The 22 coolest concept cars revealed this year so far
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Oct 19, 2016, 18:59 IST
1. Volkswagen unveiled a microbus concept meant to give a modern spin to the classic Volkswagen bus at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
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The doors open with a simple wave of the hand, and you can control the console's interface by making hand gestures.
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2. Faraday Future also showed off its concept car, the FFZERO1, at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Four motors placed over each wheel give the car a top speed of 200 miles per hour. It's also capable of learning the driver's preferences and automatically adjusting the internal settings.
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3. LeEco, a Chinese tech company, unveiled its Tesla rival concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Called the LeSEE, the car has a top speed of 130 miles per hour. It also has an autonomous mode.
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4. The Lincoln Navigator concept car comes with giant gullwing doors. It was unveiled at the New York Auto Show in March.
The six seats inside can be adjusted 30 different ways, and there's entertainment consoles on the back of four seats so passengers can watch TV or play games.
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5. BMW's Vision Next 100 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March. It comes with an AI system called Companion that can learn your driving preferences and adjust accordingly in advance.
The steering wheel will retract into the dashboard when the car is in autonomous mode.
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6. BMW added to its Vision 100 line in June. Here we see the Mini Vision Next 100 that was built for ridesharing.
The steering wheel will shift into the center of the console when the car is in autonomous mode.
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7. The last addition to the BMW Vision 100 line is this futuristic Rolls-Royce.
Because the car envisions a completely autonomous future, the interior is composed entirely of a two-person, silk sofa, and a giant OLED TV.
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8. McLaren unveiled a stunning concept car called the 675LT JVCKENWOOD at the Consumer Electronics Show.
The car comes with a steering wheel that looks like a video game controller!
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9. Italian automaker Pininfarina unveiled a beautiful hydrogen-powered concept car at the Geneva Motor Show.
It has a top speed of 186 miles per hour and can go from zero to 62 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds.
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10. Audi unveiled its connected mobility concept car in April. There's a longboard integrated in the bumper in case you want to roll from the parking lot to work.
The car's infotainment system can calculate the fastest route based on real-time data and will suggest using the longboard if that seems faster.
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11. Aston Martin showed off a beautiful concept car in May called the Vanquish Zagato Concept.
Aston Martin made the car with Italian auto design company Zagato. The two have worked together since 1960.
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12. Jeep showed off a crazy looking wrangler in March at the Easter Jeep Safari, an off road rally.
The Wrangler Trailcat concept had to be stretched to 12 inches to accommodate the massive engine providing 707 horsepower.
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13. Toyota unveiled a strange-looking concept car dubbed the uBox to appeal to Generation Z in April.
The interior is entirely customizable so it can transform into a mobile office or fit more people.
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14. French automaker Renault showed off a stunning, high-tech sports car dubbed the Alpine Vision in February.
It can go from zero to 62 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds.
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15. Croatian automaker Rimac designed a stunning, all-electric concept car for the Geneva Motor Show.
The Concept_One can reach a top speed of 185 miles per hour.
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16. The Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 concept car unveiled in August is a stunning 18.5-foot-long car designed to operate on electric propulsion. It comes with gull-wing doors.
The concept is capable of hitting 60 mph in less than four second with an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph. It boasts a range over 200 miles.
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17. Citroën showed off its hybrid concept car with a 37-mile electric range at the Paris Motor Show earlier in October. The car is designed to appeal to the large saloon segment.
The concept comes with rear-hinged doors and a large display for controlling navigation and media.
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18. Lexus showed off its UX concept at the Paris Motor Show, which comes with a massive set of wheels.
But more intriguing is the concept's interior that replaces the driver's instrument with a hologram globe.
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19. Mercedes showed off its electric SUV concept with a 310-mile range. A production version of the car is slated to hit the roads in 2019.
The interior comes with a massive, 24-inch display that shows speed, range, driving data, and navigation information.
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20. Volkswagen unveiled its 'revolutionary' electric concept car, the ID, that it says can get a range between 248 miles and 372 miles. The production version of the car is coming in 2020.
Volkswagen is also planning to add autonomous features to the 2025 version of the car.
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21. Cadillac showed of its luxury concept car, the Escala, in August. It's a four-door sedan with a lot of space in the trunk.
A curved OLED display composed of three separate screens takes up the entire dashboard. The displays can be controlled by voice command or hand gestures
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22. Lastly, Renault showed of its Trezor concept car. It can accelerate to 62 mph in less than 4 seconds.
The canopy doors of the Trezor lift up so you have to climb into the car.