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Top Six Significant Concept Cars at the 2007 Detroit North American International Auto Show

January 09, 2007
By Stuart Fowle
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Why it's one of our most signficicant: While the Volt concept is an electric car with a small turbocharged engine to keep the batteries charged, the edgy sedan's "E-flex" technology provides a template for future fuel cell vehicles. The clever layout showcased
Why its one of our most significant: The Accord is one of the best-selling sedans in America, and this concept previews the next (and apparently much meaner-looking) generation of the car. The Camry just turned all Chris Bangle on us, and a great-looking, stro
For Jaguar sedan design, time stopped in the 1960s. Today's X-type and XJ sedans both follow in the tire tracks of the first XJ, which debuted in 1968, while the S-type apes the even older, early-'60s Jaguar Mark II. Design chief Ian Callum is determined to dr
Why it's one of our most significant: The front of this car has a giant grin on it for a reason: it's proud to be a big, in-your-face American muscle sedan. The exterior is what the upcoming MKS could have looked like had Peter Horbury taken charge of Lincoln
Why it is one of our most significant: We love the Lancer Evolution. The tenth iteration-previewed by this concept-should be the best-ever, with a more technologically advanced all-wheel drive system and over 300 horsepower, not to mention some more than attra
Toyota insiders recognize that, to go up against established sports cars, their entry needs a compelling differentiating quality. "We want to do something original," says Hunter. "We asked ourselves, 'What can we do that no one else can do?' The answer was a h
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