Italdesign Giugiaro is a familiar name to gearheads the world over, and its designs for everything from Hyundai to Ferrari are well known. Frazer-Nash, on the other hand, is generally considered the answer to a trivia question, but it was once a respected sports car company. All of those names came together at the Geneva Motor Show to bring us the Namir concept, which combines Prius-beating fuel economy with Ferrari-like speed to produce what the companies say is the quickest, greenest hybrid

We’ve finally found something we want more than an Audi R8 FSI, and it gives us hope that we might one day ride something similar to an Imperial speeder bike.  The Audi Shark concept is 26-year-old Kazim Doku’s winning entry into a design competition (.pdf) co-sponsored by Audi and Milan’s Domus Academy. And while the Shark may wear the four ring Audi badge, it’s not a car but a hovercraft. Still, you can see some familiar elements of Walter de’Silva’s signauture style, something Doku told us

  In an attempt to turn Land Rover an environmentally friendly shade of British Racing Green, the U.K. government is giving the SUV-maker £27 million ($38 million) to defray the cost of developing a compact SUV based on their LRX concept. Land Rover says the new two-door (which they call a "cross coupe") will be the "smallest, lightest, and most efficient" the company has ever produced. With the exception of the County Classic, we think it might be the most attractive as well. Whatever superlatives it claims, it could

Pickup trucks aren’t known for being nimble, and their general styling hasn’t changed since, well, ever. Elad Barkan hopes to change that. Barkan rolled into the New York auto show with a mid-engined truck that he says combines the utility of a pickup with the handling of a sporty passenger car. The Counter Balance is built on a Chevrolet Tahoe chassis with a V8 engine smack in the middle. It looks a bit like a Chevrolet Avalanche crossed with the Yellow Submarine and the Batmobile. Love it or hate it, the

Cracking 150 mph isn’t a big deal these days, but back in 1926 it was enough to make a Sunbeam Tiger called Ladybird the quickest car on the planet. A British design student has paid tribute to that remarkable car by reimagining it as an all-electric roadster. The concept car envisioned by Ryan Skelly would commemorate the 100th anniversary of the car Henry Seagrave drove to a record-setting 152.33 mph on March 21, 1926. It’s purely a styling exercise, but we like what he’s done with it. "From the

The EMC3 is an eye-catching three-wheeled enclosed motorcycle with all the creature comforts of a low-cost car. This May, it just might be coming to a dealer near you. The creator of the EMC3, ECO Motor Car Company, is a Seattle startup with a "less is more" philosophy. In this case, one less wheel is responsible for more fuel economy. No batteries, no pesky 25 mph speed restrictions. While the EMC3 looks like a miniature convertible, as far as the DOT is concerned it’s a full-fledged two-seater motorcycle with all the necessary government

A South African designer has created a concept for Peugeot that combines the freedom of an all-terrain vehicle with the connectivity of the internet, all in an eco-friendly package. “The idea was to unite a crowd of people with the same interests, using a vehicle that offers them freedom, fun, technology and style,” designer Alp Germaner told Wired.com. “I did some research and considered my needs when I was out there. Luggage was important. So was connectivity as well as reliability.” The resulting vehicle? The Peugeot Capsule, a pint-sized

Jason Castriota of the Italian coach building company Stile Bertone is turning heads again with a bug-like supercar based on the awesome Corvette ZR-1. The Mantide - that’s pronounced MAN-tih-day, and it’s Italian for mantis - retains the super-Vette’s 638-horsepower supercharged V-8 engine but wraps it in bodywork that’s funky to say the least. Castriota claims all those scoops and slats and spoilers improve aerodynamic efficiency enough to boost the car’s top speed to 217 and cut its 0-to-60