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Nissan dead serious about putting the Land Glider into production as an Infiniti

Posted: Oct 19, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Infiniti, Nissan

At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan will show its new Land Glider Concept, one of the most unusual concepts the Japanese automaker has ever produced, but Nissan is very serious about it.
The Nissan Land Glider is about 43 inches wide and the wheels and fenders tilt about 17 degrees when cornering, allowing the car [...]

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BMW Sportscar Concept Study: Beg BMW to make the Z10 look like this

Posted: Oct 15, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Spy Shots/Renderings

Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot about a future BMW supercar known as the ‘Z10.’ The car has been confirmed for production by many BMW executives, most importantly by the automaker’s head of design, Adrian van Hooydonk.
It is reported that the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept, which debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, is virtually a [...]

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Brand Spankin’ New Images: Toyota FT-86 Concept in real life

Posted: Oct 15, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Toyota

We honestly can’t get enough of the new Toyota FT-86 Concept and we’re pretty sure that there’s a part of you that can’t either. We have now come across some images of the FT-86 in flesh posted on the ft86club forums. The outstanding photos give us a closer and more detailed look at Toyota’s upcoming rear-wheel-drive [...]

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Iranian designer dreams of a Porsche-branded supercar

Posted: Oct 15, 2009

Filed under: Porsche

The renderings you see here are from Emil Baddal, an Iranian artist that is proposing design for a new Porsche-branded supercar.
Unfortunately, Baddal did not name the concept nor did he provide any technical details as to what kind of powertrain would run the car.
Like it, love it or hate it? Let us know in the [...]

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Report: Subaru planning 250-hp 086A STI coupe?

Posted: Oct 14, 2009

Filed under: Industry News, Subaru, Toyota

Later this month, Toyota will give us our first look at its new rear-wheel-drive sports coupe by unveiling the new FT-86 Concept. The production model will be produced jointly with Fuji Heavy Industries, with most of the mechanical work on the car to be completed by Subaru.
Subaru will get its own version of the sports coupe (with [...]

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Subaru releases more pictures of the Hybrid Tourer Concept

Posted: Oct 12, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Subaru

Subaru has released additional pictures of its new Hybrid Tourer Concept, which will make its official debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. Subaru says that the concept features the company’s “latest evolutions in handling agility, riding comfort and superior safety performance.”
It also hints at a feature hybrid grand touring model.
Power for the Subaru Hybrid Tourer [...]

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Toyota FT-86 body color gets inspiration from a Japanese monkey’s backside

Posted: Oct 09, 2009

Filed under: Toyota

Earlier this week, Toyota showed us the first pictures of its new FT-86 Concept, which will make its world debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show later this month. When introducing a new sports cars, especially a spiritual successor to the Toyota AE86, a popular sports car of the 1980s, there is no question what color [...]

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Nissan Land Glider Concept to be unveiled in Tokyo

Posted: Oct 07, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Nissan

At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show later this month, Nissan will show its new Nissan Leaf electric-car slated for global launch in 2010. Standing next to the Nissan Leaf will be the Land Glider EV concept.
Nissan says that the Land Glider concept is a “new proposal for urban mobility that can be enabled by zero-emission [...]

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Honda CR-Z will be hybrid only, no gasoline or diesel options to be offered

Posted: Oct 07, 2009

Filed under: Honda, Hybrids, Green News

Not a fan of going hybrid but love the looks new Honda CR-Z? Well, we have some bad news for you. Honda has ruled out any chance of offering the CR-Z with anything other than a hybrid powertrain. That means all your dreams of getting a turbocharged 4-cylinder hot-hatch out of the new CR-Z are [...]

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BMW C1-E Concept: An electrical take at the BMW C1

Posted: Oct 06, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Hybrids, Green News

Practicality has long been a hallmark of many European road vehicles for quite sometime, as evidenced by the number of smaller more urban-practical cars and scooters that have been on their roads. BMW has taken this staple of European automotive life and expanded upon it to derive their new C1-E Concept, which could best [...]