Aston Martin Bulldog GT(Special Cars)

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Aston Martin Bulldog GT, a stylish and powerful rear mounted V12 engine supercar by Danish firm HBH.
Recently the proverbial well has run a little dry with traditional GT and super cars entering the fray — what with the Tokyo Motor Show just around the corner and all the quirky pint-sized EV’s and plug-ins that the far-east show has become known for gearing up to take center stage. Who better than Aston Martin to get our engines revving again as talk of miles per gallon and charging times gives way to horsepower and lb-ft of torque? Where the number next to the V in cars specs refers to the arrangement of cylinders and not the voltage needed to charge the car.

Danish firm HBH latest project the Aston Martin Bulldog GT is  beautiful car that any auto-enthusiast would love to have parked comfortably in their garage. Adorned with two superchargers and a 6.0-liter V12 lifted from the Aston Martin Vantage. The Bulldog GT is capable of outputting a devilish 666 horsepower and 548 lb-ft of torque that enables sprint speeds of 0-62 in 3.9 seconds and top speed of 186 mph. The body style of the Aston Martin Bulldog GT is a unique aluminum and helps ensure the engine sits comfortable behind the sporty cabin.

The Aston Martin Bulldog GT hasn’t been made official yet, but test drives are tentatively scheduled for 2013 with pricing estimated to exceed $181k, the cost of stock V12 Vantage.

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CCrab (Cuba Crab) concept electric car (Future Cars

Juha-Pekka Rautio’s Citroen CCrab

Juha-Pekka Rautio’s Citroen CCrab concept takes inspiration from the animal kingdom and its small Cuba Crab.

The CCrab concept was designed in conjunction with French automaker Citroen as part of a program that takes designers and provides them with feedback and access to various resources for their design concepts. For its part, Citroen is able to work closely with designers to help create and foster new designs for electric vehicles.

Although very much a concept, the idea behind the Crab was to create a vehicle that could move omni-directionally in and around the city, weaving effortlessly through traffic and in and out of tight spaces.
It might be a long way to go before we see anything like the CCrab on the production line, but with innovative designers and more automakers like Citroen stepping up to introduce new and exciting designs, it may only be a matter of time before we see a vehicle like the CCrab on the roads

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Flying Humvee Feasible

The world already has a Hummer stretch, but soon it may have a Humvee that flies. Research division of the Department of Defense wants someone to build a four-seat, off-road vehicle that can survive in a war zone.
According to the description of their Transformer TX program, DARPA "seeks to combine the advantages of ground vehicles and helicopters into a single vehicle, maximizing flexibility of movement. The TX concept will provide options to counter traditional and asymmetrical threats while avoiding road obstructions."
The goal of such a vehicle is to fly personnel from a ship to a land-based location. If, while driving on land, the terrain becomes too dangerous or impassable, the vehicle would fly over the obstacles. It could also work in an unmanned capacity to resupply troops.
Building the vehicle is a huge challenge because manufacturers have to balance size, weight and power. AAI an Lockheed are taking slightly different approaches.
AAI's vehicle has the following specs, according to Aviation Week.
-- 7,500 lbs
-- unpowered rotor
-- fold-out wing
-- a single 1,200 shp Honeywell HTS900 turboshaft that drives four electric wheel motors
-- capable of a "jump" take-off
-- drives 80 mph
-- flight speed range is 50 to 155 kt
-- maximum altitude is 10,000 ft

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Lockheed Martin's vehicle has the following specs.
-- 7,000lb vehicle
-- 41.f ft wing span
-- ducted fans that tilt from horizontal for lift off and tilt vertical for forward flight
-- Pratt and Whitney EnduroCore heavy-fuel dual rotary engine then powers the four electric wheel motors
-- a pair of turboshaft engines that drive the fans
-- trailing-edge flap to increase lift at low speed
-- flight speed is up to 130 kt
Phase 3 demonstrations of prototypes are scheduled to take place in 2015.
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Weird/Moto Undone concept motorcycle

The Moto Undone concept by urban designer and artist Joey Ruiter will surely turn heads as you cruise down the open road with this "invisible motorcycle.
No, you’re seeing it right, there is no photo-shop trickery going here, what you see is the Moto Undone concept by young designer and artist Joey Ruiter.

moto undone  concept by ruiter

Essentially stripping down the traditional elements of a motorcycle, Ruiter’s design is as bare bones as it gets, which is a huge part of the appeal and inspiration for Ruiter, making the rider appear as if they are floating down the road on an invisible bike. Powering the bike is an electric motor and what’s more; ride data such as speed, distance traveled, etc is sent to the drivers smart phone.
The Moto Undone is very much a concept idea, so don’t expect to see, or not see, someone driving it down the road just yet.
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2011 LA Auto Show Design Challenge Concepts

For the past eight years, the LA Auto Show has been playing host to a design contest aimed at automaker design studios. Each year, a new Design Challenge theme is chosen with the studios showcasing their conceptual ideas during the press days of the show.

For 2011, the motorshow organizers are asking six automotive design studios from around the world, including Honda, Hyundai, Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach to come up with Hollywood’s next hottest movie car.
The winner will be announced on November 17 during the Design Los Angeles conference at the L.A. Auto Show.
Look at this year's contestants.

Honda IH (Intelligent Horse)

Honda Research and Development Americas, Inc. A futuristic action-adventure, Honda takes you hundreds of years into the future after a catastrophic event wiped out society as we know it in High Noon, featuring the Honda IH (Intelligent Horse).
A vehicle that serves as a companion and protector in the inhospitable and lonely environment, the Honda IH was inspired by the legend and material remains of an ancient creature called the horse and brought to life with advanced technology. At High Noon the dangerous environment is apparent when there is a showdown between IH’s competing for fuel and other resources, leaving the audience to question, who will prevail?

Hyundai Stratus

Hyundai Design North America – Following the immortal daughter of vampire parents through the most dangerous places in the world to stop the negative effects of communism, Hyundai’s Countess of Siberia features the Hyundai Stratus Sprinter multi-purpose vehicle and the DB Atlant Airship.

Serving as the Countess Elena’s homebase, both vehicles have a magical stealth force that renders them invisible during daylight, only to reappear after dark. The vehicles contain the most modern features and have light combat capabilities that help on her quest of justice.

Mercedes Silver Arrow

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.: Advanced Design Center California – In a futuristic society of increased artificial intelligence, two enlightened crash test mannequins, Hans05 and Franz02, show that they are no dummies when it comes to recognizing a potential catastrophe and decide to take matters into their own hands.

Using the Mercedes Silver Arrow, reminiscent of the W125 series, a Silberpfeil racecar of the late 1930s and the Uhlenhaut SLR from the 50s, Hans05 and Franz02 lead the relentless and evil ‘Dr. Barrier’ on an action-packed thrill ride through the past and future of transportation.

Smart 341 Parkour

Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Germany – In a city famous for its friendly people and beautiful weather, but notoriously known for a lack of parking spaces, reporter Annie Angle is on a mission to write her first, potentially career-making, front page news article. On an early Sunday morning, an article in a newspaper catches Annie’s eye…“Smart Granny Robots Missing!”

Using her Smart 341 Parkour and its three different modes – a typical drive mode, a fly mode that allows the vehicle to hover far above the streets and a climb mode that allows the vehicle to run up the walls of skyscrapers – Annie sets off on an investigation to discover the missing link for her journalistic masterpiece.

Subaru HORIZON.

Subaru Design Tokyo Studio – 200 years after the Earth stopped rotating, the Earth was split into two, distinctly different hemispheres – the Daysphere and the Nightsphere. Humans have been living in a highly-developed civilization in the Nightsphere, away from the sun’s harmful electromagnetic waves.
However, the fuel for the power generation system, a rare crystallized mineral, was running out. Known to be found only in the pole of the Daysphere, a place from which no human has ever come back alive, a team of four ventures to the other end of the world in the Ultra Subaru HORIZON.
The HORIZON is specially developed to withstand the strong electromagnetic field, chemical imbalances, scorching heat and raging storms of the Daysphere. Follow Subaru in this action thriller, Divided.

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Subaru's Advanced Tourer Concept ready for Tokyo Motor Show

Subaru's Advanced Tourer Concept

Subaru's biggest announcement for next month's Tokyo Motor Show was expected to be the BRZ sports car, but now news has arrived that it will also show an "Advanced Tourer Concept" powered by its trademark horizontally-opposed engine and Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive (AWD), but with turbocharging and direct fuel injection, plus a single-motor hybrid system, all driving through a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT).

Paradoxically Subaru has fitted the car with its EyeSight driver assist system, and a steering wheel which incorporates a "large monitor" for access to "maps, television and internet services." Perhaps news about the carnage resulting from distracted driving hasn't reached Japan yet.

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Subaru says the direct fuel injection turbo engine is "one of the main technologies that will guide Subaru's future engine strategy", noting its quick, smooth acceleration and environmental friendliness.
The turbocharged 1600cc engine and single electric motor are combined into a hybrid system that offers continuous all-wheel-drive even when it is in electric-only mode and manages to use all four wheels to regenerate electricity during deceleration.
Subaru's proprietary EyeSight™ driver assist system will be showcased on the vehicle, with the system now offering greater range and width. The steering wheel monitor will also be interesting to see. Distracted driving is one of the major trends associated with new technology, and putting it on the steering wheel seems like a recipe for encouraging taking your eyes off the road, but we don't know the full story just yet.

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Special Auto/ParaMoto Trike

 The tricycle has served many uses over the years. But the main outlet for the humble three-wheeler appears to be for very small children needing something to sit on in the garden.

Serbian designer Zvezdan Nedeljkovic, however, feels there could be room for a trike in the sky. The designer has managed to combine an adult-sized trike with a propeller system that would be attached to a parafoil allowing it to fly through the air. When you’re finished, the trike then becomes a scooter so you can drive home.

The design appears to have been inspired by the likes of BMW’s hooded scooter and other enclosed two-wheelers that protect the driver with a roof.
Nedeljkovic hasn’t released any information on the logistics of creating the machine, nor whether he’s had any offers from people wanting to build the ParaMoto Trike for him. But what we do know is that it would make commuting to work a lot more interesting.
The Paramoto Trike is designed to have a super-lightweight frame for ease of flying.

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