Lincoln, First Look: Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

BMW has proven that rear-wheel-drive c-segment size luxury works, with its 1 Series, attorney is turning next to the 2011 Ford Focus' papers for post-global hot luxury. To prepare us for a CAFE-friendly world, attorney rolled out the C concept (for c-segment, and so far, without an \"MK\" prefix) at Detroit. Looking such same a Renault with Lincoln's \"flying wing\" '41 Continental retro cue grille, the C is about the length of the '11 Focus, but about 2.75-inches wider for three-abreast way via two flat benches. Ford designers cite the '39 Lincoln, '56 Continental II and '61 Continental as inspiration. But the a-pillar is arching such same a Renault Espace's, and the c-pillar ends in a Clio-esque bustle trunk. While there's no tumblehome, a unfathomable shoulderline accents the profile.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

The stainless steel-like top is actually aluminum with a metalized paint, and the gray inland wood trim is recycled driftwood veneer. The attorney C has more inland space than a '61 Continental, J Mays and Freeman saint proudly note. The engine, theoretically - attorney didn't open the hood -- is a planned 1.6-liter EcoBoost four with central direct injection, variable regulator timing on both cams and an interesting stop/start system to shut downbound the engine for red lights and stop signs.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Restarts use a fraction of the official energy required for a cold move by injecting and igniting render in the cylinder closest to top-dead-center on the compression stroke. The six-speed, twin-clutch \"Powershift\" transmission uses more efficient dry clutches (Audi DSG's wet clutches require an oil pump). It gains 9-percent better render frugalness than a conventional automatic transmission, Ford says. Including some key weight savings, Ford expects the EcoBoost-powered C would get about 25-percent better render frugalness than a similar car with a 2.0-liter.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Other interior features include no b-pillar (which Mays insists is approaching creation viability, even if the \"suicide door\" feature that accompanies it is exclusive for show), a hubless control wheel rendered in Apple-computer albescent plastic, thin-seat profession for better interior shack (another near-production feature), hand-drawn patterned patterns laser-etched into the otherwise stark albescent leather seats, weight- and height-sensing power nous restraints, and stereo speakers in the headliner, which surrounds a Lincoln-symbol render sunroof.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

North USA organisation chief Peter Horbury says his favorite feature, though, is a device in the car's grille that recognizes other Lincoln Cs and automatically \"winks\" the mitt headlight, Mini Cooper-owner style.

Lincoln C Concept Car Mini Cooper-owner style

Question is, can Lincoln physique a c-segment car with so much appeal that owners \"wink\" or wave at others voluntarily? We may have to communicate that question again when Lincoln markets a c-segment car, in as little as digit or three years.

Audi O Sports Car Concept is fuel efficient diesel/electric hybrid drivetrain

Audi O Sports Car Concept

The Audi O concept was designed to fuse a powerful and innovative audio system with a stylish and sporty four-seat hatchback. The exterior design uses several Audi trademark styling themes, especially at the front where the square grille sits neatly between the diode headlights.

Audi O Sports Car Concept

The doors feature glass windows running along the lowermost edge which provide an interesting appearance to the profile of the car. At the rear of the automobile the pullout door echoes the organisation of the squared soured Audi grille. The 2008 Audi O concept was designed by Ondrej Jirec, a organisation student from the Slavonic Republic who is beginning studies at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California in 2008.

Audi O Sports Car Concept

The interior of the Audi O concept is bright and airy thanks to a full size broad roof which floods the cabin with light. Inside, the traveller compartment has been distributed from the engine compartment by a double firewall to support keep discover outside noise which might interfere with the powerful good system.

Audi O Sports Car Concept

The Audi O concept features a unequalled frequence system which has internet connectivity for downloading music onto the built-in 650 GB hard drive. When parked up a Bluetooth system can enter two or more Audi O cars to play frequence over a wider area. In this situation, a patron Audi O is ordered to be the source of sound and the other vehicles behave as speakers.

Audi O Sports Car Concept

The Audi O also features a pullout rear door fitted with a DJ set with mixing decks. The decks crapper also be distant and used anywhere outside the car.
Powering the Audi O construct is render economical diesel/electric organism drivetrain.

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept designed by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign (2001)

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept

Geneva is one of the world's great auto shows, if for no other reason than it's the place where Italy's organisation houses and coachbuilders -carrozzerie- annually listing out their latest construct cars. This year, Aston Martin previewed the production edition its voluptuous Vanquish (covered elsewhere in this issue). But that wasn't the only Aston on the show floor. The Aston Martin Twenty Twenty construct from 2001 was designed by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign.

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept

The fully-functioning concept car was witting as a vision for a convertible Aston Martin sports car for the year 2020. Italdesign sprung this amazing car on the unsuspecting visitors to the 2001 Geneva Salon L'Auto. This startling car, supported on an early creation DB7 Vantage, has a embody shape made of exposed extruded metal structural elements; embody panels made from impressible and carbon material are fitted onto it. Thankfully Aston Martin’s underway styling trend is headed in a completely assorted direction to the Twenty Twenty concept.

The brushed metal highlighting lines which adorn the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty are an example organisation feature. However their overuse (especially around the front) gives the concept an unusual, nearly comical appearance from whatever angles. The grille touch nearly looks same lipstick.

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept

The Twenty Twenty is supercharged by face mounted, uprated version of the 6 litre V12 from the DB7 Vantage, said to produce 500bhp - visible through a grilled fairing on the bonnet. Initially it appears to be a strict 2 seater, although the rear bulkhead can be removed to wage seating for digit children. The rear of the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty (from the doors back) is more attractive with more standpat ingest of bare aluminium. The fleecy top is stored in its own special housing that can be slotted into position between the roll-bar and the windscreen, 'Targa' fashion. Notice the strange entranceway hinges - derived from the classic Aston aerofoil vent, are both nonfunctional and functional elements.

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept

Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aston histrion previously co-operated in 1961, when Carrozzeria Bertone worked on the two-seater DB4GT Jet coupe prototype. And same the original 'Jet' car, the 2020 is destined to remain unique. Aston histrion are believed to hit thought the 2020 'interesting', but no plans were ever made even for restricted production. As the Twenty Twenty isn't an authorised Aston histrion design project, don't look for any sort of production version. What about the name? Simple: It's the constituent commonly used to describe perfect vision. And the Giugiaros clearly hit good eyes.

2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept

In March 2004, I received an e-mail claiming the 2020 was for sale, but I hit been unable to encounter some meaning to this anywhere. But the car was seen for the first time in the UK at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 2005.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380 the high performance hybrid electric microturbine vehicle Debut at LA Auto Show

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

The Capstone CMT-380 was the surprise basement find of the LA Auto Show.The Capstone CMT-380 is essentially a prototype show car designed to highlight the technology and products available from Capstone Turbine Corporation. The concept for the high performance hybrid electric microturbine vehicle was developed by Electronic Arts (EA) Chief Creative Director Richard Hilleman.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

After working on the car for quaternary years, creator Richard Hilleman was the Negro of the hour as he fielded questions most his unusual microturbine-lithium-ion hybrid powertrain fitted to a GTM Supercar outfit body. It may ease be in the test phase, but Capstone claims that the car crapper reach a top speed of 150mph, and is able to running from zero to 60mph in meet 3.9 seconds.

The CMT-380 features an extraordinary organism drivetrain which uses digit of Capstone's new C30 (30-kilowatt) microturbine engines to modify the range of the primarily electric powered vehicle. The turbine can be run on either diesel or biodiesel.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

The CMT-380 features lithium-polymer battery cells that crapper be charged at home or at a open recharging station. While driving, the CMT-380 crapper operate on 100 percent battery power in zero emissions mode for a arrange of up to 80 miles. When the batteries reach a predetermined land of discharge, the Capstone C30 microturbine quietly fires up and recharges the batteries on the fly to modify the dynamical arrange up to 500 miles. The diesel oxyacetylene C30 microturbine requires inferior maintenance than traditional oxidization engines and produces ultra-low wear emissions. Hilleman has owned an automobile vehicle – a regenerate Porsche 550 Spyder – for at 15 eld and has constantly upgraded it. The EV utilised to have meet 30 hp with advance acids but now uses metal ferrous batteries and has 200 hp. The 100-mile arrange hasn't changed, though, and so he knew it was instance to physique a hybrid. He definite on Capstone's diesel microturbines as the arrange extender.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

He knew he could rely on them – they've been used in buses for years – but there was still the challenge of fitting the organisation into a automobile same this. Hilleman built the CMT-380 just for himself, but Capstone is happy to show it off as a grounds of construct vehicle. It would be too pricey to place into accumulation creation (Hilleman estimated he place in most $375,000 hours of work), but it's not impracticable that a high-end, expensive, limited creation run could be made some day.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

Right now, Hilleman is really happy with his creation. He especially loves the sound of the vehicle. Three feet to the side of the car, the microturbine puts out about 87 dB, but in the cabin, it's nearly silent. California accumulation might order him to add a muffler, but it's already stilly enough without one. He's got a solution for that problem, should he need it.
 

The chassis and bodywork of the Capstone CMT-380 are borrowed from the Factory Five GTM kit sports car, and modified to accept the organism drivetrain.

Capstone Supercar CMT-380

\"Capstone's CMT-380 is meet today finishing up the conceptual design and prototypal article testing stage,\" said Darren Jamison, Capstone President and CEO. \"We organisation to finalize rattling soon a limited production plan, in part, based on welfare received at the [2009] LA Auto Show. We look customers will be a select assemble of individuals who revalue its some innovative high-performance and high-technology dynamical characteristics, long dynamical range and ultra-low emissions,\" added Jamison.