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Top five Best (and Only) Concept Car Debuts at the two thousand seventeen Detroit Auto Showcase
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The two thousand seventeen Detroit Auto Demonstrate was not the most arousing one in history, but it’s truly a sign of the times.
Crazy, pie-in-the-sky concept cars are getting tougher and tougher for automakers to justify because they cost a lot of money to make and if they don’t preview an upcoming or future model, it’s not enough to just create one for the sake of making a splash. In the past, automakers used to make truly flashy, wild concepts just for joy or to one-up each other, but the can’t indeed do that these days of austere budgets and cutbacks.
There weren’t that many concept car debuts at the North American International Auto Showcase this year, as many of the cool ones like the Subaru Viziv-7 and Lexus UX, among others, already debuted late last year, even if they were present at this display. Here are the Top five (and only Five, actually) concept car debuts at the two thousand seventeen Detroit Auto Showcase.
Five. Lightning McQueen
OK, so this isn’t truly a concept vehicle, but the starlet of Disney/Pixar’s Cars movie franchise made an appearance at the Detroit Auto Demonstrate this year. The timing of Lightning McQueen’s appearance coincides with the release of the fresh trailer for Cars Three, which has a lot of people excited for the fresh movie. The movie comes out in theaters on June 16.
Four. Nissan VMotion Two.0 Concept
This Nissan concept mainly exists to preview the Japanese automaker’s plans for its autonomous driving technology, albeit it also hints at what its next Maxima family sedan could look like. Nissan says this acute electrified sedan concept should be capable of fully autonomous driving and will be totally connected to make life for busy professionals lighter.
Trio. Volkswagen ID Hum Concept
As a modern interpretation of the hippie microbus from the 1960s and ’70s, this Volkswagen concept merges modern and retro in a adorable and quirky package. This ID Hum concept is fully autonomous and all electrified, and features a reconfigurable and swanky interior. It’s not the very first time Volkswagen has come out with a microbus concept, but that doesn’t take away from how much we like this one.
Two. Infiniti QX50 Concept
The Infiniti QX50 Concept might the one of the prettiest crossovers we have ever seen. Instead of the super aggressive lines and crazy angles of most SUVs these days, the Infiniti has a swoopy, beautiful design. The best part is that ninety percent of the exterior design for this concept will carry over to the production model, which is coming soon.
1. Audi Q8 Concept
Taking our top spot for the best concept debut at the two thousand seventeen Detroit Auto Demonstrate is the Audi Q8 Concept, which previews a fresh full-size coupe SUV suggesting that will be produced soon. As one of the best-looking “coupe SUVs” out there, this one manages to have decent proportions and a acute design. More importantly, this concept is an e-Tron, which means it’s a plug-in hybrid with a combined system output of four hundred forty two horsepower and a stout five hundred sixteen pound-feet of torque. Total range on a utter tank of gas and a total charge is said to be six hundred twenty one miles.
Witness all of our movie coverage from the two thousand seventeen Detroit Auto Display in the playlist below:
