Confederate Motorcycles unveils X132 Hellcat
December 6, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Performance, Etc., Motorcycle, Design/Style
Confederate Motorcycles has ripped the sheets off of its latest creation, and it’s a stunner. The X132 Hellcat is the latest in what the company calls its line of “heirloom” creations, and the bike boasts a billet aluminum engine case machined from two hunks of 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum. Whereas past [...]
Land Rover unveils updated DC100 Concept
November 16, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, SUV, Land Rover, Off-Road
Land Rover is continuing to explore how to approach the next generation Defender, as evidenced by this updated version of its DC100 Concept that was initially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The latest version features new 20-inch wheels shod with Cooper all-terrain [...]
Volkswagen unveils production Up! ahead of Frankfurt debut
August 22, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: MPG, Volkswagen, Natural Gas, Frankfurt Motor Show
Transport an original Beetle driver to the present-day from the 1960s, and it’s unlikely that the time-traveler would ever recognize a Touareg or a Phaeton as a Volkswagen. The opposite might be true of the tiny new Up!, the production version of which has just been revealed [...]
Spada unveils Codatronca Monza roadster in all its glory [w/video]
July 13, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance
Spada Codatronca Monza – Click above for high-res image gallery
The father-son design team of Ercole and Paolo Spada made a real splash a few years back when they unveiled the Codatronca. Inspired by the Kamm-tailed Alfas Ercole designed back in the day for Zagato, the Codatronca looked something like a [...]
Mercedes-Benz unveils crazy Unimog concept to celebrate 60 years
June 9, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
The legendary Unimog is a rugged, go-anywhere vehicle designed to handle just about any job you can throw at one. Daimler-Benz took over the production of Unimog trucks back in 1951, and now 60 years later, Mercedes-Benz looks to honor the history [...]
Skoda unveils dramatic Fabia RS 2000 roadster concept at Wörthersee
June 2, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, Skoda, Design/Style
Skoda Fabia RS 2000 concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
The Volkswagen Group’s annual GTI-Treffen festival on the shores of Lake Wörthersee in Austria may be named for VW’s iconic tuned Golf, but by now – in its 30th rendition – it’s turned into [...]
Audi unveils 500hp A1 Clubsport Quattro show car at Wörthersee
May 31, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Hatchback, Audi, Misc. Auto Shows
Audi A1 clubsport quattro concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Audi and all-wheel drive go together like mothers and apple pie. The German automaker has cultivated its Quattro systems as emblematic of its raison d’etre, incorporating it into its rapidly expanding range… with one exception: [...]
PowerGenix unveils nickel-zinc battery for micro-hybrids
May 19, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hybrid
PowerGenix, a manufacturer of rechargeable nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries, has unveiled its first prototype power pack developed exclusively for the burgeoning micro-hybrid (aka stop-start or idle-stop) segment. PowerGenix claims that its NiZn batteries offer several advantages over the lead-acid units typically found in most of today’s micro-hybrids. NiZn batteries are approximately half [...]
GM unveils Sail EV Concept in China
December 27, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Hatchback, Electric
General Motors jumped into the Guangzhou Motor Show with 23 production and concept vehicles, the most interesting of which was the Chevrolet Sail Electric Concept Vehicle. The pint-sized EV was worked up through a partnership between Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center. While the new EV uses [...]
Renault unveils Sandero Stepway concept in Brazil
November 16, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Budget, Crossover, Misc. Auto Shows, Renault, South America
Renault Sandero Stepway Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
If you’ve ever heard of the Dacia Sandero, it’s probably from Clarkson teasing James May about it on Top Gear. The no-nonsense, bare-bones hatchback – sold alternatively as a Renault in markets where its [...]
