Kia Provo concept looks racy. Will be in Geneva.

The unnamed concept that i wrote about over a month ago was now completely revealed by KIA and is called the Provo. At that time Kia described it as "a provocative and racy new urban concept", so now we can see they gave us a tip about the name, since it comes from the word provocative. 

This concept in my opinion is a bit like the Citroen Revolte and the Citroen Survolt, which is a good thing, it looks futuristic. It looks like a small three-door hatchback but if it ever gets to be produced it will probably transform into something larger and higher like a small SUV.

It will be at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show which starts in just a few days, like everyone new car/concept presented in the last weeks.

Source: autowp

2013 Volkswagen Golf Variant revealed. Will be at the Geneva Motor Show

Another day, another car got revealed on the web before the official presentation. This time it was the Volkswagen Golf Variant that got an leaked to the web but to our sadness it is pretty much a longer version of the normal Golf. Even the bumpers are the same.

The version you see here is the TSI BlueMotion in a pretty blue color with roof bars and rather large looking five double-spoke wheels. While the car wasn't officially revealed we can say with some certainty that the engine range will be the same as the standard Golf (1.2 and 1.4 liter TSI, and the 1.6 and 2.0 liter TDI, ranging from 85hp to 150hp).

I am sure Volkswagen will reveal a little more in the following days or even hours. But you can see it live at the Geneva Motor Show.

Source: autowp

Volkswagen brings the e-Co-Motion concept to Geneva. Another electric vehicle.

Volkswagen had a little surprise for us. The German brand will bring to the Geneva Motor Show a concept of an electric van that is smaller in size compared to the Transporter T5 (California) but it will be able to transport 800kg (1760lbs) in the cargo compartment that has 4.6 cubic meters of volume.

Production wasn't confirmed but we could see it labeled as the Volkswagen Caddy in the near future, or a completely new model to sit between the Transporter and the Caddy. For now we know it has 4.55 meters (179.13 inches) long, 1.90 meters (74.8 inches) wide and 1.96 meters (77.17 inches) tall.

Volar-E revealed in a video. Not bad. [Video]

A few days ago i wrote here that today the Spanish born company Applus IDIADA would introduce their new concept car, the Volar-E, and they did that at the Circuit de Catalunya during the F1 Test Days. This is an all-electric supercar, well prototype for now, that was created in less than 4 months, since they were chosen by the European Commission in last September to create by high performance sports car.

At that time i also gave you some values related to the power and torque, and it seems they are wrong. The electric supercar has four electric motors on each wheel that together produce 1073hp (800kW) and 1000Nm (737lb/ft), and will take only 15 to 20 minutes to fully charge the 10 module 38kW/h battery.

It only need 3.4 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h (62mph), while it takes 6.5 seconds to reach 200km/h and 12.1 seconds to reach its top speed of 300km/h. When slowing down the regenerative braking system takes over and helps charge the battery for a greater range.

Alfa Romeo 6C gets imagined by a design student

Design student, Alexander Imnadze, from IED in Torino created this concept as a competitor to the new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, SRT Viper, and all those cars that follow the "muscle car" philosophy.

This work was done as a school project but it a pretty good looking car, inspired, according to him, by the 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C, the 8C and the 2uettottanta concept crested by Pininfarina.

I wouldn't mind seeing it in the road, it looks fresh and aggressive even if its a front-engine, rear-wheel drive car. Marchionne pay attention.

Source: alexanderimnadze via carscoops

Toyota FT-86 Open concept has its online presentation [Video]

With only a few days until the start of the Geneva Motor Show some companies continue to present their latest models, such as Toyota. The Japanese company will bring the concept of the convertible version of the GT86 aka Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ's brother, saying it serves to ascertain the "possible launch" of the open top version.

When you remove the top of a car a lot of work is needed to prevent the vehicle from breaking in the middle but Toyota says that for now they just took to roof off and have "identified numerous areas within which further engineering evaluation must be undertaken". This got me thinking that they aren't really inclined into building this car or at least the process is still in the beginning.

But when the company created the GT86 they said it was done with a convertible in mind, therefore, not many changes would be necessary to create it. Let's wait and see.

We do know is the the concept features the same engine as the GT86 with 1998cc, around 160hp per ton and a weight of 1257kg (2771lb), meaning a power output close to 200hp. The GT86 uses a manual gear shift or a 6-speed automatic transmission.

For the Geneva Motor Show the FT86 Open Concept has 20 inch wheels, a white exterior, navy blue fabric roof and pure a bright white interior upholstery and trim to make it more attractive to the visitors.

Abarth brings four special Fiat 500 to Geneva

Besides the Abart Punto SuperSport the Italian brand, owned by Fiat, will also bring four new sportier versions of the Fiat 500. The cars based on the 500 are named Abarth 695 'Record', Abarth 695 'Scorpione', Abarth 695 'Hype' and Abarth 695 'Black Diamond'. It's an overload of Abarth 695's.

It's better to just do a sort of list with the main aspects of each car by just partly quoting Abarth/Fiat.

The Abarth 695 'Record' features Matte Competizione Grey bodywork, complemented by a roof featuring the distinctive Abarth checkerboard, Matte black 695 design rims and red Brembo® brake calipers. Inside we have 'Abarth Corsa by Sabelt®' in black leather with Alcantara® inserts and top stitching, both red with glossy carbon shell and cushion base.

The Abarth 695 'Scorpione' boasts a glossy black livery with matte bonnet traversed by a band produced using a polishing treatment with the door mirrors and the pillar trim in glossy carbon., and Magnesium-coloured 695 design rims wrapped arount the red Brembo® brake calipers. Black leather Sabelt® seats with the central part in grey perforated Alcantara® are embroidered with the 695 and 'fuoriserie' logos in red. Matte carbon elements are also evident on the dashboard, seat squab, sill and gear panel, while aluminium pedals and kick plate.

In the Abarth 695 'Hype' we have a two-tone livery with the lower part in Matte Record Grey and the upper part in Matte Green separated by a yellow line. The 'esseesse' design rims are in matte titanium painted with a special finish reminiscent of the metal and there's an Abarth scorpion 'tattoo' on the roof achieved by a 'ton sur ton' manual polishing technique. Inside we get 'Abarth Corsa by Sabelt®' in black leather with Alcantara® military green inserts embroidered with the '695' and 'fuoriserie' logos in yellow with glossy carbon shell and cushion base.

And the last one, the Abarth 695 'Black Diamond', has a two-tone livery in Record Grey and Scorpione Black, both matte, a chrome liner and magnesium-coloured 695 design rims. Like the other cars it also has Red Brembo® brake calipers and hubcaps. The interior include seats upholstered entirely in sand beige leather, with containment strips featuring single-layer padding. The dashboard and gear plate are distinguished by a special matte-finish carbon trim, as are the pedals, sill and kick plates.

In the end you can have those cars with only one engine, the 1.4 liter Turbo T-Jet 16v engine with 180hp mated to the electrically-operated manual Abarth Competizione gearbox with steering wheel controls. The Brembo brakes have 305mm brake discs that can be dismantled with fixed four-piston caliper and special Köni® shock absorbers with FSD technology. Inside Abarth fitted all models with a JBL® sound system (created by Harman® specially for Abarth) with nine speakers and an eight channel amplifier for 400 watts of overall power.