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Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, Videos, Russia, Design/Style
Russian automaker Yo-Auto is currently taking pre-orders for its trio of hybrid vehicles, which are slated to arrive in 2012. The triumvirate consists of a coupe, hatchback and truck, and they are all referred to as Yo-Mobiles. It seems the automaker has other vehicles in mind as well, because a rather unique concept car has been mocked up that will make its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.
The Yo-Concept is not destined for production. Let’s get that right out of the way. Yo-Auto executives, however, want the styling of the concept vehicle to serve as a design leader for future vehicles down the road.
The most unique feature of the Yo-Concept has to be the operation of the doors. They don’t open outward, like traditional automotive ports of entry, but instead slide up and to the rear of the vehicle. The resulting entryway is quite large, and you can see it for yourself in the gallery renderings or the video, which is posted after the jump.
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Russia’s Yo-Auto concept heads to Frankfurt with amazing doors originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Motor Show, SUV, Land Rover, Off-Road
Yesterday, Land Rover released the first image and details (however few) of the new DC100 concept it’s bringing to Frankfurt, and it carries with it the promise of the next-generation Defender – an off-roader so accomplished and so ubiquitous that calling it the Sir Edmund Hillary (or Tenzing Norgay) of automobiles wouldn’t even be doing it justice.
Now, LR has dropped a second shot of the DC100, showing us the front end and what she’ll look like traversing the old rocky road. But that’s not all we’ve got to go with. Because nature abhors a vacuum, more speculative renderings were bound to pop up, and our friends over at Kilometer magazine have stepped up to fill the void.
The Defender, you see, has long come in different bodystyles, of which the three-door hardtop form taken up by the DC100 is only one. So the KM guys have stretched out the wheelbase, added a couple of doors, even chopped the roof short to leave an open short-bed. Follow the link to check it out, and scope out the second image in the gallery for more.
Land Rover DC100 gets rendered out originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ford had to implement a few tweaks to its SYNC navigation system before introducing it to Europe. Automotive News reports that the company’s engineers have programmed the software to understand 10,000 commands in 19 languages, but SYNC also had to be calibrated to work at higher speeds. Developers discovered that the navigation couldn’t warn drivers about which exit to take while cruising along with traffic on the autobahn. As a result, the system had to be reworked to tell pilots about their upcoming exit a little farther in advance.
Ford claims that 2 million vehicles in Europe will have SYNC on board by 2015. That seems plenty feasible given the fact that 3 million cars, trucks and SUVs have been sold with SYNC in the U.S. since 2007. Ford is set to introduce SYNC at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin later this week, and European buyers will be able to option their purchases with the system starting next year.
Ford SYNC modified for autobahn speeds originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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