Concepts : Car News And Reviews

It goes without saying that Aston Martin’s DP-100 VIsion Gran Turismo is an incredible supercar concept that looks nothing like any previous Aston Martin. The car was designed and built to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Gran Turismo video game and the team behind it had a great deal of freedom since didn’t need to meet safety regulations or consider manufacturing issues that production vehicles would otherwise be subject to.…

One of the more interesting MINIs I’ve ever seen has to be this custom-built open sided car, dubbed the Austin MINI Beach Car. It was built by British Motor Corporation to help promote the MINI’s ability to compete with the equally oddball Fiat Jolly, which had become quite popular with the wealthy as a method to drive down the beach to their yachts.…

I’m pretty excited by Dodge’s 2015 lineup of Hellcat-powered cars – with both the Challenger and Charger getting the 707hp supercharged V8 HEMI treatment. But as a convertible owner myself, there’s something to be said for the way the wind feels in your hair at breakneck speeds.…

Although we’ve seen tests of autonomous vehicles in places like Silicon Valley and Sweden, only four states in the U.S. currently allow any sort of testing in this area on public roads.…

Renault certainly doesn’t shy away from making extreme versions of their vehicles to show off as concepts. They previously showed off the KWID Concept which came with a quadcopter that could fly ahead to check out traffic conditions.…

Chevrolet has started teasing the Niva Concept SUV, which will be headed to the Russian market beginning in 2016, prior to its official unveiling at the Moscow International Motor Show.…

When he posted these images to his site today, automotive manipulator Theophilus Chin wrote: “I have no word to describe this set of renderings. I don’t even know if I like them.…

We saw the Toyota FT-1 Concept in person back at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, and while it was impressive, it certainly didn’t look like this.…

Nissan’s NISMO performance division held a design competition, asking fans to imagine mashup versions of a NISMO model and one of Nissan’s 2014 passenger vehicles. The resulting winning mashups are a four-door version of the Nissan GT-R, apparently for those who want to make it easier getting your friends in the back seat as you blast through the streets, and a two-door version of the Nissan Pulsar sedan shown with a 370Z NISMO styling package applied.…

The MINI line of compact, sporty cars are very capable cars and certainly suitable for everyday driving, but a group of seven students at the Institute Supérieur de Design Valenciennes in France have taken the challenge of creating a version of the MINI targeting commuters and businessmen (and, we expect, businesswomen).…

A group of students at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research have taken the BMW X3 compact SUV and created a design concept that returns it to vehicle ready to actually do some work.…

A while back, Land Rover announced a partnership with spacecraft maker Virgin Galactic, but we really wondered what possible way the two companies might actually work together.…

While Ferrari seems to do pretty well designing amazing cars all on their own, it’s always nice to look outside of the company for ideas which could expand their horizons.…

The Buick Centurion concept car was seen at the 1956 General Motors Motorama auto show (alongside the Pontiac Club de Mer). Although the car was never meant to be driven, it had a 325 V8 engine under the hood.…

Eric Kim put together this impressive concept design for an Audi racer while working as an exterior design intern at Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. Kim created the Audi Airomorph under the supervision of Kris Vancoppenolle, a designer at Audi AG.…