In this economy, cutting back production costs translates into lower purchase prices. And while most car makers try to give up secondary systems or luxury features to make their cars more affordable, Elio Motors decided to cut out one of the basic element of a car – the wheel. According to Paul Elio, founder and [...]

The French folks at Citroen announced that the DSX concept will be seen at the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show, an event which will begin in mid-April. This new concept is based on the current DS5 and is meant to preview a forthcoming SUV model. If we are right, the new DSX should go on sale [...]

The tuning specialists at Mugen decided to present a concept based on the Honda CR-V at the current edition of the Tokyo Auto Salon. It’s quite strange that Mugen’s creation is called a concept rather than a special edition as it is based on the current CR-V model. However, the package focuses on styling improvements [...]

The Germans from BMW officially unveiled today the new Zagato Roadster concept, a model which will be seen for the first time at the upcoming Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance which will be held in California. The new good-looking German prototype is basically an open-top variant of the Zagato Coupe, the authors of this piece of [...]

Volkswagen unveiled the new Golf GTI Black Dynamic Concept at the Wörthersee GTI event which takes places this week in Austria. The model receives a power boost as the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine delivers now 355 horsepower, significant improvements over the stock 207 horses. A new high-performance braking system with eight pistons along with a revised [...]

Volkswagen released details and photos of the new E-Bugster concept, a model which will be seen at the 2012 China Auto Show. Under the hood sits an electric motor delivering 114 horsepower and a 28,3 kWh lithium-ion battery. The electric powertrain provides an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 10,8 seconds while a kinetic [...]

BMW pulled the wraps off the i8 Concept Spyder, namely the convertible version of the upcoming BMW i8 Coupe, a plug-in hybrid model scheduled to enter the market somewhere in 2014. However, the BMW i8 Concept Spyder is only a prototype and BMW has no plans to introduce it in mass production, at least for [...]

BMW confirmed that they will reveal the new Concept M135i at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show previewing the production model which follows to hit the market soon. This prototype is the latest addition to the high-performance M model range and is powered by a 3.0-liter six-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine with around 300 horsepower. To be [...]

Peugeot decided to release photos and details on the new 208 GTi Concept, a model which will hit the stage of Geneva Motor Show next month. The new prototype previews the production variant of the next-generation 208 supermini. The concept model is based on the three-door version and gets several futuristic design elements such as [...]

After revealing a similar tuning program for Toyota iQ, the specialists from Gazoo Racing unveiled a new concept car based on the new Toyota Yaris. Gazoo Racing’s Toyota Yaris Turbo concept gets a revised 1.5-liter gasoline engine which is now able to deliver 180 horsepower and 220 Nm of torque. The additional power is gained [...]