Concept, News, Supercar
Bentley EXP 9 F takes the SUV ultra-premium
Whispers about a Bentley SUV – some of them coming directly from Bentley chief Wolfgang Duerheimer – have been floating around for ages. At this week’s Geneva Motor Show, Bentley finally puts a face to the rumors. Its EXP 9 F may or may not lead to an eventual production SUV, but it gives [...]
Concept
Citroen’s DS4 Racing Concept
If you are seeking a lightweight, high-powered road car, there’s no more relevant form of motorsport than WRC, where Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb has just won his eighth consecutive drivers title. Hence the presentation of the Citroen DS4 Racing Concept at the Geneva International Motor Show next month (March 2012) is exciting news for small [...]
Concept, News
European design students reinterpret classic Italian car from the 1940s
Next month’s Geneva Motor Show will be stocked with new concept cars from various parties – automakers, design houses and educational institutions. One of the latest concept cars announced is the Cisitalia 202 E, a modern reinterpretation of the original 1947 Cisitalia 202. The Cisitalia 202 E (Evolution), which will be presented as a [...]
Concept, Motorbike
The Yamaha Moegi demonstrates the future of fuel efficiency
Since the days of $4 gas began, the single-cylinder motorcycles and scooters that dominate international megacities have become increasingly common on American streets. Engineers at Yamaha created the Y125 Moegi concept to capitalize on that trend. They based it on the company’s first motorcycle, the 1955 125-cc YA-1, but they also included some modern [...]
Concept, Electric
Rinspeed Dock+Go provides bolt-on solutions for small electric cars
If you live in a traffic-nightmare city like New York or London or Bangkok, an ultra-compact urban electric car is great. They’re so tiny that they fit in the smallest parking space, they’re quiet, they’re often exempt from congestion charges and they’re tailpipe emission free, which is important if you live where the air [...]
Sportcars
Zagato AC 378 GT relaunches classic car brand
Posted on 13 March 2012
If you’re going to design a sports car, you could do worse than going back to the classics and AC Cars has done just that with the unveiling of its Zagato AC 378 GT at the Geneva Motor Show. It’s a rolling tribute to not only 111 years of the AC Cars marque, but [...] Continue Reading
Motorbike
Ducati to sell 2010 and 2011 MotoGP race bikes at auction
Posted on 13 March 2012
In a sign of the times, Ducati has announced it will be selling two very recent Ducati Desmosedici GP machines at auction. The bikes, a GP11 2011 factory Desmosedici which brought Valentino Rossi his only top three finish of the 2011 season, and the other to GP10 which Casey Stoner took to victory in [...] Continue Reading
Sportcars, Supercar
The world’s fastest ever (open top) roadster – 1200 bhp and 255 mph
Posted on 13 March 2012
Whether you think the Bugatti Veyron is the pinnacle of sports car development or agree with Professor Gordon Murray that it’s the "most pointless exercise on the planet", we all somehow seem drawn to the name and its continuing outrageous deeds. This week saw another milestone for the marque with the unveiling of the [...] Continue Reading
Sportcars, Supercar
Koenigsegg upgrades the Agera R to 1140 bhp (and plans to attempt 273 mph/440 km/h top speed run)
Posted on 12 March 2012
One of the contenders for the world’s fastest car is the Koenigsegg Agera R which has been reworked for the 2013 model year, raising peak horsepower from 1115 to 1140hp on E85, giving it a top speed claimed to be in the vicinity of 440 km/h (273 mph) which Koenigsegg intends to prove sometime [...] Continue Reading
News
Tata Megapixel Global City Car full of surprizes
Posted on 07 March 2012
Tata Motors continued to upstage its far-longer established automaking peers at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show overnight with the Tata Megapixel concept, a new four-seater range extended electric vehicle (REEV). The Megapixel is the evolution of last year’s Pixel concept and uses four in-wheel 10 kW motors and a 325 cc single cylinder petrol [...] Continue Reading
Sportcars, Supercar
Most outrageous Lamborghini yet at Geneva Motor Show
Posted on 07 March 2012
We know the designers at Lamborghini are a bit unhinged. It’s always been a pre-requisite for working there. Since the takeover by Volkswagen, their mad creations at least work properly, and with the Aventador Lamborghini has been pushing the engineering envelope in material science and engine design. At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, the [...] Continue Reading
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