One of my close friends really does love concept cars. Not only because of their unique styles and unique features but because of the fact that these concept cars are produced only once in a lifetime and there are very rare cases when these become production vehicles. More often than not, concept cars continuously become concept cars and later on museum displays.
Making its rounds in the auto industry is the rumor of a new vehicle from Volvo that is cooler than the cool air the Volvo cooling system parts can produce. What is cool about this new concept vehicle is not how it looks like but actually because of its environmentally friendly feature. Volvo calls the new concept car the Volvo XC60 and it has been said that it is combination of a coupe and a sports utility vehicle.
The vehicle comes with a bio ethanol engine with six cylinders. Volvo says that this engine has the capacity and capability to cut down on emissions of fossil carbon dioxide not only by some twenty or fifty per cent but actually of a whooping eighty per cent. In fact, the company does say that with the Volvo XC60, you not only get a safe ride (which is a trademark of the company) but you also do get a vehicle that does not add up to Mother Nature's problems.
City Safe. This is what Volvo describes the Volvo XC60 concept vehicle. It has got an active collision avoidance system which has been specially engineered and designed so as to lessen or even completely avoid damage from low speed rear impacts. What happens is that when the Volvo XC60 is following a vehicle which suddenly brakes, the City Safety feature is the one that senses that a collision is imminent. What this one would do would be to actually pre charge the brakes of the vehicle so as to avoid any kind of accident. The City Safe feature can also make the car brake automatically if it senses any accident happening.
If the company does continue on with its plans on making the Volvo XC60 as a production vehicle, you should expect the vehicle to come to the nearest showrooms in your area in the year 2009.
The Ryuga is actually Mazda's second concept car and part of the three series of concept cars that Mazda plans to present at this year's auto show season. The Nagare concept which made its worldwide debut in LA was the first concept car and now followed by the Ryuga which has been unveiled recently at the NAIAS. The third concept car of Mazda is scheduled in March and will be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show.
The difference between the Nagare and the Ryuga is the fact that the Ryuga concept is more developed compared to the Nagare which was purely an exterior design study with no powertrain or interior.
The Ryuga also expands the ?emotion of motion? concept that was previously applied for the Nagare. The sweeping lines found on the doors of the Ryuga concept were inspired by the raked pebbles in a dry Japanese garden. The wheels together with the spokes that twist near the hub give the impression of the car's powerful torque ability. The color of the Ryuga just like the rest of its features has a meaning---it means flowing lava and is reflected by the varying tones and hue that changes from yellow to blue to red depending on the light that strikes it.
The exterior of the Ryuga is considered like a work of art just like its interior. The concept car is loaded with amazing Mazda parts that has long been the mark of all Mazda cars. The audience was left drooling with features like the dash which is adorned by expanses of black leather punctuated with the stark contrast of silver metal, as well as the vehicle's floating, blue-lit gauge pod and open-up steering wheel and a console that pierces the center tunnel.
The Ryuga concept is a sports car that can seat four people with the addition of a wide, comfy bench seat located at the back of the car. This concept car is equipped with two lifting giant gull-wing doors hold in place by very strong struts to keep the doors from crashing down.
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