Salon de TDUCK: New Car Releases

[Andreas¹]

Tesla's officially premium with the release of their own hunchback:

Posted by Groen7 but uploaded to the web by people who managed to get in the configurator (which apparently unlocked to those who paid a 5K deposit on a Model X).

 

"Hunchback" was the perfect way to describe it, that's really not good looking is it. :confused: I can only imagine the gullwing doors getting old very fast for the owners.

[The Compensator]

The rear seat bench looks kinda high, but imagine little kids crying because they can't reach the door handle. :mhmm:

 

Or Elon was so smart and made the doors electric.

[Milli]

Nope. Round tail pipes.

 

[Ryzza5]

Just for the record, I never said it wasn't a C30. I just said it looked surprisingly worse in real life than on a computer screen.

[CarMadMike]

That VW Tiguan looks amazing, the old one has been awful ever since it went on sale but those spy shots are promising for the new one.

[Ryzza5]

+1

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[CarMadMike]

2016 Porsche 911 Carrera (S).... TURBO?

 

Images from Jalopnik

 

- Carrera and Carrera S are now Twin-Turbocharged

- Drop in displacement to 3.0 litre

- Increase in power by 20hp and 40lb-ft of torque over the previous versions, revs less.

- The current GT3's rear wheel steering will be an option on the Carrera S.

- Manual Gearbox still offered.

 

Aesthetically, the changes are fairly harmless. I'm confident it'll still be a great driving car, but that's where the real changes will be found I guess.

[The Compensator]

Doesn't sound too bad at all:

 

 

 

 

Genuine Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG GIF!

[Andreas¹]

Has no one posted this thing yet? The Bentley Bentayga:

 

I think it looks really weird. It's stolen way too many design cues from existing Bentleys and I think it looks old already as a result of that.

[carlos_69]

The Bentley will sell like fresh lemonade in a hot summer day in (i think) America specially in California

 

The back of it reminds me of a ford taurus if ford made an estate out of it

[CarMadMike]

The Bentayga will most likely do very well as a result of Bentley being ahead of the game with that niche, Rolls/Maserati etc are nowhere near production.

 

In a more conservative colour it'll be better for sure. Not sure i like the front bumper design bentley are putting on their cars. I'd still much rather have a Mulsanne tho.

 

It's important that the Bentayga has many differences to its cousins the new Q7 and the next Cayenne and Touareg.

[Milli]

 

Renault Sandero RS released!

 

The difference between this and a normal Sandero is more than just an engine swap. It has new brakes, (Only Sandero with disc brakes on all wheels) better suspension, better gear ratios and etc. About figures, it has 150hp, about 20,9 mkgf of torque and does 0-60 in 8 seconds in a 6-speed manual gearbox.

 

Plus, it looks cute, and fun. :lol:

 

 

 

 

Sauce: Flatout

[Ryzza5]

Maybe tell us what is shared with a Sandero, because I'm not seeing it :lol:

[CLR-GTR]

Will be shown in Frankfurt: Mercedes Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile (see what they did there?)... It looks like a slightly more realistic version of the autonomous F015 and I expect this to evolve into a CLS bodystyle, considering the shooting brake might already be on its permanent way out.

 

 

I like it from what I can see so far except that bubble top :oook:

[hassan1995]

Hate it.

[The Compensator]

A7 ass. :hmmm:

[CLR-GTR]

Further notes: apparently it's a 4-door vehicle and its said to have a drag coefficient of 0.19, lower than an i8 and Prius and as much as that VW XL1, ofcourse noting the XL1 and the IAA concept don't have mirrors.

[CLR-GTR]

Well, here's more pictures. The car is a bit of a transformer depending on what speed it travels at, in an attempt to improve its aerodynamics. Car's powered by a 4-cylinder turbo + electric motor, 279 hp and 600Nm torque.

 

 

 

 

[hassan1995]

Eh, looks okay.

[CarMadMike]

It has potential to be a stunner in production form, but it's a rather ugly concept car imo.

 

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Porsche Mission E

 

Source

 

 

600hp electric 4 door car, So basically a tesla model S rival.

 

Range is 310 miles supposedly, and it's meant to be able to get 250 miles worth of charge in just 15 mins (whether this is real tech i dunno)

 

I hope this is what the panamera replacement will look like :)

[hassan1995]

That's a stunner :drool: if that's a tesla rival it's already won in terms of design.

[CarMadMike]

Audi E-Tron Quattro Concept:

 

310 mile range, and a 429hp 95 kwh battery back. Supposedly a production version of this is one of the high priorities at VAG atm.

 

It looks slightly too big to be a Q5 size, and slightly too small and too close to the new Q7 to be that, so what niche/gap is it meant to fill? Is it a new model line specifically for Electric vehicles or will be it be 10% smaller in production form and replace the Q5?

 

All I know is this is a good looking vehicle, I wish Audi's designers had bothered to get of of bed when they designed the Q7.

 

VW Tiguan:

 

This is a ridiculously giant leap from the previous Tiguan, it looks stylish and its proportions just seem to work, even in the lower spec cars it seems like a fairly desirable small SUV. The lack of ground clearance makes this look like an VW Golf on steroids, but that doesn't seem like too bad a thing.

 

Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo Concept:

 

This thing looks different enough from the Veyron to probably give us some idea as to what the next bugatti will look like, if not maybe just a few design cues at least. Good to see they've built it rather than just show us a CAD mock up, does it actually run? I don't think it does which is a shame as it sure would be a collectors item 40-50 years down the line.

 

Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4 Spyder:

 

This looks :drool: It seems as if if it was designed/engineered to work as a Spyder from the get-go, but the delay inbetween the hardtop and the spyder being released makes me question if it was, i dunno. I love that colour blue too :drool:

 

Jaguar F-Pace

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I love everything about this jag other than its name.... It looks great. Rear visibility looks hilarious. I hope it's got a bit of driving dynamics to go with its looks.

 

All images are from Jalopnik - Drive Free or Die

[carlos_69]

The Jaguar looks incredible but the grill could have been a bit smaller to follow the lines of the headligths

[Ryzza5]

Mercedes looks like they've slimmed down their bionic fish urine car that once featured on TG

Porsche - looks nice

Audi - uhhh, no

VW Tiguan - Not bad

Huracan Spyder - yum

Jaguar - looks like a fancy Audi - very nice

[Milli]

Mercedes: The repetitive light theme is annoying me, specially at the rear, but the overall shape is somewhat, interesting.

Porsche: Absolutely fantastic, i love it and i hope they finally make the Panamera properlly, as this concept works very well as a base for the next Panamera.

Audi: Definetly not. The side view is quite cool and that is it. I dislike the new theme they're going for. Looks... dumb.

Tiguan: Looks boring. Looks like a Tiguan. :lol:

Huracan: Well, it's the Huracan Spyder, no surprises. I want to see a top shot, so i can see what they have done in that engine cover. :lol:

Jaguar: Well, looks like a fat Jaguar. It's a SUV, sorry, can't like them. But as a SUV goes, it's fine. :lol: