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Who better to critique the styling of the polarising BMW XM than the designer of the original BMW X5, Frank Stephenson. Now Frank has featured some truly unique cars on his channel, but with the XM, he really took his time and waited for the dust to settle to finally give his opinion.

When Lexus launched the new LX luxury SUV everyone was impressed by how good it looks and how luxurious the interior is. However, we have to admit the LX does not exactly excel when it comes to its off-road capabilities. For example, the U.S. will only get the F Sport model that will come equipped with only one rear Torsen limited-slip differential.

The Japanese market is a lot luckier: it will also get an LX Offroad trim equipped with three locking differentials. For the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon, Lexus tries to see how far these off-road capabilities of the LX can be improved and it came up with a one-off edition developed in cooperation with JAOS Corporation.

The 2022 Tokyo Auto Show, which started January 14, 2022, unveils some of the latest products from Japanese carmakers for the Japanese domestic market (JDM) and Nissan brings a few interesting cars, along for the weekend. Among them are three versions of the Nissan Z, called the Fairlady Z, in Japan, just like its predecessors. One of them is a custom version of the Nissan Z Proto, which takes the Z’s retro-futuristic design and makes it even more retro-tastic.

Apart from announcing the totally hardcore GRMN Yaris, Toyota Gazoo Racing pulled out all the stops and unveiled the GR GT3 Concept at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. It’s also one of the most striking concepts that the Japanese automaker has unveiled in recent years.

Subaru’s STI division has unveiled the STI E-RA Concept, an electric (EV) supercar that was designed with a single purpose in mind—to break lap records. And its name indeed says it all because E-RA actually stands for Electric Record Attempt.

Prepare to be disappointed yet again with Mitsubishi’s latest concept car which will make its public debut at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. Just a few weeks after teasing its upcoming high-performance future Ralliart vehicle, the Japanese automaker has pulled the wraps off yet another future crossover SUV concept.

TOGG is a Turkish EV startup, who are making their American debut at CES 2022, with a sleek new concept car; ’Transition Concept Smart Device.’ Yes, you heard that right, DEVICE! As the brand perceives itself as a technology company rather than a traditional automaker, one couldn’t ask for a better venue than the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

What happens when an automaker takes the E-Ink from an eReader and uses it as a wrap that shifts from black to white and vice versa? You get the BMW iX Flow, of course.

We can all agree that 911 is the definitive Porsche model. It’s the car you think about when you hear Porsche. But in times where everyone is heading towards electrification, one has to ask, what the future of the Porsche 911 is. A rendering done by Sandor Boldog gives us a good idea of what might be the future EV equivalent of the Porsche 911.

While the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV was by far the showstopper at GM’s CES virtual Press conference this year, the auto giant’s luxury arm Cadillac had something just as spectacular to showcase.

Here’s a first look at the all-electric Sony Vision S-02 concept which the Japanese Tech Giant unveiled at CES 2022. It comes as a follow-up by Sony Mobility Inc. to the stunning Vision S Concept sedan we saw two years ago at CES as well.

Mercedes has been mighty active when it comes to electrification. Back in September 2021, the automaker revealed five new vehicles in one auto show – the EQE sedan, the EQB crossover, the EQG Concept, the Maybach EQS SUV, and the AMG EQS. That hasn’t stopped the automaker. Fast forward to the present day, the German automaker has unveiled the Vision EQXX Concept, a vehicle it teased back in July last year. The highlight of the car is the range – 620 miles or 1,000 kilometers. Does it have your attention now?

Mercedes-Benz teased the Vision EQXX concept car for the first time back in October 2020 during its strategy update presentation. But, because Mercedes had big expectations from this concept car, the actual development took longer than expected.

Now, the Vision EQXX is finally ready for its official presentation and we will have a first look on it on Monday 3 January 2022 at 6.00 pm (CET) during a digital world premiere. After that, the concept will be presented at the 2022 CES from 5 to 8 January 2022.

When talking about 1970s American cars, you probably think of performance-choked V-8 engines that were a shadow of their former selves, from the Muscle car era. You probably don’t think of coach-built Cadillacs with an Italian connection, but the 1970 Cadillac NART Zagato is exactly that and this is what we know about it.

Audi recently unveiled its very own charging lounge concept. It is currently opening the first of them to the public at a very visible location, i.e at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center in Germany.

Audi is testing this new charging model in action for the first time with this pilot location. The fast-charging station features reservable high-power charging bays, along with a lounge area with a vending machine that will serve customers as they put some juice back into their EVs.

Do you remember the Fordzilla P1 - a virtual race car developed by Ford in cooperation with the world of video games? It was first announced back in 2020 and then, at 2021 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ford actually came with a full-scale model of it.

Now, the car has been once again displayed, this time at the Gamergy 21 event in Madrid, Spain with impressive new streaming capabilities. In another words, it was transformed into the ultimate racing simulator.

At the time of writing this article, 2021 is almost over and we are all thinking about awesome gifts, whether it’s for ourselves or for our close ones. With this in mind, a strange vehicle has recently come up for sale on eBay – a 2004 Ford Avanti.

Toyota recently announced an $18-billion investment towards electrification that showed the automaker’s commitment to the future. This even includes Lexus, which will be completely electrified by the end of this decade. A myriad of Toyota and Lexus concepts were also revealed – 16 to be precise – but there was one that caught our attention the most. This was the ‘Lexus Electrified Sport’, an electric supercar that could carry forward the legacy of the iconic LFA.

Having a plethora of pixel artists that showcase their visions of future cars is tremendous. This is especially true for classic cars that need to have a modern-day successor. The 1970-1977 Alfa Romeo Montreal is one of those cars and recently, the YouTube channel, NewCarDesign has given us a rendering of what a new model could look like.

Electric vehicles (EVs) seem to be the key to solving our climate crisis, or is it? Toyota’s hydrogen combustion engine that powered this GR Yaris is proof that the answer to the global climate crisis can and should be a multi-solution approach.

For those of you out there with a passion for fashion, Virgil Abloh (1980-2021) needs no presentation. Among others, he was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection beginning 2018 and showed great interest in art and music too. For car enthusiasts, his name may sound familiar thanks to the special Mercedes-Benz G-Class designed in cooperation with Mercedes’ Chief Design Officer, Gorden Wagener and unveiled in 2020.

Have you ever wondered what the Cybertruck is really missing? The answer is not a futuristic look - we can tell you that for sure! What the truck is really missing is a grille! Of course it doesn’t need one since we are talking about an electric vehicle, but Superrenderscars came with the perfect solution.

WayRay is a Swiss deep-tech startup, has introduced the Battery Electric Holograktor, which is the world’s first car with a holographic display that can superimpose items at any distance around the vehicle.