Concept car : Cadillac Bringing CTS-V Coupe 2010

Cadillac has revealed that a V-Series high-performance variant of the new 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe will share the spotlight with a new concept at the Detroit auto show next month. The concept is believed to be a pre-production version of either the ATS or XTS small and large cars that Cadillac has been teasing over the past year or so.



So far, Cadillac has released only this tightly cropped teaser picture of the unnamed concept and the promise that it will showcase the latest advances in Cadillac's Art and Science design language. While the picture purposely obscures the vehicle, we can see that it is a sedan and bears significant resemblance to the current CTS but with new headlights and mirrors likely too small to see production.

Based on information provided by our own Todd Lassa during a no-photographs open house at GM headquarters back in August, we believe this concept is the XTS. Lassa described the XTS as having a short axle-to-dash ratio and a grille that blended styling elements of the Sixteen and Converj concepts. The car he was shown was also painted gray while the ATS was painted blue, though GM has had more than enough time to repaint them. The ATS, meanwhile, was described as having a shorter, wider grille to make the car look wider, not taller. This picture appears to suggest a larger car, but the angle makes it difficult to be certain.

If it is the XTS, it will most likely be built on a stretched version of GM's Epsilon II FWD architecture and will likely feature the 3.6L direct-injection V-6 engine and will offer AWD. If it's the ATS, it will be RWD-based and will likely utilize both V-6 and four-cylinder engines. Both cars are planned for a 2011 debut likely as 2012 models.



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Concept car : Lotus Europa i6 2010

Great Lotus concept car just freshly released its first set of pictures. The above image shows its amazing model which designed by Idries Noah’s. It is called 2010 Europa i6 at the moment, the Lotus new-concept car is fully inspired from the classic Lotus cars, Europa and Elite as well. It can be seen the features from the previous design, however it has its own characteristic.



Further more, it is supposed to be a rear wheel drive car powered by a 2.0L in line 6, both supercharger and inter-cooler. Which can be predicted that the Lotus Europa i6 would hit a top speed of 165 mph and speed up from 0 to 60 mph in no more than 7 seconds.



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