European Cars. Europe Auto Market News » European concepts http://www.europeancarsblog.com A resource for european auto market. Cars made in Europe. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:01:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Infiniti Essence Concept in Paris http://www.europeancarsblog.com/infiniti-essence-concept-in-paris/ http://www.europeancarsblog.com/infiniti-essence-concept-in-paris/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:33:49 +0000 Dana M http://www.europeancarsblog.com/?p=449 We all know that press photos have a very well defined role: to hide many “defects” of the car. However, in some cases, this type of unfavorable images different on each model. This I could say about Infiniti Essence, the first concept presented at the Auto Salon in Geneva. Although we have no way to say that model that looks good in pictures processed in the Photoshop, it looks much better in real life. The photos below will convince you, photos made in the Place de la Concorde, Paris.

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Infiniti Essence Concept in Paris

]]> http://www.europeancarsblog.com/infiniti-essence-concept-in-paris/feed/ 0 VW Space Up!Blue http://www.europeancarsblog.com/vw-space-upblue/ http://www.europeancarsblog.com/vw-space-upblue/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:56:55 +0000 Dana M http://www.europeancarsblog.com/vw-space-upblue/ Volkswagen presented at the Los Angeles Auto Show a concept ready to satisfy all ecologists’ dreams.
Space Up! Blue is a small mono-volume model and promise to be the best friend for our planet. This concept has an electrical engine able to develop 61 hp, the batteries being enough to drive 100 km with only one charge.
And this is not all! Space Up! Blue also has a system to generate energy with fuel cells and can raise the autonomy to 350 km.
Another interesting is the ceiling, which is a panel ready to capture solar energy and to distribute it to storage battery.

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VW Space Up!Blue

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]]> http://www.europeancarsblog.com/vw-space-upblue/feed/ 0 Audi Cross Cabriolet http://www.europeancarsblog.com/audi-cross-cabriolet/ http://www.europeancarsblog.com/audi-cross-cabriolet/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:10:05 +0000 Dana M http://www.europeancarsblog.com/audi-cross-cabriolet/ Audi Cross Cabriolet Quattro utilizes the A4 technical platform, but it comes with a lot of innovations and excellent technology. The German constructor wants to conquer a new category of buyers and wants to see the crowd reaction regarding this concept, which is a combination between a cabriolet and a SUV.

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Audi Cross Cabriolet

Audi Cross Cabriolet accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.2 seconds and has a top speed of 240 km/h. It consumes a medium of 7.3 litre (diesel) at 100 km.

The interior is designed for 4 people, comes with latest generation solutions for the navigation system, which, for example is using a combination between Audi software and Google Earth.
The Audio System is an improved variant of the Bang&Olufsen presented on A8 limo. The radio reception is made truth internet, and the user is spoiled with many “custom” functions. For example, on a simple touch of a certain button, the system “understands” what kind of music (or program) the listener doesn’t like and will not select that kind of music (or program) any more.

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Audi Cross Cabriolet
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Audi Cross Cabriolet

Cross Cabriolet has a 3 litre TDI engine, which produces 240 hp and 500 Nm, and it respects Euro 6 norms, which should come under vigor in 2014. The performance is unbelievable, if we take in consideration that the car has a Quattro integral transmission. It also has a 6 speeds automatic transmission gear box.

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Audi Cross Cabriolet
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Audi Cross Cabriolet
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Audi Cross Cabriolet

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Mercedes-Benz CLR 600 Concept

Tags: Mercedes-Benz, CLR 600, European concepts

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