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"Baby" Rolls-Royce 200EX Concept, Say What?
No, this is not a new Phantom, this is an entirely new Rolls-Royce car. Designed to sit below the Phantom in the product line-up, the 200EX is what you can call a "baby" Rolls-Royce, however oxymoronic that may sound. The 200EX is still 5.4 metres long, which only sounds baby when you consider that the Phantom is 5.8 metres. Essentially, this car will compete with Bentley's ageing Arnage, and offers a more youthful interpretation of the Rolls-Royce brand. READ MORE...
Hyundai ix-onic Will Become ix35 Tucson ReplacementAhead of it's official launch at the Geneva Motor Show, Hyundai has released preliminary pictures of the ix-onic Concept, which will become the Hyundai ix35 at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year, which will effectively replace today's Hyundai Tucson. Hope that all wasn't too confusing. At only 4.4 metres long, this new ix-onic concept proves that 4x4 cars don't need to be big and bulky to look cool - it will enter a market segment populated already by the Nissan Dualis, but will also head off the upcoming Peugeot 3008. If this concept is anything to go by, the Koreans will make a car that is sexier than both of them put together. READ MORE...
Rinspeed iChange ShapeshifterSwiss firm Rinspeeed are a kind of odd-ball company that like to push the envelope. A lot. For instance, last year, they created a car that you could drive through water. Not just on the sea bed, but actually through the water, just like a fish. Just Google "Rinspeed sQuba Concept" to see for yourself. So when one of the biggest Motor Shows in the world came to a home-country city, they went all out. This bizarre looking car actually changes body shape, depending on how many passengers the car has to take. READ MORE...
Audi A4 AllroadJust days after the Saab 9-3X has been revealed, Audi has decided that this is a market it wants in on. For some reason. Well, anyway, it has jacked up the ride height of the A4 Avant, and given it a funky two-tone paint job. If you get a lighter shade in the main colour, the complementary colour will be a dark grey, but if you get a darker shade for the main colour, you get a lighter, silvery-grey for the complementary colour. This, of course, looks rather questionable if you choose the poo-brown colour. READ MORE...
Fiat 500C Has Questionable AppealAs regular readers of IYF! will know, I'm a huge fan of the Fiat 500. It is one of a rare breed of cars that makes the driver feel absurdly special, is cute but not puke-worthy, and is a good representation of retro cool. What I love most, however is the attention to detail. Read my post How to do Retro Tastefully for more information on this stunning car. It even won my Really Cool Fashion Accessory Award for 2008. READ MORE...
BMW Says "It's On, Biatch!" With 5-Series Gran TurismoThe latest battlefront that the German juggernaut of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz will fight for are cars like this 5-Series Gran Turismo Concept. They're based on sedans, but mostly, they are, but they think they're coupes. They're a bit confused, mostly, but they're essentially jazzy versions of otherwise conservative sedans, aimed at a more youthful market which looks toward a more sporting character. It's all about making a brand name more versatile by offering different cars that on the surface, appear to compete, but are really aimed at very different buyers. READ MORE...
Chevrolet Stingray Concept to Star in Transformers
This is the star of the new transformers movie, coming to cinemas later this year, called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's being called the Stingray Concept at the Chicago Motor Show, but in the movie, this "character" will be called Sideswipe. It's obviously a dream car from General Motors and Chevrolet, but this Stingray Concept takes inspiration from both the original Stingray Racer concept of 1959 (from which it thankfully doesn't borrow the exhaust pipes that look like noodles), and the current Corvette C6. READ MORE...
Saab 9-3X Turns Swedes Butch
The long and short of this is that Saab have converted their 9-3 SportCombi (read wagon) into a Subaru Outback-like AWD wagon. In other words, it gets a raised ride height (an extra 35 millimetres), some tough looking cladding, and as chief designer Simon Padian says, "we are offering a vehicle that will do what's required in more comfort and style than a heavier SUV." READ MORE...
Citroen DS Inside Concept For Geneva 2009
Only 3 days after I reported that Citroen were going to revive the DS nameplate, Citroen have released these first pictures of a DS model. In fact, it is only a concept, called "DS Inside" which will be on show at Geneva Motor Show next month, but it seems suspiciously close to production, and the official line is that the production version of this model will be released only next year. So I can't imagine that they will make drastic changes at this late stage. READ MORE...
New V12 Vantage Will Become Fastest Aston... Momentarily
The long and short of this article is that Aston Martin have dropped the DBS' 6.0 Litre 380kW V12 into their smallest car, the otherwise 298kW V8 Vantage. But because the Vantage is a smaller car than the DBS, and is therefore lighter, it also ends up being the faster of the two - both from 0-100kmh (4.2 seconds) and in top speed (305kmh). So, I give Aston Martin's fastest car... until the One-77. READ MORE...
2010 Mazda3 MPS and i-stop
I've given quite a few updates on the new Mazda3, which is due for release in April - and rightly so, because in my opinion, it will be the most important new model of 2009. But now we finally have pictures of the best Mazda3 of them all - the turbocharged Mazda3 MPS. And something random called the Mazda3 i-stop. But M, P and S are three letters we like very much. READ MORE...
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