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Honda’s All-New 2014 Grom

Honda Grom

You could argue that anyone can ride a Vespa-type of moped, but there is a strong contingent that will find it rather emasculating. There’s something about traditional mopeds that only teenagers and girls can get away with, and please don’t shower us with complaints; we’re just stating a known fact about a particular demographic. And yet not everyone that would [...]

Porsche 918 Spyder unveiled

Porsche 918 Spyder

Porsche isn’t about to let the LaFerrari steal the hybrid spotlight: it just unveiled the finished design of the 918 Spyder, which is expected to ship as a 2015 model. The look won’t shock anyone keeping up with their spy videos, although Porsche’s formal unveiling helps firm up the specifications that customers will get if they’ve dutifully shelled out $845,000. [...]

Lamborghini Egoista Concept

Lamborghini Egoista

It’s true that when you’re designing a concept, you’re only restrained by your imagination and not any of the real-world limitations that are imposed on road-worthy cars. That can partly help explain why the Lamborghini Egoista looks as outlandishly awesome as it does: it’s never going to be sold to anyone, and there’s only one like it. It was created [...]

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2015 Honda NSX production plans reveal boutique super-hybrid ambitions

2015 Acura NSX

Honda’s reinvention of the NSX, due to return to roads in 2015, will see the hybrid sportscar produced in an equally high-tech $70m US facility, the car company has confirmed. The new Ohio plant – dubbed the Performance Manufacturing Center – will be a boutique arrangement, employing around 100 specifically-skilled experts and sited at the heart of Honda’s R&D facility, as [...]

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Terrafugia TF-X concept flying car

Terrafugia TF-X flying car

Anyone who watched The Jetsons as a kid has been eagerly awaiting the day we can take our personal vehicles to the sky, zooming away towards the clouds to pick up a pizza or the dry cleaning. Such a reality isn’t here yet, but Terrafugia’s new TF-X concept gives us yet another glimpse into what that future could look like, showing off [...]

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Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept

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Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept, capable of 0-62mph speed as the company’s highest-performing road car. Transplanted from Renault’s F1 cars is the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), which temporarily provides a massive boost in power. In the case of the Twizy concept, it increases horsepower sixfold, to almost 100 BHP, giving it the same acceleration as a Mégane Renaultsport 265. Normally, [...]

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Hyundai shows off a flying car

Hyundai flying car

For Hyundai‘s annual Idea Festival–a Wacky Races-style competition where engineers show off the most bonkers ideas they can dream up–a team unveiled this crazy flying car. Basically, it’s a multirotor drone, except with a driver’s seat and 16 rotors instead of the more conventional four. So “car” is kind of a loose term here: it’s not even being piloted by the [...]

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Lexus shows off LF-LC Hybrid 2+2 Coupe at Design Matters Event

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Lexus is a luxury brand. Just in case you forgot, Lexus took care to drive the point home during their Design Matters show last week in New York, featuring high-concept cars and top examples of design from all around the world. A couple of Lexus’ highly-touted concepts – the LF-LC hybrid 2+2 coupe and the LF-CC – along with the [...]

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