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Sportcar Design, Honda RA-X Concept from Xuacu Pérez Quesada

August 10th, 2009
Sportcar Design, Honda RA-X Concept from Xuacu Pérez Quesada

Honda RA-X Concept from designer Xuacu Pérez Quesada was developed as a credible vehicle that would be fit for production with currently available technology and systems. The concept was designed to mark Honda’s presence in motor sports, and hence carries the letters RA.

Electric Car Design of 2010 Nissan

August 2nd, 2009
Electric Car Design of 2010 Nissan

That car, the Nissan Leaf shown here, is the reason we find ourselves in the company’s brand-new Yokohama headquarters today. Designed as a four-to-five seat, front-drive C-segment hatchback, Nissan says the Leaf is not just for use as a specialty urban runabout, but rather, it was designed as an everyday vehicle – a “real car” [...]

Lamborghini Murcielago Strada, Luxury Car Design

August 2nd, 2009
Lamborghini Murcielago Strada, Luxury Car Design

Reiter Engineering has taken all the carbon fiber they could find and wrapped it around their Lambo; the front splitter, rear diffuser, and rear wing have all been replaced, and the vented hood adds a sinister look as well. Also featured on the Murcielago are lightened (and dark, of course) alloy wheels and race-worthy brakes [...]

Highly Innovative Venturi Volage in Princely Demo

June 30th, 2009
Highly Innovative Venturi Volage in Princely Demo

This first official demonstration of the Venturi Volage took place last weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix track. The vehicle is equipped with the “Michelin Active Wheel” technology incorporating 2 electric motors per wheel (1 for suspension and 1 for drive). The occasion also celebrated 25 years of Venturi Automobiles.

Toyota FT-HS Concept, Luxury Car Design

June 28th, 2009
Toyota FT-HS Concept, Luxury Car Design

It’s not a Supra, but… When it debuted in 2007, is was suggested that the Toyota FT-HS (Future Toyota Hybrid Sport) might fill the void left by the iconic turbocharged sports coupe. Toyota, however, suggests that this is not the case, but rather that the FT-HS will create a new market segment for an “attainable [...]

Amphibian Car “Amphicar” Design by Bernd Weise in Venice

May 31st, 2009
Amphibian Car “Amphicar” Design by Bernd Weise in Venice

It’s our understanding that a guy named Bernd Weise, a member of the Amphicar Club in Berlin, recently “drove” his 1961 Amphicar car down the Grand Canal in Venice.
A bit of enlightening research clued us in to the fact that this Amphicar is not just a toy produced by some guy in his back yard


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