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Design and technology inspired by nature: Mercedes-Benz bionic car at The Museum of Modern Art in New York

February 21st, 2008 by Derek

Mercedes-Benz Bionic CarNew York – The concept models of the Mercedes-Benz bionic car are appearing as part of the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition at the world-famous “MoMA” showcases trailblazing innovations in the fields of design and science.

The “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is devoted to the dramatic changes in aspects of human life witnessed in recent decades. The series of exhibits highlights the rapid pace of development – in mobility and communications, for example – with the focus on innovative design solutions that take into account life’s quickly changing requirements. The exhibition will be open to the public from February 24 until May 12, 2008.

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Ford Verve Concept Debuts at NAIAS

February 14th, 2008 by Derek

Ford’s Jim Farley lets the world’s media take a look at both four- and three-door Verve body styles at the in Detroit.

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Cadillac To Showcase Future Design And Performance Technology

January 8th, 2008 by Derek

Cadillac Provoq

DETROIT - Cadillac extends its ongoing design and technology momentum with tomorrow’s debut of the Provoq Concept, a vision for a petroleum-free future of luxury transportation. GM CEO Rick Wagoner will present the Cadillac Provoq concept vehicle January 8 at the influential Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, beginning a showcase of Cadillac’s future performance technology and design that will continue at next week’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nissan FORUM Concept - a fresh approach to the humdrum minivan

December 18th, 2007 by Derek

Nissan FORUM Concept

The Nissan FORUM, an exploratory design concept developed by Nissan Design America, Inc. (NDA), represents the next revolution in family transportation.

Answering the challenge of making family passenger vehicles more appealing to both drivers and passengers, FORUM offers a wide array of innovative ideas – from its trackless sliding side doors and elimination of traditional B-pillars, to an interior featuring a multi-position swiveling 2nd row seat to next-generation entertainment and family communications technology. Read the rest of this entry »

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Toyota Hybrid-X and FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept

November 8th, 2007 by Derek

Toyota Hybrid-X Concept

Toyota presented the Hybrid-X concept at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show – a concept car that proposes a new design language for hybrid models, while also acting as an innovative technology showcase for future generation hybrid cars.

The Toyota Hybrid-X is designed as a four door, four seat open-space concept. It has the dimensions of a conventional family car with an overall length of 4,500mm and wheelbase of 2,800mm. The width is 1,850mm and height 1,440mm.

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Toyota Hybrid-X

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept

The Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept is a sports car concept which could fill a gap in Toyota’s model lineup left vacant since 1997 and the passing of the Toyota Supra.

The Toyota FT-HS Concept could be powered by a 3.5 litre V6 working in conjunction with an electric motor, to allow for around 400 horsepower and performance figures in the 4 seconds to 60mph range.

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Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Car

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Nissan’s Intima concept revealed in the lead-up to Tokyo Auto Show

October 25th, 2007 by Derek

Nissan’s Intima concept revealed in the lead-up to Tokyo Auto Show

October 23, 2007 Perhaps the least outrageous of the Japanese concepts to be unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Show – and thus the most likely to directly influence a production model, Nissan’s Intima concept saloon lays out the company’s definition of modern luxury. Slick exterior looks sit well with a glass-roofed interior that’s designed to soothe its occupants in an aesthetic sense as much as physically. Wide-angle barn doors on the driver and passenger sides give exceptionally easy access, and they’ve even included an 80-degree swiveling motorised passenger seat to assist the elderly or disabled in a comfortable and dignified entry and exit.

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2007 Tokyo Auto Show Preview: Mitsubishi Concept-ZT

October 22nd, 2007 by Derek

Mitsubishi Concept-ZT

TOKYO — One look at Mitsubishi’s unimaginative Concept-ZT should convince any doubters that this Japanese automaker just doesn’t design great sedans. Under the skin, it’s a different story.

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