Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:12am
However you feel about Crocs — which are amazingly ugly shoes and the inspiration for designer Lon Ballard's Spira — it's hard to say no to a car that manages 100 miles to the gallon and has a respectable top...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 11:45pm
Because of a somewhat depressed auto market the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show offered few surprises, but one bright spot was the hybrid concept vehicle unveiled by Chinese manufacturer Chang'An. Dubbed the E301, the concept vehicle looks like a cross between...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 3:26pm
So what if Hyundai is a little late to the plug-in hybrid car market? It's designed the oddly-named BLUE-WILL, a bizarre-looking car that resembles a grimacing beaver, all dolled up in eco-friendly plastics and powered by a 100kw electric motor...
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Friday, February 20, 2009 - 2:32pm
The Phoenix is like the buffet of car concepts. Like trucks? Well, it's a bit like a pickup. How about muscle cars? Yeah, it's got that going on, too. Just to further sweeten the pot, it's also a bit of...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:53am
Rinspeed sure has a few odd vehicles in its stable — just look at the company's transparent car, or its underwater convertible. Now Rinspeed is rolling out the diminutive iChange in time for the Geneva Motor Show, which the company...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 2:46pm
Phillip Dean, a graduate of the Coventry University specializing in transportation design, designed the C-XC as part of a job placement assignment with Jaguar. With sleek stylings like that, we hope he got the job. On paper, the C-XC is...
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 5:34am
Most concept cars are relatively unrealistic. Heck, they're just concepts, they don't have to be realistic. But this Audi Calamaro concept really takes things to the next level. For one, it's a flying car. No wheels here. Yeah, you...
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 1:38pm
I guess we'll have scrunching or modular cars in the year 2030. It wasn't too long ago that we showed you this French car concept for the year 2030, and now here's Mihai Stamati of Chisinau, Moldova with a...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 3:02pm
The Peugeot design competition has yielded a lot of clever designs, from cars that can shape-shift, to one-seater personal transports, and cars with spheres for wheels. Now here's the Peugeot Stylight by Ognyan Bozhilov of Bulgaria: a three-seater hybrid,...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 1:12pm
The Peugeot 888 is billed as the "personal vehicle for the future Metropolis." For designer Oskar Johansen from Norway, that means a car with space for two with room for luggage, as well as a nifty shape-shifting body. On...
