Lincoln MKT Concept

MKT has been designed as a big and spacious automobile. The figures prove that fact: the length of the car – 5.3 m, the wheel base – 3 m. There is as much space in the saloon of the car as in the first class of a plane. For the rear passengers there is a special extendable leg rest, owing to which they can drive in a recumbent position. The spaciousness topic is continued by a huge panoramic wind shield which is combined with the top of the car. The control panel is decorated with wood insertions and Swarovski crystals. The body is made with plastic panels.

The concept is equipped with 415-hp 3.5-liter supercharged diesel V6 EcoBoost, which will be installed on other models of the company starting from the next generation. The engineers tuned the engine to work on the ethanol.

Ferrari F430 Spider Bio Fuel

Ferrari can be hardly called a company that does its best to reduce fuel consumption, that’s why its concept was standing alone and modestly in Detroit. The company didn’t hold press-conferences to promote the car; no public pother had been created deliberately for people not to think that Ferrari has created some super-ultra-modern “green” technology. However, the plans to create eco-engines had been discussed. The result of the discussions is the decision to create an engine that will cut the petrol consumption by 40% and reduce emission of harmful substances by 2012.

The unveiled concept works on bio-ethanol and it has been created looking round the corner on all the existing developments in the technology. Taking part in Formula-1 and other types of races gives Ferrari a competitive edge over its competitors – it is very easy to test different technologies on track and later on imply them on open roads.

By the way, in 2011 Formula-1 bolides will use the fuel that is by 5.75% made up of bio-additives. But at the moment the matter is under discussion.

Nevertheless, even today Ferrari stresses the fact that one can prime up to 10% ethanol in the engine of its cars without any changes. In case with F430 Spider Bio fuel, there have been made a few changes in the system of fuel admission and the central processor settings in order to allow the usage of E85. With all these changes and the usage of ethanol the power of the car increased by 10 hp and the max torque – by 4%. Moreover, the harmful emissions reduced by 5%.

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The recent years have seen so many concepts: some of them very really original but some were truly dead-end. Some of them eventually turned into serial models, some - so to say, too original - remained the only copies. So, is what direction did NOT the world automotive branch go?

Renault Be Bop 2003 (Frankfurt and Geneva 2004)

Patrick Le Keman is a great sorcerer who has created a dozen incredible concepts for Renault. And, probable, the most incredible of them are the twins Be Bop.

Patrick Le Keman is a chief designer of Renault.

According to Patrick himself, such a body shape solves the traditional minivan aerodynamics problem. Pay attention to the picture on the side windows – it resembles a drop, which is the ideal shape from the view of aerodynamics. But specialists decided that the European auto fans are not yet ready to such avant-garde shapes. Thus the concepts find their place in the museum.

Suzuki S-RIDE Geneva 2004

The Japanese have created a hybrid of a car and a motorcycle in search of a compact means of transportation. From bikes S-RIDE borrowed the layout of the interior – 2 seats are placed in a line one behind the other. From the automobile – the steering wheel placed in the middle of the dashboard. And, of course, 4 wheels and a closed body. The idea was original but it didn’t have any serial realization.

EDAG Paris 2004

The German engineering company EDAG showed a mixture of sportcar and every day automobile in 2004 in Paris.

By appearance it really looks like a futuristic sportcar. The car has a wide and low body. At the same time the long rear end of the car slightly surprises: there is either a huge 12-cylinder power unit or a huge boot. In fact, it is a sleeping area for the driver. It is quite peculiar, who needs such a bed-on-wheels?

Bertone Villa Geneva 2005

Another unexpected automobile under the name Villa has been created in the Italian design-studio Bertone. Instead of doors and top – 4…how to say …glass constructions which are lifted by electric engines. Looks smart…until a stone gets in this all-glass construction.

Nissan Pivo Tokio 2005

Here we go – a movable aquarium. Better to put it this way – a car with a pivoted cabin. This is the solution of maneuvering on narrow streets provided by the Japanese. It looks like this projects will have to get dusty for another 20 years or so. Who knows, maybe one day the humankind will be ready for such solutions.

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