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Hyundai will be launching their “M” division with their N performance brand of racing inspired street legal cars. At the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Hyundai unleashes the RN30 Concept. The hot hatchback features a 2.0L turbo 4-cyclinder engine pumping out 374 horses. Hyundai looks to compete with the likes of the Golf GTI and Ford Focus ST segments.
Renault’s new concept to road car with heritage from the A110 sports car. EVO takes a first look at French automaker Renault’s Alpine Vision concept.
The Mazda MX-5 competition in the future? The Toyota S-FR Concept from the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. This concept is 2+2 mini-coupe entry-level sports car. But the back seat is more the kids. It’s front-mounted engine with rear-wheel drive.
If you’re a autophile, then past weekend the mecca of all car shows, the Monterey Car Week took place at Pebble Beach, CA. BMW revealed 2 production ready concepts.
The M4 Coupe is already a solid performer, but BMW will offer another more powerful M4, the GTS Concept with more light-weight parts and aggressive aero.coupe.
This is one bad@$$ concept car by SRT. Fiat/SRT takes a jump into the future of what a SRT hyper-car would look like in 2035. And you’ll have to wear a G-suit to drive this car because of the 2,590 horses and top speed of 371. This is the SRT Tomahawk Vision for Gran Turismo 6.
Aggressive aero parts, bigger wing, special Brembo brakes and new wheels is the Subaru BRZ STI Concept at the 2015 New York Auto Show. Mostly, this one-off concept by STI uses a race engine, the EJ20 pumping out 345 horses.
Nissan’s aftermarket team NISMO debuts a concept 370Z Roadster at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. You will find the same 3.7 V6 as in any other 370Z, but the engine and suspension is tuned by NISMO, along with special unique aero parts.
This might look like a rice rocket Honda FIT, but it’s actually a Nissan Pulsar NISMO concept car. For city-dwellers looking for tiny parking spaces and pinching to save gas money, these mini-compacts offer a lot. Car enthusiasts who like hot compacts also want performance and this will do the trick.
Okay, Honda, look at this Toyota/Scion concept at the LA Auto Show. This is what the Honda Civic should look like! Since the 7th generation Honda Civic (2001) and up to the present model line – they all look ugly! What happened Honda? But I digress, this is the Scion iM concept hot hatch.
Mazda is showing off its new generation tuned MX-5 at SEMA 2014. This is the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Cup Car Concept which will race globally.
Aussie artist Domenic Bahmann takes everyday random objects like a carrots, banana peel & crackers and turns it into something humorous and fun to look at.
Back in the mid-90s, here in California, Honda’s were all the crazed. The past couple of generations of Honda Civic’s were bland and Acura discontinued the Integra line-up, so Honda didn’t really have that cheap affordable sports compact ride anymore. Now it’s back with this “rice rocket” front-wheel drive car, the 2015 Honda Civic Type R Concept. A 4-cyclinder packing 280 horses looking back to Honda’s rich racing heritage. Too bad this model is only UK Europe-spec.
The Detroit Auto Show 2014 is a few days in and Kia known for practical and boring automobiles unveils their GT4 Stinger Concept. It will be a rear-drive platform at an entry-level price. I hope so. The PR reps from Toyota and Subaru say their rear-drive cars, the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ, are entry-level, but when you walk out of the door at the dealerships, you are spending upwards of $28,000 or more for “entry-level.”
With the 2014 Detroit Auto Show already off and running this week, Nissan unveiled their Nissan Sports Sedan Concept which might be the next Maxima. The last couple of generation of Maximas have been kinda of boring and tame. Hopefully, a Nismo tuned version will be down the line.
This Downshift episode takes a look at design factory Calty Design Research and their creation of the Toyota’s FT-1 Concept. This might be the next generation Supra.
This maybe the priciest one-seat exotic supercar in history. Lamborghini celebrates its 50th anniversary with this one-off concept that features a 5.2L V10 pumping out 600 horses.
Photo via Design Milk – My Desk by Miguel Mestre
This is such a great idea. I already have a stack of paper on my desk to doodle and take notes, so why not make the stack of paper into a full sized desk? Though this is still a concept design, with this I can finally draw on my table top all I want and still have a clean desk everyday. Although I would hate to spill coffee on this thing.
This is actually a headphone amplifier and it works just like an amplifier for your speaker. Audiophiles swear by it and, once you listen to one, you might also become a believer. This is a very clever design and its beautifully simple. Unfortunately, this is a concept product and is not yet for sale. The site does provide a schematic for those who are handy DIYers.
For more info check out: Instructables – Crystal cMoy Free Form Headphone Amplifier.
The Ö Case is designed by Löytö Esineiden. This iPhone case is not just cool, it’s supposed to be functional. The case has a screen cleaning slider and space to house the earbuds. It’s only a design concept as of now. You can check out Yanko Design for more photos and details: Ö Case designed by Löytö Esineiden.
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