Not exact matches
Every week seemed to bring a new out - there
concept car designed to tackle a future or electric mobility or vehicles that can drive themselves.
And Toyota has
designed the i - ROAD, a small, electric
concept car eventually meant to be deployed in urban fleets and shared, similar to the bike shares popping up in many cities.
Automakers have
designed some very inventive
concept cars this year, some of which seem to have the sole purpose of simply looking cool (and that they do).
Besides conceptualizing groundbreaking future
car concepts for BMW's portfolio of BMW, Mini, Rolls - Royce and electric - powered i - series
cars, BMW Designworks» 135 employees across three
design studios in California, Munich and Shanghai also consult on product
design and strategy for external clients such as Dell, Cartier and Hewlett - Packard.
Wednesday saw Renault premiere the RS2027
concept car, a model with electric motors that the firm hopes will be the future of Formula One race
design.
Obviously we can't really be sure about what the new F1
cars will look like in 2017, but
concept designs and comments from those in the know seem to suggest this year's machines will be pretty awesome to look at.
Designed by G24 Studio (you may remember them for doing this awesome McLaren
concept) there are no prizes for guessing which Tyrrell F1
car inspired this insane fantasy prototype, dubbed the Tyrrell P016.
Red Bull also have their own future F1
concept designed by Adrian Newey himself, the Red Bull X
cars from Gran Turismo.
He's
designed this mega looking Red Bull Racing
concept car complete with a stunning black livery and Max Verstappen at the wheel.
Powered by the mythical vibranium that is found in the Black Panther universe, the
concept car's
design features several nods to the movie that inspired it.
Mainstream Mercedes look pretty conservative these days, and the EQA
concept is no exception, though this compact hatchback EV is a pretty clean
design under its lightshow display and other show
car eyewash.
The Infiniti Q80 Inspiration
concept fits in above the Q70 sedan in Infiniti's naming scheme and looks to be have a dramatic
design, based on this new teaser photo that shows the
car's fastback silhouette.
Ferdinand Piech planted the seed for the Sport quattro
concept some time ago, suggesting that Ital
Design should do a crossover sports
car, which is a very clever idea for China, Russia and India where decent roads end at the city limits.
While silver paint is generally used when designers want to emphasis vehicle lines, the UX
concept features an Immersive Amethyst paint color that is said «to highlight volume changes, giving definition to the sculpture and expressing the
car as a volume rather than simply a line - oriented
design.»
It's said to be the first production
car to feature elements of new
design language previewed by recent Renault
concepts, including the Dezir supercar.
Infiniti gives us few other details on the
car other than that the Q60 will «build upon the
design language seen on recent Infiniti
concept cars.»
While Kia executives in South Korea have been less enthusiastic in the past about the prospect of a sports
car, certain high - ranking figures like
design chief Peter Schreyer have vocally promoted the
concept.
Inspired by the dividing line on Peugeot's copper and carbonfibre Onyx
concept from 2012, the cut is
designed to create a triangle shape at the back of the
car — hence the seemingly random location of the paint divide.
From the original
concept car — still one of the best automotive
design exercises in history — that debuted at the 1993 Detroit auto show to the first - generation 986 Boxster to the 987 to the 981 unveiled in 2012, Porsche's now 20 - year - old production sports
car has taken it from all sides.
The aerocentric FT - 1
concept, conceived by Toyota's California - based Calty
Design Research arm, might not be representative of an upcoming production
car's ultimate styling and proportions.
The
concept bears a highly stylized
design language with flowing lines extending from the front all the way to the rear of the
car.
Two self - drive
concepts, VW's retro - tinged I.D. Buzz
concept and Chrysler's futuristic Portal minivan, while innovative in terms of engineering and
design, also generally resemble the
cars and trucks on today's roadways.
Actually, it's fair to say that the current Art & Science
design vocabulary at Cadillac also has its roots in the front - wheel - drive Eldorado, as a look back at the hard - edged abstract geometry of the 1999 Cadillac Evoq
concept car confirms.
The look of this Kia subcompact evokes some of the
design cues seen on the 2013 Kia Niro
concept car, which gave us some hints about the
design of a possible Kia B - segment crossover.
Like that
concept, it's likely that the new Yamaha sports
car concept was developed in partnership with Gordon Murray
Design.
DeltaWing's Le Mans entry in 2012 was proof of
concept for the unusually -
designed race
car.
Called the
Design Vision GTI, the one - off VW
concept is a 503 - hp race
car.
It seems that Gordon Murray
Design (GMD) has finally found a development partner with which to license its innovative microcar
designs, as Yamaha unveiled the Motiv.e city
car concept at the 2013 Tokyo auto show.
Our 2014
Design of the Year, the BMW i8, is certainly an innovative
car from a styling perspective, being one of the few production
cars in recent memory to hew so closely to its wild
concept car roots.
Alfa Romeo calls this 4C Spider a «
design preview» of the real
car, but this is barely a
concept.
A
concept car is tipped to appear in 2017, although the
design is still in a state of flux.
The new coupe, which was styled by Toyota's Calty
design studio in California, is supposed to show the latest evolution of Lexus»
design language; many of the cues on this show
car have appeared on prior Lexus production and
concept vehicles.
These three wonderfully striking
concept cars were created as a joint venture between Alfa Romeo and the storied
design house Bertone,
designed to cut through the air with the least amount of drag possible.
Nobody actually believes there's any future to this strange mash - up of sports -
car design cues, but then again I never believed I'd be distracted enough by a Renault
concept car to forget to smuggle out a few extra pain au chocolat.
Revealed at the 2017 Tokyo motor show, the
concept revives the classic IsoRivolta badge from the 1960s, and is billed as a «contemporary gentleman driver's sports
car designed specifically to compete at the highest international levels».
Fans of Audi's racing history will recognize on the Q8 e-tron
concept how the taillight bar terminates on either end with integrated rear vent — a modern interpretation of the 90 quattro IMSA GTO race
car design from 1989.
After showing it off at the annual Wörthersee tuning festival in Germany, Volkswagen has brought its
Design Vision GTI
concept car to the 2013 Los Angeles auto show.
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Work on the
concept car was led by Hyundai's U.S.
design team.
Buick chief Duncan Aldred told us that Buick will need a new halo
car within the next few years, and hinted that the Avista coupe
concept foretells the
design direction of the Buick brand.
While it's not clear what a production model would look like, the ATS
concept boasted sheetmetal based on GM's «Art & Science»
design philosophy, which is showcased on the Cadillac Converj
concept car displayed at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Audi head of exterior
design Andreas Mindt peeled back the layers of his team's Detroit auto show
concept car, diving deep into which elements we'll see in Audi showrooms, and which are pure
concept -
car fancy.
As seen in these renderings, a Buick Avista convertible would keep much of the
design that made the coupe
concept car so appealing: Buick's elegant, wide - mouth nose; powerful, massively flared rear haunches; and sensuous shoulder lines that grace the bodysides.
Like a lot of
concept cars, the Lagonda Vision
Concept was
designed with autonomous technology in mind, but it's meant to be more than a hypothetical transportation pod for future millionaires.
Following rumors of a high - powered Golf R Evo, Volkswagen released
design sketches of a two - door Golf R 400
concept car set to debut on April 19 at the 2014 Beijing auto show.
The last BRZ
concept we saw had a translucent body to show off the drivetrain and kept us guessing about the production
car's final
design.
We talk to the designer of Honda's latest
concept, a 212bhp V4 engined
car that spawned from an internal
design competition
After years of teasing us with
design studies,
concept cars, and announcements, Nissan finally delivered on its promises at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: It unveiled the production version of the all - new GT - R supercoupe.
While no specific details were provided with the first
car, Kia says the truck - like
concept will feature «bold» new
design language, along with as - of - yet unexplained «health and wellness technology.»
The Italian
design house, now owned by Mahindra of Mumbai, India, is tight lipped on other details about the
concept car other than that it sports «eco-friendly technology.»