Concept Cars

At this moment, this tuned model it’s not on the road, but it attracted the attention of the tuners: the new Mercedes C-Class Estate suffered a modification made by the German company, Carlsson. The people from Carlsson made some technical upgrades, a new personalized body-kit and a new interior too.

The exterior got an upgrade by adding a new set of wheels and some aerodynamic elements, the interior now has a luxurious aspect, but the part that attracts the attention is the power boost.

The fans of diesel engines will enjoy this power boost. Now the car has with 20% more power than the standard version, and that’s because of the modifications done to the ECU soft. The CDI engine with 4 cylinders has with 34 HP more than the original version which had 170 HP. The result it’s obvious. This new car accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h with one second less.

For the V6 320 CDI engine, Carlsson offers an upgrade of 42 HP more than the original that had 224 HP. Now, the maximum power is 269 HP.

The top engine, a V6 of 3,5L, gets the CK35 kit, made by Carlsson for sport cars. The results is a power of 295 HP and a maximum speed of 270 km/h. This model accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h with 40% faster than the standard model.

The luxurious Mayback Landaulet was presented at North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). At this moment, the car is just a project, but Mercedes wants to make 20 pieces in the case that there are some people who want to buy this car.

This enormous limousine (which will be offered only in white color), beside the V12 engine, with the power of more than 600HP, it offers the possibility of packing the roof, in the back of the car, where the passengers stay, offering them an interesting felling.

The Auto Salon from Detroit already started, the Americans have the occasion to admire the new concepts produced by the auto producers.

The most admired models at this Auto Salon are the concepts. Many of them are hybrids because the new cars are made for protecting the environment. Here are some of the concepts presented at Detroit:

Fisker Karma

The Fisker company came from Orange County, California, to Detroit in order to show their concept called Fisker Karma which is a hybrid car. This is a luxurious car that runs on litium-ion batteries and touches the speed of 100 km/h in 5,8 seconds. Fisker Karma will be available in 2009 at the price of 80.000$.

Detroit Fish

The Chinese came at Detroit with a collection of ecological concepts, named “Detroit Fish”. The Chinese producers were told many times that their models are copies of Mercedes Benz or BMW. This time, Li Guangming showed three original models.

Dodge Zeo

Dodge presented a car that is 100% electric. Named ZEO, this vehicle has an electrical engine that has 269 HP and it can run 400 km without charging the batteries. Dodge Zeo touches the speed of 100 km/h in less than 5 seconds.

Mazda presented the Furai concept, a sport vehicle based on a race car for American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

This concept took the frame from Couareg C65, a car that was at ALMS 2 seasons ago and comes equipped with a rotative engine with 3 rotors and has the power of 450 HP. The Mazda’s officials say that Furai is the best combination between every-day road cars and the race cars.

The tuning company, Monco elite made a new body-kit for the little Fiat 500, considered a very beautiful European car.The tuners made for Fiat 500 many special colors, beginning from Interaglos green to Shanghai yellow and many exterior modifications.

The interior kit it’s made by black leather for chairs, board and doors. The price for the new Fiat 500 starts from 8600 euros, and the “transformation” takes about 3 weeks.

Nissan Forum is a new product made by Nissan Design America and it represents the step for a revolution of family cars. Because of the many family cars requests, Forum has a lot of innovative ideas – starting from the doors without tracks, and the apparition of a bench capable of being rotated 180 degrees. Nissan Forum will have the opening night this month at the Auto Show in Detroit. This car respects both the wishes of the adults and children.

In the front we can find the place for adults, equipped with a very good informational technology that it’s found in the controls and the passengers chairs, made for a relaxant drive. The place in the back it’s dedicated to the children, where they can feel comfortable and relaxed. The advanced technology that Forum is equipped with connects the two places in a unique familial place. “Nissan Forum looks more like a limo than a minivan”, told us Rachel Nguyen, the director from the Strategies Department at Nissan.

Forum is a car for dads or moms?

The design teams took care that the car corresponds both to the women and men. “The traditional minivans are also known like “Mom’s Car”, but Forum is created for dads too”. The reality is that both mom and dad, want style and performance for the personal vehicle, either to walk with the children or just travel around the world.

A great exterior Design

Respecting the initial layout of the compact car, the forum concept adopts a high level of exterior design with a body of a significant width, very good visibility and an aggressive frontal design.

A very good interior, equipped with good stuff

The forum’s interior represents a true exposition of what recent mobile communication technology means, many components were made with the collaboration of Bose Corporation. The observation of the back place is realized with the system called “Kids Cam” that uses cameras connected at a LCD.

Respect for the environment

This new concept is very efficient and has an awesome and intelligent design too. The exterior aspects complete with the engine’s heart, that will be an ecological diesel.

All in all, we can say that this is a great car for families.