Jaguar C-XF Concept
Jaguar had to do something to pick up their sales. The reality is likely this: Buyers don’t want to spend tons of money for a vehicle that is high tech underneath, but decidedly old school on the surface. Cutting-edge aluminum construction cannot compensate for outdated designs.
Borrowing from Ford’s crisis playbook, the next Jaguar has to be bold enough to move the brand forward. The C-XF concept car debuted at the Detroit auto show marks the biggest change for Jaguar in 30 years, and it predicts the style and presentation of the S-type replacement, the 2008 Jaguar XF.
Rinspeed Zazen Concept – ‘Automotive Enlightenment’
Rinspeed has always been well known for taking comparatively tame Porsches and creating them into wildly styled rolling pieces of art. While always unique, they are not always the most beautiful vehicles. But at this year’s Geneva show, the Rinspeed zaZen, which the company plans to call “automotive enlightenment on wheels,” will stop crowds in thier tracks, and for the right reason.
Lexus LF-A Concept
A sports-car concept possibly apprehension a supercar from Toyota’s premium brand, the LF-A aims to, Lexus says, “explore the outer limits of sports car performance.” It would in theory be developed with the company’s Formula 1 racing efforts to take advantage of competition-grade power- and drivetrains. With an engine capable of pumping out more than 500 horsepower, Lexus estimates a top speed of more than 200 mph.
Chrysler ‘Firepower’ Concept
Precision and passion are definite key elements in Chrysler Group vehicles. The Firepower grand tourer concept car, which is making its debut at the 2005 North American International Auto Show, goes past Chrysler brand attributes of elegance and performance with high customer value.
Maybach Exelero Concept
Imagine an automobile that combines the elegance and first-class quality of a high-end limousine with the powerful suppleness of a sports coupé. Create a vehicle in your mind’s eye which, with an unladen weight of over 2.66 tons and the dimensions of a small transporter, achieves a maximum speed of over 350 km/h.
For 99 years, Fulda has been making car tires. For most of this time, the company has advertised its products with special vehicles. Luxury buses, advertising vehicles with special bodies, high-speed buses for tire tests, a whole series of showtrucks, racing cars and – in the 1930s something quite special – streamlined car from the Maybach company which could conduct tire tests at speeds of over 200 km/h.
