be the first folding hardtop four-door supercar. With a class that specific, we don't doubt it. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Flathead Smith: Savage is a perfect name for a car. I don't really think this is the perfect car for the name... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Independent Subaru WRX STI Concept Looks Fast, Stylish
We've got a theory: Subaru uses two teams developing alternating generation platform designs. The teams compete to out-do each other with progressively uglier vehicles. This independently designed WRX STI proves such mustn't be the case. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by pauljones: Yes. That is what the WRX should have looked like. Beautiful work, Lars. 8 Responses | Other threads
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VW Unveils Berry-Flavored Golf GTI, Polo Wﾃｶrthersee Concepts
The flashy red paint-jobs, slightly lowered suspensions, co-branded SonyEricsson phones and "Berry White" interior piping of the VW Golf GTI and Polo Wﾃｶrthersee "concepts" are supposed to invoke a fire — but we just see smoothies. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by Pew Pew BOOM: Damn, I thought you get a truck load of (whatever)berry with it, or there's some edible parts in the car... 3 Responses | Other threads
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The Future Of Cars, Circa 1999
Automotive designers in 1999 foresaw a 2009 populated by compressed natural gas-powered cars, huge 16-cylinder engines and crossover vehicles. At least they got one right. Let's hop into the time machine-like lens of hindsight to visit ten concept cars from 1999 and determine how close they came to reality. More »
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Close Encounters Of The Ferrari 512 Modulo Kind
Revealed at the 1970 Geneva show, the Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 512 Modulo was built atop a 550 HP 512 S. We're guessing it couldn't exploit 1/5 that power, but don't care when it looks this good. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx is out of town for a week trying to find a computer: Eh, the video won't load. Anyway, I have something I would like to discuss something today. Something of great importance.... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Citroﾃｫn Karin Concept Car Should Have Made The 80s The Trapezoidal Decade
Citroﾃｫnet is one of the few marque-specific car websites that can measure up to the standard set by Allpar, and it doesn't take much digging there to unearth some jaw-dropping stuff. More »
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Comment by Ryan Bugaj: Look at the bluish car in the background shot of the Karin rear clip (fourth row, first column). I'd swear... 5 Responses | Other threads
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car design
The Alluringly Mad Cars of Steven M. Johnson
Allison Arieff of The New York Times’s By Design blog has a great post about inventor/author/cartoonist/former urban planner Steven M. Johnson, creator of many a car straight out of the Acme playbook.
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super cars
$1.75 Million Aston Martin One-77 Wins Fancy Award At Villa d窶僞ste
Showing off the completed interior and exterior in one place for the first time, the super expensive Aston Martin One-77 won the design award for concept cars at Villa d'Este this weekend. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by cargogh: Chrysler Firepower from '05 did it better. [images.google.com] 4 Responses | Other threads
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This Is Why Apple Should Never Design A Car
iMo is designer Anthony Jannarelly's idea for a utopian iFuture when we'll all share our iCars and live in iTowers. Damn iHipsters. Like ishouldtalk. [via Re*Move] -
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Audi Intelligent Emotion Design Project Looks To Future
Audi's latest program with the Munich University of Applied Sciences is designed to cultivate the next generation of Audi engineers, designers and product direction for what it calls the "Audi Intelligent Emotion" project. More » -
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Geely ET925 Experimental Truck: A More Attractive Honda Ridgeline
The Geely Emgrand ET925 Experimental Truck, a Honda Ridgeline-esque unibody truck, debuted at the Shanghai Motor Show today. Don't tell Honda, but we think the styling on the Geely is actually better. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by .357: While the Honda may not look as good, at least when you hit a speed bump it doesn't fall apart... 5 Responses | Other threads
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WTCC Chevy Cruzes Into Shanghai
In the back of the GM booth at the Shanghai Auto Show was this gem, the Chevy Cruze WTCC concept, which previews an upcoming racer based on GM's new global small car, the Chevy Cruze. More » -
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Geely iG Fantastic Concept: Solar Cells Meet Micro Car
With a profile reminiscent of a Fiat 500, the Geely iG concept strikes out on its own with hood-mounted solar panels and a McLaren F1-like seating arrangement. Then there's the single gull wing door. Fantastic. More »
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By Wes SilerComment by Bullitt417: The Chinese car industry reminds me of when I was 8 and we went to Toys R Us. There... 13 Responses | Other threads
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Chang'An CD101 Concept Shows No Hint Of "Borrowing"
The Chang'An CD101 concept, debuting at the Shanghai Motor Show, is... dang it... it's a decent looking Chinese car that doesn't seem to borrow styling from much of anything. Who knew? More » -
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Buick Business Concept Gets Seriously Busy In Shanghai With New Images
GM/PATAC debuted the Buick Business Concept in Shanghai yesterday to much excitement by the locals and their multi-generation families. Let's take a closer look at this ballerific, Chinese-designed and decidedly sexyminivanbusiness-casual MPV. More »
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Comment by SirNotAppearing: If Chinese auto designers stopped hitting Ctr-C, they might be able to create a unique eastern auto design, and I... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Buick Business Concept: A Ballerific Luxo-Minivan For China
We broke the news last week to expect a Buick-badged Chevy Orlando to be revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show. We were right. It's the Buick Business Concept and it's a ballerific minivan. More » -
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Roewe N1 Concept Sketches Preview Shanghai Debut
Chinese auto manufacturer Roewe (don't call it MG) will debut a new concept at the Shanghai Auto Show called the Roewe N1. Seems Roewe is taking it's formerly British brand in a new direction. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by Forgetful - GT Junkie: Concept sketches are like dating site profile pictures. What you end up with never really looks as good as you... 4 Responses | Other threads
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new york auto show
Hyundai Nuvis Concept: Hybrid Blue Drive Gives It Wings
We already saw the Hyundai Nuvis Concept after spotting it in the buff at the New York Auto Show, but now we've got all the details on Hyundai's latest hybrid concept. More » -
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Hyundai Nuvis Concept Takes Flight With Massive Gullwing Doors
The Hyundai press event isn't until later today, but we spotted the Hyundai Nuvis Concept undergoing final prep before it's New York Auto Show debut. We're impressed by those serious gullwing doors. More » -
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Scion iQ Concept Mega Gallery
The spicy little Scion iQ Concept was just unveiled at the New York Auto Show, and now we just got a load of shots directly from Toyota. More »
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