Concepts : Car News And Reviews

While its industrial design is reminiscent of the vehicles we saw in Minority Report, this futuristic vehicle has more in common with those cars than just its exterior styling. The folks behind Zoox are aiming to develop a new class of vehicles called “Level 4” – a classification taken from a NHTSA policy statement from March 2013, indicating a vehicle which is 100% autonomous.

Kia will be introducing the rear-wheel drive Kia Stinger GT4 concept car later this month at the NAIAS in Detroit. They haven’t revealed many details yet, but we do know the car will be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter power plant with 350 horsepower, all of which will be directed to the rear wheels.

Ford continues to explore opportunities to power its vehicles using electricity. Now, the company is showing off a new variant of its C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid subcompact that can be charged using the power of the Sun, allowing it to operate completely off the grid.

The Nanuk Quattro is one of the more intriguing concepts to emerge from Audi. What makes the design of this car special is that while it packs sports car abilities, it’s got a higher than typical ground clearance and improved suspension, so it can handle rally car conditions.

Audi has announced it will be premiering its new Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight Concept at the 2014 CES in Las Vegas. The car looks to be a more refined version of Audi Sports Quattro concept announced a few weeks back and we now have more information on the vehicle specs.

While the 2014 NAIAS show in Detroit is just days away, Nissan is teasing us with a new concept car which could serve as the foundation for its future direction in sport sedans. The partial image doesn’t show too much, other than the ongoing use of Nissan’s trademark “V” front-end along with a deep hood scoop that continues the line, and sporty modern LED headlamps.

Kia Motors has revealed it will be unveiling a new concept car at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The concept vehicle will be a 2+2 sports car and was designed at the automaker’s design studio in Irvine, California.

MINI will debut its next John Cooper Works race-inspired concept car at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in January. This version of the JCW is based on the latest generation MINI, with a slightly longer wheelbase and wider track.

The Mitsubishi Eclipse went out of production back in late 2011, but it was long beloved by drivers thanks to its youthful styling, and powerful top-end engine options in the later generation’s GT models. It was, and still is a popular choice for street tuners, though it is still a bit on the heavy side of things.

Ok, it’s name is a mouthful, and it’s not even a real car, but we have to hand it to Russian industrial designers Grigory Gorin and Vlad Mishin for coming up with such a sexy looking concept car.

We’ve featured the AMG Vision Gran Turismo before and even shown an in-depth video of what went into the concept car’s design. As it turns out, Jay Leno had a chance to take a look at the vehicle that was created for the PlayStation 3 video game, Gran Turismo 6.

Volvo has released a few images and a short teaser video of the Volvo Concept XC Coupé prior to its scheduled debut at the North American International Auto Show on January 8, 2014. The crossover vehicle looks to be a successor the Volvo XC90 and the design looks to be updated significantly, with curvier lines and contoured LED lighting.

Hyundai is hinting that it will be entering the fuel cell market with the Intrado concept vehicle expected to be revealed at the 2014 Geneva Auto Show. The car will encompass some of what Hyundai sees as the design and technology features that may appear in Hyundai vehicles in the near future.

The AMG Vision Gran Turismo concept supercar that was created by Mercedes-Benz for Gran Turismo 6 is astounding. Now the Mercedes-Benz designers have stepped forward to discuss the process behind the design of the vehicle. Steffen Köhl, Director Advanced Design Global, and other members of the Mercedes Design team explain that the team had the freedom to create without the constraints of the real world, while still making a car that drives realistically within the game.

Toyota debuted the four-seat, fuel cell powered FCV Concept at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle has an electric engine powered by electricity generated via a hydrogen fuel cell. The FCV Concept joins the ranks of the Honda FCEV and the Hyundai Tucson fuel cell vehicles we’ve also seen recently.