The Opel Astra TCR is Opel's new machine for racetracks, more specifically, for the TCR (Touring Car Racing) international championship series. The racer for short and endurance races like the 24 Hours of Nürburgring is the most expensive version of the new Astra, but you won't be able to park it in your home garage, although (mainly due to costs) the Germans have tried to make it deviate as little as possible from the production version. But the additions for aerodynamics, engine and so on are still too "excessive" for ordinary roads.
The FlyKly Smart Ped is the work of Niko Klanšek, a Slovenian Kickstarter legend who, after two years since he started the extremely successful campaign for the FlyKly smart bike on Kickstarter, has impressed again. This time, he introduced the FlyKly Smart Ped on the crowdfunding platform.
Audi without wheels is a futuristic study on a magnetic pad. Flying cars have always fired the human imagination, and the means of transportation of the future in movies have always been presented as such. Designer Kevin Clarridge incorporated the idea into Audi's latest study, and the result is downright impressive.
Ferrari won us over with the F12 TDF model. If you think that the color yellow and the TDF logo are associated with the famous cycling race Tour de France, you are wrong. It is therefore associated with another famous race, the Tour de France, an endurance road test for horses of steel, which was held between 1899 and 1986 and where, in the 1950s and 1960s, Eddy Merckx's Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta was the octane "French bows'', i.e. serial winner.
You would recognize that the BMW M2 Coupé is a member of the M family blindfolded. That it is a full-fledged M with all its character traits is reflected in the low front bumper with luxurious air openings and an aggressive look, accentuated hips with recognizable side slits, a wide rear end with double tailpipes and wide 19-inch aluminum wheels (track are practically identical to the M3 and M4 models). The irresistibly attractive M2 Coupé took as its muse many famous models from the history of BMW racing cars.
The sports model Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG, which shook the automotive world in 2013, got a revised version two years after its release. In the meantime, he has been training hard in the gym, as he returns with an even higher maximum power, which is now 280 kilowatts (previously 265). The most powerful version of the A-Class remains at the same time the hottest compact sedan in this segment on the planet and the closest competitor in terms of power cut by 14 HP. The new A45 AMG is a car that will make all men blush.
Who needs a time machine when we have car shows where various brands regularly present futuristic models. One of the last to offer us the latest insight into the future is Toyota; at the Tokyo Motor Show 2015, which starts at the end of October, it will present as many as three concepts. Among the trio, the futuristic FCV Plus study, which is powered by fuel cells, caught our eye the most. When the vehicle is not in use, it can share excess energy with the electrical grid or turn into a power plant.
What happens when you let your imagination run wild? If you're Matthias Böttcher, then this is the futuristic Mercedes-Benz SL Pure study. The German designer from Stuttgart chose as his muse the original Mercedes model of the SL class, the 300SL Gullwing, and combined its features with current design guidelines. A concept was created that has neither a windshield nor side windows. So let's assume it's a self-driving car.
The new BMW M4 GTS is the fastest production BMW ever, and the Bavarians will "breed" only 700 examples of this 500-horsepower monster, the most perfect M series car in history. It comes with a series of innovations, among which it is worth highlighting its "eyes", the first serial OLED headlights, and the water injection system into the intake channel. With the M4 GTS, the Germans mark the 30th anniversary of the M3 model. Although it is a "wild animal" (bred for the runways), you can also have it as a "pet" (read: for driving on normal roads).
The BMW M6 GT3 is the racing version of the M6 Coupé, which will soon be found in the garages of many private racing teams. The Bavarians upgraded its drivability and economy, placed the seat in the middle, and we will be able to admire it in various championships and races under the auspices of the BMW Sports Trophy competition.
Screens, screens everywhere. Everywhere we turn today, we see screens. Nissan is riding on this trend, as it presented the Teatro for Days concept vehicle before the Tokyo Motor Show, which will convince technological rather than octane enthusiasts. The study, which is made on the kei car Dayz (it is a Nissan micro car), is bathed in screens that can be found both outside and inside, and with it the Japanese brand is targeting future drivers.
Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, recently surprised with a driving version of the Lexus IS made of origami. The life-size car, which is a cut-out image of the IS, boasts 1,700, not horsepower, but cardboard poles, and is powered by an electric motor. Extraordinary. Only when it rains, you better leave the Origami Car, as it is affectionately called, in the garage.