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The Car Connection - Concept Cars

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2009 Detroit Show: Kia Soul'ster Concept

Posted: 11 Jan 2009 12:00 AM PST

A wedgy, funky little Kia concept called the Soul'ster was unveiled today at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. The new concept is based on the new 2010 Kia Soul hatchback, which goes on sale later in the year, and which we'll be driving shortly for a full review. The concept is spun from the same mechanicals, but Kia says it's a breezy alternative to ..


California Upstarts Launch Startup, and It Is Awesome

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 05:06 PM PST

According to our sources, children are the future. And although some young people can make the forecast seem very dismal indeed, there are numerous bright spots on the horizon, including two enterprising guys from California, Rory Handel and Maxx Bricklin. (NB: Yes, he spells it with two Xes. He's just that badass.) Rory and Maxx have ..


2009 Geneva Show: iChange We Can't Entirely Believe In

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:38 PM PST

If you're heading to the Geneva International Motor Show next March, there are two things you ought to know: (a) we love chocolate, and (b) Frank M. Rinderknecht is unveiling another wacky concept car. Yes, the Swiss mystery man is adding to his conceptual stable of autos that morph at the press of a button and travel underwater. This time, ..


GT by Citroën Will Leave Us in the Dust, For Real

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 10:07 AM PST

Back in October at the Paris Motor Show, Citroën unveiled the GT by Citroën (or sometimes, more annoyingly, the GTbyCitroën). It was a concept car, and like many concept cars, it was supersnazzy. Unlike many concept cars, however, the GT was designed for a videogame. That's right: working in conjunction with driving simi studio Polyphony ..


Mercedes BlueZero for Detroit Auto Show: Three Concepts

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:33 PM PST

Over at the Mercedes display in January in Detroit's Cobo Hall, the luxury brand will be displaying its new BlueZero concept cars, according to WorldCarFans. One concept relies exclusively on electricity for propulsion, and the other two add gasoline and hydrogen to the electric motivation, respectively. The BlueZero E-Cell is an ..


VW to Speed Production of Ultra-Efficient Mini-Car

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:43 PM PST

U.K.'s Autocar reports that VW is speeding a small, Smart-size two-seat minicar to market. They claim that "in its most economical form," the little vee-dub will return 141 mpg, emit less than 60 g/kg of CO2, and rely on nothing but good old internal combustion. How does VW plan to stretch the four-cycle internal combustion engine to ..


VW Delays Roadster Concept Launch

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 01:21 PM PST

Say it ain't so! Apparently even Volkswagen is feeling the pinch in the auto market at present, despite its worldwide sales increase of 15 percent for the third quarter. As such, it has decided not to release the mid-engined Roadster concept at the L.A. Auto Show next week, according to the U.K.'s AutoCar. The earliest we might see the Roadster ..


GM Kills Cadillac CTS Coupe Launch

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 07:57 PM PST

And if you didn't think GM was in real trouble... The beleaguered automaker has just canceled the launch of its stunning Cadillac CTS Coupe at next week's LA Auto Show, according to the U.K.'s AutoCar. They say it's part of GM's radical new thinking on its future lineup, forced by its festering financial crisis. Two European models, a Saab ..


SEMA 2008: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Posted: 05 Nov 2008 07:54 PM PST

Hyundai swept into Sin City with seven customized vehicles on its brand-new 2009 Genesis platform. Both coupes and sedans are modded to the max, and it's a look more believable on the sporty coupe than on the sedate Genesis sedan. Nonetheless, the vehicles highlight just how far the Korean automaker has come from its humble beginnings with the ..


SEMA 2008: Honda Civic Stays in Tune with Mileage

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 07:15 PM PST

The Honda Civic is a perennial favorite of tuners, and for the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas, Honda revealed a new Honda Factory Performance (HFP) Concept version of the fuel-sipping sedan. The theory behind the concept? Tuners want to preserve high gas mileage, so the accessories chosen--like the aerodynamic wheel covers and super-light ..


"Practically Wicked" - Forester XTI Concept To Bow At SEMA

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 01:15 PM PDT

On the heels of its 2009 Motor Trend SUV Of The Year win with its 2009 Forester, Subaru teases with the Forester XTI Concept (2.5 XT shown), which they claim combines the versatility of the Forester 2.5 XT with the street performance of the Impreza WRX STI. While the standard-issue Forester has moved closer and closer to the center of ..


Ford Highlights Four Customized F-150s At SEMA

Posted: 29 Oct 2008 12:23 PM PDT

Harking back to a sunnier, happier time when knobby-tired, lift-kit-equipped trucks, custom vans, and bellowing Jeeps roamed American highways en masse, Ford brings three 2009 F-150 nostalgia machines to SEMA to help wipe away the market blues. For these fantasy trucks, Ford tapped toolmaker DEWALT, accessory guru X'Treme Toyz, and blingmasters ..


Pontiac Pushes Forward with G8 'Ute Despite Tough Times

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:48 PM PDT

The continued production plans for the kinda-odd, kinda-cool Pontiac Amino pictured to the left is a surprising bit of verve from GM given its cost-slashing, factory-closing spasms of late. Yes, the G8 ST (sport truck) is still planned for 2010, and it shares a platform (with a wheelbase stretched four inches) with the low-buck, high-thrill G8 ..


Dodge Resurrects HEMI Hi-Po, Retro Colors, Street Cred for SEMA

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 02:10 PM PDT

Despite a sick economy, days ago rumors of a merger with GM, and the tenuous scenario of being owned by Cerberus Capital Management, the Mopar folks at Dodge intend to put on one heck of a show at this year's Specialty Equipment Market Association humongo gathering (aka SEMA). We reported to you yesterday about the '09 Dodge Challenger SRT10 ..


Viper V-10 Debuts in Dodge Challenger Concept

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 04:22 PM PDT

In what promises to be a bragging-rights, smoky burnout extravaganza, Chrysler today announces an all-aluminum 8.4-liter V-10 under the hood of its '09 Dodge Challenger SRT10 Concept headed to this year's SEMA. The engine is the same enthusiastic motivator for the brute-force Viper, and in Challenger guise it supplies 600 horsepower and 560 ..


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