It is no longer a secret that this Friday the German automaker, Audi will be celebrating their 100th anniversary and is planning on unveiling a new concept car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed which will take place from July 3-5 in the south of England.
The jaw-dropping 2009 Festival of Speed Central Feature will mark the second occasion that the four ringed automaker has chosen to celebrate a monumental anniversary at the home of the Earl of March. Back in 1999, Audi was honored with one of the most memorable Goodwood central features celebrating the company’s 90th anniversary. The image depicted was that of an Auto Union Streamliner battling an Audi Avus quattro concept car perched high on the banking in a scene reminiscent of the classic German Avus race track.
Audi will also take the opportunity to show off a few more of their creations like the A1 concept car, A5 Cabriolet, factory tuned TT RS and the Lamborghini challenging V10 powered R8 super car at this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
If BMW will build an Audi R8 competitor how it will look like? According to Idries Noah like this. It will be an aggressive, sleek, agile car and totally different from anything on the road today.
The designer took its inspiration from the nature: water and the way it flows and ripples. Of course he had to keep the trademark grille and hockey stick pillar.
Under the hood he placed a 5 liter V10 engine found in the M6.
Citroen has sent their real driving simulator inspired GT Concept to London in order to re-create a part of the street circuit that goes by the same name as the city, from the latest installment of Gran Turismo, GT5 Prologue. The Citroen concept went for a spin around Piccadilly Circus, blasted down Regent Street, hung the back end out going into Trafalgar Square and then made it to Buckingham Palace just in time for some tea with the Queen. Well, maybe it wasn’t so dramatic, but that is how we are replaying it on our Play Station 3s.
Until we finally get to see a production version, this recreation of the virtual GT driving experience is all we can hope for from the concept.
Measuring in at almost fifteen feet in length and just over three feet tall, the GTbyCITROEN is set apart from the rest of the road going vehicles on the market by a large wraparound windscreen that flows from the front of the vehicle all the way into the rear airfoil. The body is also enhanced by a series of large air intakes at the front and the side, horizontal headlamps and diamond-effect 21 inch rims. Did we mention that this next generation super car is also a gullwing?
With the amount of racecar driving talent to come out of the great nation of Brazil, it is about time that the samba-dancing people have their own super car to drive with ride on their own city streets. The Amoritz GT is the baby of former Volkswagen designer/student Fernando Morita and first appeared as a prototype at the 2007 Xtreme Motorsports show.
According to Morita, the GT will feature a 2+1 layout and be a front engine, rear wheel drive V8 pony car for the Brazilian market. With a silhouette similar to the classic Datsun Z car, if production version can stay true to the Amoritz GT’s current form the car should be a hit, not just in the South American soccer loving nation. The Amoritz GT measures 14 feet long, 6.25 feet wide, almost 5 feet tall and a 79 inch wheelbase.
The working prototype is powered by a 5.3 liter V8 unit capable of running on alternative fuels like ethanol and natural gas. The first is very important for the Brazilian market, one which has uniquely embraced the renewable resource. It would be interesting to see if the Amoritz GT ever does make it into production, this smells like the start of an all new green racing series.
The French automaker Citroen has announced that their video game inspired GT Concept will make its U.K. debut when it attends the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The shapely concept first appeared at the 2008 Paris Auto Show and just last weekend was in Le Mans participating in the parade lap ahead of the 24 hour classic. The replica of the virtual machine from the real driving simulator has been busy making appearances around the world, and on July 3-5, the GT Concept won’t be taking it easy when it takes part in the Sunday Times Super Car Run up the 1.16 mile course in front of thousands of spectators.
Measuring in at almost fifteen feet in length and just over three feet tall, the GTbyCITROEN is set apart from the rest of the road going vehicles on the market by a large wraparound windscreen that flows from the front of the vehicle all the way into the rear airfoil. The body is also enhanced by a series of large air intakes at the front and the side, horizontal headlamps and diamond-effect 21 inch rims. Did we mention that this next generation super car is also a gullwing?
If you’re a true concept car aficionado, then you might have heard the name Lars Mårtensson pop up in a quite a number of conversations you’ve had with your peers. If you don’t know who he is, then allow us to give you a brief introduction. Mårtensson is a Swedish design professional who has made quite a name for himself for designing a number of different manufacturer’s concept cars into something straight out of his own creative imagination.
One of Mårtensson’s creations is the Datsun 240Z concept car, a car he rendered based on the original Datsun 240Z, one of the earliest and most successful Japanese cars to hit American shores back in the 70’s. Mårtensson’s decision to take a stab in creating a 240Z concept came as a response to reports that two Nissan cars, the 350Z and the 370Z, were created in the mold of the original 240Z.
The German automaker Mercedes Benz will unveil a new vehicle next week, dubbed the ESF 2009 Concept the car is based on an S400 Hybrid. This passenger friendly concept is equipped with a number of innovative never before seen safety features, starting with an inflatable brake underneath the vehicle. In the event of an accident, the unit inflates to create excess friction and thus, helps to slow the vehicle down much quicker. The concept will also feature additional items like airbags integrated into both the front and rear seatbelts.
Stay tuned to Top Speed for more details that will follow shortly.
If there was ever a story of a sports car with an uncertain future, the Volkswagen Blue Sport Roadster is it. Ever since the creation of the concept
, there has been speculations as to whether Porsche will make another 914 or what would and Audi version look like. Even Volkswagen has put the eco friendly sports car on the back burner due to the unstable economic climate and deficiency of new car buyers.
Anyhow, until the German automaker makes up their minds, they will continue to tease us with a few more images of the Blue Sport. The alternatively fueled vehicle is powered by a 2.0 Liter Clean Diesel (TDI) engine with common rail injection making 177 HP mounted in the midship position. Volkswagen claims that the roadster will go from 0 to 60 MPH in just 6.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 140 MPH, all while returning a very hybrid-like 55 MPG.
The EcoJet Concept was revealed back in 2007 at the SEMA Show. If the woman in the Ferrari had these guys helping her to park, she would have been able to do it in only 15 moves.
The EcoJet concept car is powered by a Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine that runs on bio-diesel fuel and delivers 650-hp and 400 lb.-ft. of torque.
Check out the video of Jay Leno driving by in his EcoJet after the jump.
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