Thursday, June 4, 2009

Concept Carz

Concept cars are prototype vehicles made for showcasing a new concept, style or technology. Most often concept vehicles are presented at automotive shows to check customer reaction and satisfaction to new looks, designs, technologies and radical changes which are still under consideration whether to go for mainstream production. Most concept cars must undergo at least some minor changes before the design is completely finnished and is ready for the use of the masses. Main changes are for the sake of practical use, safety standards and cost reduction. Occasionally concept cars come equipped with exotic materials like carbon fiber, which are very expensive even for today's average racing cars, however usage of such technologies in concept cars attract a lot of media attention and create some sort of hype around the vehicle concept.

Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept specs
Engine: V10
Concept cars, anyone who sees them are either surprised, even flabbergasted, intrigued, skeptical, all praises, or a combination of all these feelings and maybe even more. That´s the effect concept cars have towards people, and not surprisingly when Acura introduced its 2007 Advanced Sports Car Concept during the 2007 North American International AutoShow it seems that time itself stopped for a minute in surprise.

Audi R-Zero specs
Top Speed: 286 mph / 460 km/h
0-60 mph: 3 seconds
Engine: Four electric in-wheel motors
Among the major head turners in 2006 car shows was the 2006 Audi R-Zero Concept car. Audi has truly outdone itself with this one. The supercar exemplifies the perfect union of the dynamism of sports car designs and the importance and respect it gives for the environment. How's that you might ask? The Audi R-Zero is an electric car.

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