Caterham’s first electric car will make its public debut in July at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The EV Seven showcases a future battery electric Caterham and uses a 51kWh immersion cooled battery pack capable of up to 152kW rapid charging. Just as importantly, the battery results in a weight …
Read More »Fiat Centoventi wins prestigious concept design award
The adorable Fiat Concept Centoventi has been named Best Concept Car of 2019 in the Car Design Awards. It’s thought that the Centoventi (Italian for 120) will go into production as an electric replacement for the Fiat Panda. The Car Design News (CDN) jury, which is made up of 18 …
Read More »Late night shopping – DS Automobiles-style
Watch Formula E racing driver Sam Bird pilot the DS E-TENSE concept car and upcoming DS 7 Crossback SUV inside the Westfield London Shopping Centre. The DS Virgin Racing ace drove the DS Automobiles duo at night during a special lock-in. Unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, the head-turning …
Read More »Meet Infiniti’s electric retro racer
Infiniti has revealed its stunning race-inspired concept ahead of its debut at the prestigious 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elégance. ‘Prototype 9’ reimagines what a 1940s Grand Prix car designed by Infiniti, Nissan’s premium brand, would have looked like. Alfonso Albaisa, Infiniti’s design guru, said the sleek open-wheeled electric prototype “celebrates …
Read More »Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato unleashed
Aston Martin has announced the production version of the latest creation from its long-standing partnership with the prestigious Italian design-house Zagato. The Vanquish Zagato Concept was unveiled to great acclaim at the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy, in May. Thanks to “unprecedented customer interest”, a strictly …
Read More »Concept crazy: BMW’s birthday bonanza
The BMW Group has marked its centenary with more concepts, giving a hint of what its cars of the future might look like. Under the motto “The next 100 years”, BMW unveiled radical designs for two more of its brands – Rolls-Royce and MINI. Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100 and MINI …
Read More »Shell unveils 107mpg city car concept
Oil giant Shell is hoping to prove that there’s still mileage left in the internal combustion engine by unveiling an ultra-efficient petrol car. The Shell Concept Car, which is capable of 107mpg and a 45mpg top speed, is a total rethink of ex-McLaren designer Gordon Murray’s T25 produced in 2010. …
Read More »Return of the Renault Alpine
Renault is reviving its iconic Alpine performance brand in 2017. The new car is likely to closely resemble this new concept, the Alpine Vision. The mid-engined two-seat coupé will make its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It will be powered by a new 4 cylinder turbocharged …
Read More »Volkswagen’s Shanghai surprise
VW unveils stunning C Coupe GTE concept at the Shanghai Motor Show. Sadly, this four-door concept car – it’s over five metres in length – is for the Chinese market only, but who knows what might happen in the future. Powered by a plug-in hybrid drive system, Volkswagen says it …
Read More »Geneva Motor Show highlights – Part 1
We’ve been snapping away at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show – here’s the first gallery of our favourite shots…. A classic reborn: Ford GT supercar concept Topless treat: new convertible version of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Another cracking concept from Infiniti – this time it’s the Q60 coupe Toyota’s …
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