The New/Prototype/Concept Car Topic

Post by **TheStig** » 04 Feb 2008, 23:45

The Toyota concept is a open version of the already existing Toyota Aygo.

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 04 Feb 2008, 23:47

Wow from what I just read, only roughly 100HP..

Post by **TheStig** » 04 Feb 2008, 23:54

wich one the wheelchair?

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 04 Feb 2008, 23:55

That's more than my car.

powerof1000 · Post by **powerof1000** » 05 Feb 2008, 07:08

Jopuma wrote: OMG
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 2-1280.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 8-1280.jpg

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 05 Feb 2008, 08:55

xHaZxMaTx wrote:That's more than my car.

Ahaha . . . don't remind us

viper16 · Post by **viper16** » 08 Feb 2008, 17:30

Haz this is for you. Its the new JDM MX5 Concept

http://ebay.windingroad.com/newsuploads ... peed-m.jpg

http://www.gtchannel.com/showcontent.php?tag_id=34

On the second one scroll down till you see a MX5 and Mazda3

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 08 Feb 2008, 17:34

Image tags, awesome.

viper16 · Post by **viper16** » 08 Feb 2008, 17:36

fixed it

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 08 Feb 2008, 17:42

Ah, I thought you may have been talking about the Prestige Edition.

viper16 · Post by **viper16** » 08 Feb 2008, 17:43

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 09 Feb 2008, 18:35

Anyone know about this?

To Be Honest its a complete turnaround for me regarding the GT-R now... Shame...

http://inventorspot.com/articles/superc ... nite_10576

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 09 Feb 2008, 19:56

There's an advantage to that. No kid is gonna be able to street race his buddies because of that limiter. It's a cool idea IMO.

Koenigsegg_Rox · Post by **Koenigsegg_Rox** » 09 Feb 2008, 22:22

There's also another disadvantage when you find an AWESOME straight stretch of road and just want to floor it to see how it flies. Or you happen to be on the Autobahns... And why does it have to be Nissan approved?

The wheels idea isn't too bad, that is if they had nicer rims put on them in the first place.

Jopuma · Post by **Jopuma** » 10 Feb 2008, 00:18

Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:There's also another disadvantage when you find an AWESOME straight stretch of road and just want to floor it to see how it flies. Or you happen to be on the Autobahns...

I don't have any Autobahns within 300 miles (as far as I'm aware) and I don't particularly like speeding.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 10 Feb 2008, 00:26

Umm, Jop? You're a few thousand miles from the Autobahn.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 10 Feb 2008, 00:36

Jopuma wrote:There's an advantage to that. No kid is gonna be able to street race his buddies because of that limiter. It's a cool idea IMO.

He will be, up to 111mph..

And that's a fairly high speed, especially when you hit a ditch and go flying off the road, snapping your GTR in 2 using a tree and at the same time turning your head into spaghetti bolognese due to the tree not being particularly fond of giving way.

Post by **TheStig** » 10 Feb 2008, 15:47

Jopuma wrote: and I don't particularly like speeding.

but then you are our personal saint.

Apart from that 111 mph is still very fast for the open road so plenty of speed left to floor it if you want to.
And because the GPS system only works in Japan the rest of the world doesn't have to worry about it.

Ooh and I really doubt that many streetracing kids will soon own a GTR

donaldgladden · Post by **donaldgladden** » 11 Feb 2008, 01:00

you always have those cocky muscle car heads

RedCarDriver · Post by **RedCarDriver** » 17 Feb 2008, 21:23

donaldgladden wrote:Anyone know about this?

To Be Honest its a complete turnaround for me regarding the GT-R now... Shame...

http://inventorspot.com/articles/superc ... nite_10576

Well, they just threw the GT-R heritage out the window. I mean, the moddability of the Skyline is part of its legacy. Take that away, and it's another worthless, overpriced Infiniti, which this car came pretty close to being when they ditched the RB in favor of a V6. The R34 is the last good GT-R now.

Jopuma wrote:Wow this Dodge Concept doesn't look too bad. What I like about it..... the color of course.

The rear end looks a tad like the BMW Z4.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _010dg.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _004dg.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _025dg.jpg

Holy crap! I now want one.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _019dg.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _018dg.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _035dg.jpg
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autob ... _016dg.jpg

I think the interior and roof are cool, but the rest = not too good. The newer Dodge styling ruins it for me.

Jopuma wrote:WTF!!!!

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... anu-08.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... anu-09.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... anu-05.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... nu-i02.jpg

WHY NISSAN WHY?!!!!!

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... 1-1280.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... 2-1280.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Nissan ... 5-1280.jpg

I heard about that. WHY?!?!?!?!?!

Jopuma wrote: OMG not Toyota TOO!!!

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Toyota ... -06_02.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Toyota ... -06_04.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Toyota ... int-02.jpg

Meh, it's Toyota, and they're selling out now. I don't care too much for Toyota's new cars, they're making them all into Prius clones now. lol, that one looks like a golf cart

And what will you do when it rains?

Jopuma wrote:
I believe you've all seen this before and it does indeed deserve another WTF.

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Toyota ... anu-02.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Toyota ... anu-03.jpg

Steven Hawking's new ride

Jopuma wrote: At least Mazda gives a bold look to their more futuristic concepts than the lame attempts of Nissan and Toyota.

http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... -07_01.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 1-1280.jpg
OMG
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 2-1280.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 8-1280.jpg

Hakaze = not that great, looks OK for an SUV.
Taiki = looks like the Furai, as stated before.

Jopuma wrote: I saved the decent concept for last.
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... -07_04.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... -07_02.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... -07_01.jpg

Gotta be hard steering the Ryuga though.
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Mazda/ ... 07_i01.jpg

If you don't mind I'm gonna go cut my wrists now...after I crack my head open.

Only cool SUV I've ever seen. At that, SUVs are usually never cool. SUVs are probably the #1 cause of global warming. If it's electric, then it nullifies the disadvantage of it being an SUV and is cool again, although it's still not as cool as actual cars of any sort except hybrids. (EDIT: it looks more like a hatchback, which moves its ranking up and makes it cool UNLESS it's electric, which it isn't, as it says "Flex Fuel" on it. it's now cool.)

My ranking of all cars at this point:

Sports cars of any kind (including Australian utes, because they're cool, and even any non-sedan Civic Si) > electric cars ("sport" electric cars included, as well as electric SUVs. only rank here because they save the environment, which is only cool when a fairly well-performing car is not an option) > FWD I4 5-speed-or-worse consumer cars (including regular trucks and Civic sedans, and non-sedan Civics can fall into this category sometimes) > expensive luxury cars with performace not much better than consumer cars, or just way overpriced (Maserati, Bentley, most Lexus models, all Infiniti models included. Acura models not included) > hybrids (why bother? just make a full electric car) > smart cars > gasoline SUVs.

Koenigsegg_Rox · Post by **Koenigsegg_Rox** » 18 Feb 2008, 07:39

RedCarDriver wrote:
donaldgladden wrote:Anyone know about this?

To Be Honest its a complete turnaround for me regarding the GT-R now... Shame...

http://inventorspot.com/articles/superc ... nite_10576
Well, they just threw the GT-R heritage out the window. I mean, the moddability of the Skyline is part of its legacy. Take that away, and it's another worthless, overpriced Infiniti, which this car came pretty close to being when they ditched the RB in favor of a V6. The R34 is the last good GT-R now.

Well, 1 the RB was actually a V6 as far as I know for one, and two the new engine is partly based on one of Nissan's other fine cars, the 350Z. I still think that it will be winning races and in general kicking the @$$es of Porsches around a racetrack, but now that TheStig and such mention it it is still a pretty high speed that it's limited to. I still don't believe why it should be only Nissan approved circuits that the GPS limiter is deactivated though...

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 18 Feb 2008, 09:11

Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Well, 1 the RB was actually a V6 as far as I know

Shows how much you know, then.

The RB is a straight six, and the current GTR V6 is a VQ(30DETT).

Striker94 · Post by **Striker94** » 18 Feb 2008, 12:34

Yep, that thing about no modding the new GTR sucks pretty bad.

My favourite concept would have to be the Mazda Furai. It's one hell of a car, most notably the exterior.

My favourtie new car is the Koenigsegg CCXR Edition. In my opinion, it's the best car of all time...

Post by **TheStig** » 18 Feb 2008, 23:24

boganbusman wrote:
Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Well, 1 the RB was actually a V6 as far as I know
Shows how much you know, then.

The RB is a straight six, and the current GTR V6 is a VQ(30DETT).

True the RB is a straight 6. (as are all RB engines ranging from 2.0 to 3.0)

But the new GTR is not a VQ30DETT and it's not even a VQ series engine (the Skyline GTR racecar has a VQ30DETT)
the 08 GTR has a VR38DETT wich also is a V6 and not a straight 6 like the Skyline GTR's.

Koenigsegg_Rox · Post by **Koenigsegg_Rox** » 19 Feb 2008, 00:39

boganbusman wrote:
Koenigsegg_Rox wrote:Well, 1 the RB was actually a V6 as far as I know
Shows how much you know, then.

The RB is a straight six, and the current GTR V6 is a VQ(30DETT).

Close enough

Not really, but it doesn't matter. What does matter is that the new GTR has an engine and it manages to accelerate...

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