Nissan Yuki-onna

Conceptualized by transportation design student in IED Barcelona, Alfredo Marín Garcia, the Nissan Yuki-onna is elegant and ominous racer. The awesome beauty in white is inspired by the Japanese figure of a woman in the snow. Flaunting the elegant and attractive surfaces, the car is meticulously created as a huge sedan representing the true spirit as well as the benchmarks of the brand. And, this car has everything, including aggressive design language and above all eco friendly credentials. This car with the architecture of a coupe + 2 doors for the rear has carbon fiber chassis and is propelled by four in-wheel electric engines.

ancient chariot and helmets of ancient Greek warriors and made the concept accordingly.

All sleek and fierce roadster is visually divided and its front end represents the powerful horses, whereas the relatively small back with big wheels represents the chariot itself. Also, the joint like solution in the middle is inspired by body armors of the warriors and front light opening follow the eye cut in warriors’ helmets. All these things together make this vehicle the read road warrior.

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Halo Intersceptor Car By Philip Pauley

If someone asks what this vehicle should be called, it’s a sheer fun vehicle with go anywhere capacity. The brainchild of UK based concept designer, Philip Pauley, the Halo Intersceptor concept can morph into a jet, a helicopter, or a boat. All you need to do is slip on some extra parts and poof.
The Halo Intersceptor is part Doc Brown-edition flying DeLorean, part Centauri’s car from The Last Starfighter, part Kanye wet dream and works like a Transformer. The concept features gull-wing doors, a top speed of a 311-mile-per-hour, gets a sprint from 0-62mph in 2.3 seconds and has a range of 700 miles. The vehicle comes with base component i.e. car cockpit which the press materials describe as “a four seater USB stick that is designed to outperform any other private vehicle on earth.”

From the cockpit, the occupant can throw one of the three Halo attachments: Halo 120, Halo 46 and Halo 22. Wherein Halo 120 converts the vehicle into a little private jet that can climb 25,890 feet a minute, Halo 46 is a helicopter with a seating capacity for four and Halo 22 is a 36-foot-long powerboat with a race-bred double hull and an engine you can throttle up to 63 knots.
 The concept is a pure idle fancy with scant details of how you’d attach all the parts which makes the expectations rare of this vehicle hitting the dealerships anytime soon. However, Halo Intersceptor project is a roadmap for boundary pushing Auto Manufacturers to follow.

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Bentley Incense GT By Hyunjoon Park

he Bentley Incense GT is the brainchild of auto designer Hyunjoon Park and has been inspired by the thick plume of smoke emanating from aromatic sticks. The vehicle, which has been designed for the year 2030, aims to change the brand image of Bentley with a zero-emission electric engine.
The Incense GT’s shape reflects its aerodynamic form, which enhances the vehicle’s efficiency. The use of an electric engine has also allowed the designer to abandon the conventional large grille. Other changes include round headlights with a glass cover. The designer hasn’t estimated the performance specifications but the vehicle’s aerodynamic form should allow for some decent numbers.

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Volvo Air Motion Canyon Carver

Yet another entrant to the LA Auto Show design challenge is the Volvo Air Motion Canyon Carver that is powered by air turbines harnessing power of wind and converting it to electric energy, and all this is done floating 1,000 feet high in the air. The vehicle weights less than a formula-1 racing car (made out of carbon fiber material) and to achieve this thousands of fewer components are used the credit for which goes to a powerful compressed air motor that eliminates the need for a heavy internal combustion engine. This motor cools down under intense driving load thereby shedding-off another important component that is a cooling system.

 To compress the air needed for the air tank, Air Replenishment sites are used that too are powered by air turbines. Talking about the looks Volvo Air Motion has a beautifully carved Scandinavian body from ultra light carbon fiber which looks more like a clam shell.

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Honda Air

Modern roller-coaster rides give you the trill of a lifetime making you experience G-forces a fighter jet pilot would experience. Well, Honda Air coastal cruiser concept based on roller-coaster and skydiving wing-suits powered by compressed air and pneumatic regulator system pines for the same thrill quotient for its riders. Not only that, Air has turbo vacuums and external air-flow to regenerate tank pressure for extra thrust for close to 100 miles. To minimize weight to just under 800 lbs overall mass a hub-less wheel drive system, glass reinforced seating panels, urethane tire composition and skeletal sub-frame components are used.
Overall design and look of Honda Air paves way for futuristic cruiser cars that have the perfect combo of style, ride elation and most importantly zero-emission properties combined with ample power under the hood to set you heart beat racing

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Cadillac Aera

At the Los Angeles Auto show, Cadillac launched the Cadillac Aera (Aero + Era) that takes the brand’s philosophy of art and science to a new horizon. The specimen of Cadillac’s elegant design as well as ultra-light weight approach, Aera is a 2+2 touring coupe that weighs 1000 pounds and has a spectacular range of 1000 miles before one need to refuel tank. All these features are achieved without compromising with size, capacity and safety whatsoever.
Cadillac Aera provides best possible efficiency with minimum parts and its highly advanced structure utilizes a 3D lattice, mono-formed frame. Its structure is formed from the unique, alloy-utilizing, semi-solid freeform manufacturing that plays pivotal role in making a naturally strong, extremely lightweight frame. All major body parts, including interior components, are essentially grown into a single part lattice structure.

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Dacia Shift 2012 By Liviu Tudoran

One of the many designers who have started thinking about the future scenario wherein the space in the cities will be cramped, Liviu Tudoran has envisioned the Shift concept. The Compact, sleek yet aggressive vehicle is designed for the crowded city of Bucharest and is aimed for the younger generation (18-25years). The two-seater all electric vehicle is propelled by the lithium-ion batteries and is a small car that not only helps avoid the urban crowd but occupies less space on the road. Shift concept is made in the style and design of the new Dacia identity, and some of the car’s shapes are inspired by the famous architecture buildings. The electric engine is mounted at the front and hydrogen storage tanks are located with the rear wheels. The emission free two-seater electric car will be launched in 2012.

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Chevrolet Volt

While highlighting its three green vehicle models at the Shanghai Expo, General Motors announced that it considers Korea as a follow-up market for the world’s first mass-produced plug-in electric vehicle Chevrolet Volt. You could see the carmaker releasing the Volt in the U.S. next month.

The T-shaped Chevrolet Volt is a 4-seater, and it relies on electricity for gathering the needed energy. The other two vehicles include the Equinox, which uses a next-generation fuel cell system, and the EN-V, which is a two-seater electric concept car. GM featured these demos at its Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, which has as its slogan “Drive to 2030.”

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BMW Chariot Roadster By Mate Bartha

BMW has great fan flowing, undoubtedly. The brand has inspired many designers to represent BMW in their own way. And on many occasions, we have come across some mindboggling concepts that remain in our memory forever. Here is a concept that you can’t help but admire. Christened as the BMW Chariot Roadster, the concept’s roots are in the past but the vehicle is futuristic. The info about the concept is scant and all we can tell you is it’s the brainchild of Mate Bartha who is inspired by the ancient chariot and helmets of ancient Greek warriors and made the concept accordingly.
All sleek and fierce roadster is visually divided and its front end represents the powerful horses, whereas the relatively small back with big wheels represents the chariot itself. Also, the joint like solution in the middle is inspired by body armors of the warriors and front light opening follow the eye cut in warriors’ helmets. All these things together make this vehicle the read road warrior.

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Alpha Romeo Flying Star By Claudio Proietto

Alpha Romeo Flying Star project is the brain child of an Italian designer Claudio Proietto as a tribute to the grand 100 years of this legendary brand name. Taking a cue from the simple logic that form should follow function the front is minimal, clean from any air intake for the propulsion is electric, including facilitating smoother aerodynamics. While talking the alloy wheels, well they are inspired from jet engine design and Formula-1 air flow system that also cools off those brakes at high loads. Based on the chassis of the electric Caterham Seven Flying Star is designed more like a city car with vital statistics 3500 x 1686 x 1124 mm having a frame longer than 100 mm.
Another feature is the door to assisted opening, which includes much of the middle section of bodywork and windscreen made from polycarbonate. Essential interior are dominated by big screen satellite navigation, instrumentation minimal and no ventilation system.

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Audi RH By Michael Scherger

Designer Michael Scherger has designed a special car that will potentially launch for the year 2015. This Audi RH vehicle has been created in association with Audi, and is a compact and lightweight auto made for maximum efficiency.
 The car features a very narrow interior design with the driver’s seat in the middle and the passenger seat immediately behind. There are not many technical specifications on the car as of yet, but with this unusual body design, the Audi RH is undeniably futuristic.

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