Concepts : Car News And Reviews

The Sbarro Espera ES-13 Flèche Rouge was one of the more interesting pure concept cars on display at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The car was designed by students from the 2012-2013 design program at the Espera Sbarro Montbéliard design school, located in France.

Jay Leno had the chance to take a look at the Nissan IDx NISMO Concept, which is a great Nissan concept car that pays homage to the Datsun three-box cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. 

Swiss designers and coachbuilders, Rinspeed, came to Geneva and showed off what they consider to be the future of autonomous driving vehicles with their ultra high tech, luxurious XchangE Concept. Built on top of a Tesla Model S, the concept car aims to redefine what it means to drive.

Subaru showed off their latest concept 4-door SUV at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Dubbed the “Viziv 2”, the concept is designed with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain using a 1.6-liter turbocharged engine combined with one front and two rear electric motors and all-wheel drive system.

After teasing us with a rough sketch, Honda drew the curtain surrounding the Honda Civic Type R Concept at the 2014 Geneva Auto Show and this is a beast of a Japanese hot hatch. Honda says the car’s 2.0-liter, inline four-cylinder, turbocharged VTEC engine will produce “more than 280 horsepower” and the goal is to record the faster lap around the Nürburgring for a series production, front-wheel drive hatchback; a record currently held by the Renault Megane RS 265 Trophy.

Do you find yourself circling the block over and over again looking for a parking space, only to find some parkholes have taken up more than the necessary space with their cars? This concept car from Korea aims to make it easier to park in even the tiniest of spaces.

Undoubtedly taking aim at the Jaguar F-Type Coupe, Maserati is showing off its own powerful sports car – albeit in concept form only. Unlike the F-Type, though, the Alfieri is a 2+2. Named after one of the Maserati brothers, the Alfieri pays tribute to the 1954 Maserati A6 GCS designed by Pininfarina, but is unmistakably modern.

Lexus will be unveiling its RC F GT3 concept at the upcoming 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Weighing in at just 2,755 pounds, the GT3 Racing Concept packs a modified version of the RC F’s 5.0-liter V8 engine, boosting horsepower from the production 450 up to a whopping 540.

Volkswagen will be introducing a new concept vehicle at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show that looks to us like a close cousin of the Audi Shooting Brake Concept we saw in Detroit and the sister of VW’s CrossBlue Coupe Concept.

While there’s still no word if or when we’ll see the Acura NSX Concept go into production, that hasn’t stopped Acura’s parent company, Honda from showing off a test footage very special build of the car – the NSX Concept-GT.

Opel has lifted the veil on their extremely aggressive new Astra: the Opel Astra OPC Extreme, which will make its world debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. This race-inspired Astra was developed on the vaunted Nürburgring Nordschleife and carries over all the key high-tech components from its racing peer, the Opel Astra OPC Cup.

Volvo has released a preview of its Concept Estate, a beautiful wagon that will be officially revealed at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The car showcases some of Volvo’s new concepts when it comes to interior and exterior designs.

MINI will be unveiling its new Clubman concept vehicle at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and we really like this preview of where MINI may be going in the future with the four-door Clubman. The Clubman Concept is a bit larger than the current production version, coming in about 10 inches longer and 7 inches wider, but it wears its larger size well.

UK Designer Mark Hostler envisions this incredible “LaMaserati” concept car, based on the LaFerrari platform. The LaMaserati carries over the same 6.3-liter V12 engine with the kinetic energy recovery system removed to save weight. Hostler decided to build the car on a LaFerrari platform in much the same way as the Maserati MC12 was built around the Ferrari Enzo.

Hyundai collaborated with the Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin to create this stunning concept car, dubbed the PassoCorto, which will be unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. The 16 students designed the car as part of their thesis project in the Master of Arts in Transportation Design course and worked in collaboration with the Hyundai Design Center Europe.