Concept Supercars

Peugeot Flux Comes With Xbox and Green Attitude

(10 votes, average: 4 out of 5)

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It’s not often that we get to see a hydrogen engine car with an Xbox inside, in fact it’s not often at all. However, the Peugeot Flux, designed by Mihai Panaitescu is one such vehicle, but the positive features don’t end here. This Peugeot is quite compact with a width of 1650 mm and a 3500 mm length, but its look is still appealing as you can see for yourself.

The Flux is a dynamic car, as shown with the aid of the open cockpit and its shape, continuously passing from straight lines to curves while still using the Peugeot style. It might be worth mentioning that this ride features a plastic hood and body panels, aluminium mechanical parts plus metal chassis and head protection.

[via Yanko Design]

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Sondergard Kit Car Arrives in 2009

(7 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5)

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If you’re not satisfied with the latest innovations of the automakers, you’ll have to get yourself one of the do-it-yourself cars. In case you didn’t even know that those even existed, they do and they’re called “kit cars”. One such lovely vehicle is the Sondergard, designed by Jesper Hermann.

This is a Danish car that’s based on the Pontiac Solstice or the Opel GT for Europeans and it can be considered both a retro style ride and a futuristic vehicle. This baby goes from 0 to 100 (kmph) in just 4 seconds and it will enter production in 2009. Excited? Learn how to build it and get your tools!

[via Yanko Design]

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Mazda Concept Crossover SUV Ready to Amaze Moscow

(15 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)

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Seems that we’ll be seeing a brand new compact crossover SUV at the Moscow Motor Show that starts late next month. The concept car you can check out in the sketches below uses the Nagare design language, but the vehicle doesn’t bare a name yet.

Since studies show that the SUVs are a hit in Russia (20% of the market), the new Mazda CUV will be designed for that Eastern market. This car can be considered a conceptual follow-up to the Ryuga, Hakaze, Taiki and Furai, all of them based on the Nagare design.

[via Autoblog]

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Concept Diamond Car, Made in China

(7 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)

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This concept car is not your daily ultra supercar, but rather a vehicle for the middle class man or woman. It’s an unnamed ride for now, but it uses a neat system that shifts the car’s main body to the travelling direction.

The Diamond Car behaves like a motorcycle, specially in corners, where it balances the centrifugal force by leaning its main structure to the side. Quite a car for tech-obsessed geeks, not that it’s a bad thing…

[via Dvice]

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Volkswagen Eco, One and Room – the concepts of 2028

(15 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5)

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While some of us may be stunned by concept supercars of the year 2009 or 2010, Volkswagen takes a peek at the distant future, revealing no less than 3 of its uber-concept vehicles. The first one is the Ego, a two passenger coupe with a sportscar look and tons of customization options.

Next comes the futuristic family ride, the Volkswagen Room, pictured below, that doesn’t need a driver and grants you time (and space) to have fun with your family. The vehicles involve almost no human control at all, as they communicate with other such cars, cancelling the concept of heavy traffic and avoiding accidents.

Last, but not least you can check out the Volkswagen One (below), a single-seat vehicle that looks more like a motorcycle than your average car. Of course, all of these vehicles will be powered by electric engines or they’ll use biofuel, plus you’ll be able to summon them whenever you like, so you won’t spend time looking for your car, instead it’ll be looking for you. See Volkswagen’s cool site for more details!

[via Autoblog]

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Icare Motorcycle Should Have Been in Final Fantasy: Advent Children

(14 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5)

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Seen Advent Children? If I remember well Cloud Strife and the “bad guys” had motorcycles that were similar to the concept below. This is the Icare futuristic bike, coming from Enzyme Design and packing a Honda 6 cylinder flat engine (1800cm3).

The front of the bike has got some sort of “alien head” thing going on, but I for one still miss Cloud’s sword holders and huge exhaust pipes from the sides of the Advent Children motorcycles.

[via Tuvie]

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Tatra 903 Concept Sportscar, NOT a Heavy Truck!

(16 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

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In case you’re familiar with the Tatra brand you probably know that they produce heavy trucks. Well at least in the world of concepts they’re able to brand a supercar like the one below, its design pertaining to Mike Jelinek. He created this concept design for Czech magazine AutoDesign & Styling.

The Tatra 903 is a fuel cell luxury sportscar that features a beautiful aerodynamic design. Its water drop shape reminds me of the gangster cars from the golden years of jazz in the US and hopefully we’ll see this turn into a real automobile some day.

[via Yanko Design]

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BMW GINA Light Visionary Model Concept Supercar Finally Revealed

(23 votes, average: 4.74 out of 5)

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Talk about futuristic design… the supercar you can see below is the GINA concept, coming straight from the bright minds of the BMW people. GINA is short for “Geometry and Function in ‘N’ Adaptations”, which according to Autoblog means that both the original BMW team and the folks of BMW Group DesignworksUSA worked on this beauty.

GINA’s outer skin is made out of textile fabric, wrapped around a metallic frame and carbon fiber wires. Add to that a neat skeleton controlled by electro-hydraulic devices and the means to change shape beneath the car’s skin. Want an example? GINA’s headlights can be hidden or exposed, depending on the way the car’s skin is set.

This vehicle resembles the Z4 Roadster quite a lot and GINA features doors that open in a semi-scissor pattern without the use of hinges. Be sure to check out the video below in order to understand that we’re dealing with the future of automotive design right here.

[via Autoblog]

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Front Open Wheel Racer Concept Would Make the Batmobile Cry in Its Pillow

(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)

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Batmobile who? Just look at this beauty, seemingly a hybrid between an F1 automobile, the famous Batmobile and some buggie I was driving in Halo 3. It’s been designed by Jeff Smith, with the aid of Sketchbook Pro and the vehicle features a cockpit hatch and 80’s style rear Camero air intake vents.

The concept is called the “Front Open Wheel Racer” and we might be looking at the racing vehicle of … let’s say 2012.

[via Coroflot]

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Yamaha Deus Ex Machina Wearable Motorcycle Concept is Better Than a Car

(13 votes, average: 4.77 out of 5)

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I know that this is not a supercar, but still it’s an amazing vehicle, created by Jake Loniak, design student. Yamaha Deus Ex Machina is an electric wearable motorcycle, as unbelievable as it may seem. It can park vertically and it can only hold one passenger.

The contraption is controlled with the aid of 36 muscles plus 2 linear actuators and it can go from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds. However, it has a 75 miles per hour top speed, pretty decent for such a crazy concept.

[via Engadget]

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