Toyota FT-86 Concept

The shot above is straight from the guys themselves and looks incredibly promising, looking less of a concept and more of an in-the-pipeline piece of work to us! Seems to be taking some styling cues from a few corners of the automotive world, notably Aston Martin and the Nissan GTR if we were to pick two in particular, the look is sleek and fresh and we can see this model appealing greatly to general buyers, particularly across Europe as the style will suit the European taste very well we feel.

If Toyota keeps up such great looking cars, and can provide the driving experience to match, they will assert themselves in the marketplace as one of the top popular marques and ensure their future in the process, keep it up boys!

2011 Mercedes-Benz SLK

Check out Theophilus Chin’s idea of how the 2011 SLK might look. He has taken styling cues from the AMG and crafted a sleek new look. To us it seems to have a hint of MG roadster about it, but maybe thats just us!

We dont yet know how the new Mercedes will look for real, but we are certain it will be a stunner, competition is strong in the sector and Mercedes need to come up with something special for the new SLK to make it stand out successfully from the crowd.

Photos: Thelophilus Chin

Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept

Three separate power sources will share the duties of propelling this concept, depending on the specific set of circumstances.

The car is understood to have three methods of propulsion, firstly for normal driving conditions there will be a 2.0 liter turbocharged “Boxer” engine mated to a Lineartronic CVT, and like the Toyata hybrid efforts, an electric motor is attached to the engine acting as a 10kW motor when power is required and as a generator to recharge the Lion battery at other times.

There is also a second electric motor generating 20kW attached to the rear wheels and is used in low speed driving conditions and when full throttle is applied.

Also included are gullwing doors for both front and rear passengers and a height adjustable dashboard to allow the driver to get the best view of the road ahead.

My favorite part of the Plymouth Road Runner concept is the front, the glowing halogen head lights just look so cool and add a unique look to its bulky front end. The wheels are decent looking, need a little work. And the back end just screams “bite my dust!” If you check out the car from the side picture, it really brings the muscle car together. All in all, I think Michael Leonhard did a fine job creating this futuristic Plymouth Road Runner. It would be great to see it in real life and one day get passed by it out on the road.

When GM put this concept out on display at the Auto Show, I think a lot of muscle car enthusiasts thought they were going to come out with the actual model just as they did with the Camaro. When I really think about it, if GM would of done this with the GTO concept model as they did with the Camaro concept I think they would of sold a lot more GTOs and the car would of been a hit. GM failed miserably, you see how long it took them to bring back the Camaro. This is one of the reasons why they are borrowing money and claimed Bankruptcy this year. Upper management built cars they wanted to build, not what the American people wanted.

Maybe one day they’ll revive the GTO again, but with more American muscle car appeal like this concept.

He first has started designing cars by hand, but three years ago he began making projects using computer softwares. Julio Engelke has as inspiration sources the nature, a particular city or a feeling, “for me, the color combinations are important, in addition to the shape” he said. Alright, no more talking, let’s some samples of his spectacular concept cars:

As you can notice, these concepts are really impressive and I think that Julio will definitely get a job in the auto design industry. Very soon, his concept cars could be seen on streets.