Lamborghini’s Virtual Single-Seater Concept When Automobili Lamborghini pulled the covers off the Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo at the World Finals of the 2019 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships in Monte Carlo, the crowd in Monaco was looking at something that existed in two worlds at once. On the floor … Read More
Aston Martin Revives Lagonda With the Electric All-Terrain Concept When Andy Palmer and the design team at Aston Martin pulled the silk away at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2019, they presented far more than a high-riding design exercise. The Lagonda All-Terrain Concept represents Gaydon’s clearest blueprint … Read More
Open-Top Purism and Motorsport DNA To celebrate seven decades of sports car manufacturing, Porsche delivered an uncompromising birthday gift to itself: the Porsche 911 Speedster Concept. Unveiled on June 8, 2018, during the official anniversary gathering in Zuffenhausen, the drivable design study deliberately links the very dawn of the marque—the … Read More
A Bold Vision for M Flagship Luxury When BMW rolled out the BMW Concept M8 Gran Coupe under the bright exhibition lights of the Geneva Motor Show in March 2018, Munich made a direct and uncompromising declaration about where its high-performance division was heading. For decades, the M badge represented … Read More
A Vision for the Electric Super Sports Car Automobili Lamborghini and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to sketch out an uncompromising blueprint for the future of the electric super sports car. Unveiled at the EmTech conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio concept explores what happens … Read More
A New Direction for the Evolution Nameplate The Mitsubishi e-Evolution Concept signals an unmistakable shift in direction for Mitsubishi Motors. Carrying one of the most storied nameplates in rally history, the study redefines the Evolution ethos not as a turbocharged, petrol-drinking homologation saloon, but as an all-electric, high-performance SUV coupé. … Read More
Formula 1 Hybrid Engineering Built for the Road Marking the 50th anniversary of Mercedes-AMG, the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE show car transfers modern, championship-winning Formula 1 powertrain hardware into a two-seat, road-legal hypercar. Developed in close technical cooperation with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team … Read More
Kia Proceed Concept: Frankfurt Debut Previews a Sleek Shooting Brake When Kia rolled out the Proceed Concept under the Frankfurt exhibition lights in September 2017, the Korean brand threw down an unexpected design challenge. Designed just 500 metres from the show floor at Kia’s European design centre in Frankfurt, the … Read More
BMW Concept X7 iPerformance: Munich Previews Its Flagship SAV When the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance rolled out under the bright hall lights of the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt, it did far more than preview an upcoming three-row sport activity vehicle. It laid out a completely new design manifesto … Read More
The spirit of the original Type 2 Microbus is officially returning to the road, this time propelled entirely by electricity. In August 2017, against the manicured backdrop of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California, Volkswagen executives confirmed what enthusiasts and show-goers had been pleading for since the start … Read More
A Grand Open-Air Statement: The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet Monterey Car Week has always been the stage where coachbuilt pedigree meets modern extravagance, but when Mercedes-Benz wheeled the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet onto the manicured lawns of Pebble Beach in August 2017, the atmosphere shifted. Measuring nearly six meters from … Read More
BMW Concept Z4: Bavarian Roadster Design Reimagined When the BMW Concept Z4 rolled onto the manicured turf of the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach in August 2017, it arrived carrying serious expectations. The two-seater roadster has long formed an emotional pillar for BMW, yet the outgoing E89-generation Z4 had drifted … Read More