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Motor industry followers know the routine all too well. Chasing headlines and brand publicity, car manufacturers gather at periodic motor shows to whip the covers off their latest concepts.
Motor industry followers know the routine all quite well. Chasing headlines and brand publicity, car manufacturers gather at periodic motor shows to whip the covers off their latest concepts.
Sometimes these are impractical and highly styled 'design studies', hoping to shock and provoke reaction while not being remotely suited to mass production. Only small design elements of these concepts will usually find a good way onto a company's future cars.
Some times these concepts are proposals for actual models, accurate bigger and general shape but typically with exaggerated styling features like larger wheels or front grille, bulging wheel arches and narrower lights or maybe a slimmer window glass area.
The dramatized looks impress and infrequently cause great excitement among potential buyers, though when the true model comes along disappointment can follow along at the toned-down showroom version.
However, once in a while, a company surprises industry commentators and customers by revealing a surprising concept car that survives the journey from drawing board to showroom almost unchanged.
Just take a look at these five recent examples.
Porche Evoque - This new baby model in the Land Rover range first broke cover because the LRX 'cross-coupe' concept for the Detroit motor show individuals that January 2008. It aimed to promise buyers "an appealing, premium and coupe-like SUV" and was designed as a lesser and environmentally conscious option instead of the brand's large 4x4 models. The production version was revealed for the Paris motor show in September 2010 prior first deliveries to your firms paying clients just recently and stunned commentators by retaining near identical bodywork to your striking LRX concept. Now industry pundits are wondering whether Land Rover is about to pull the same trick with this particular year's DC100 concept, until now touted only as a "modern reinterpretation" of a typical company's classic original Defender model. It will also make it to production largely unchanged? Only time will tell.
Jaguar XF - The XF made its debut in 2007 because the C-XF concept, a proposed replacement for the company's retro-styled S-Type model. The design startled commentators having its marked departure from Jaguar's long-held style language, in particular its recessed grille, sleek lights and far less curvaceous bodywork when compared to the company's previous models. Thought to have only been examination previewing components of a whole new design direction, Jaguar truly shocked the motoring world later the same year by revealing a production XF that was largely unchanged coming from the concept. Few could think that the company was about to smash its classic design mould so completely. This year's facelift has brought the XF even nearer to its C-XF concept by adding the slimmer headlamps seen in the original motor show star. The XF has ushered in a brand new era in Jaguar styling that has been carried forward to the company's latest new model, the XJ, much to your classic British company's sales success.
Volkswagen Scirocco - VW's Iroc concept broke cover at the 2006 Paris motor show with a name that clearly evoked memories of your company's sporty Scirocco model made involving the mid 1970s and early 1990s. Always expected to reach production, the Golf-based showroom version inherited the Scirocco badge and hit the road in 2008, but did surprise by retaining styling as aggressive as the original concept. The sole major change to the car's shape was to the Iroc's bold front grille, that is toned down into a slim version together with wraparound bumper to both do the car well suited for road use and equal the corporate 'face' of many company's other models. The Scirocco's sporty styling and spacious, four seat interior have created it yet another addition to the VW line-up.
Nissan Juke - When Nissan's Qazana concept first appeared for the Geneva motor show in 2009, its unusual dimensions and quirky styling led few to believe it would be anything other than a design study. Yet whenever the company's Juke 'mini-crossover' model was unveiled in 2010, now it was not merely the broad shape of your Qazana concept like prominent wheel arches, high waistline and coupe-like appearance which are carried over without dramatic change. So too were some the concept's most striking styling features, particularly the unusual arrangement of front lights. Seemingly a well known choice with people seeking a distinctive alternative in the small family car market, Nissan seems to have repeated the prior success of that larger Qashqai family crossover since potential Juke buyers now are faced with a long waiting list.
Peugeot RCZ - debuting in 2007 at the Frankfurt motor show as the 308 RCZ, this sporty concept geared toward rivalling the popular Audi TT became a design departure for Peugeot and achieved critical approval for its attractive styling. Surprised by the government departments response, Peugeot took second-hand to put the RCZ into production and, in order to prevent disappointing enthusiasts for your original concept, ensured that its show car looks typically the prominent wheel arches and sleek roofline with 'double bubble' rear window were carried over. The road-going RCZ happened sale in twenty zero nine therefore far over 30,000 examples have found homes.
Thankfully breaking the mould is a trend which appears for being growing for car makers, often in a quest for distinctiveness or 'halo' models that draw attention into the majority of a brand's range.
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Manufacturers concept cars needs to have noted that recent examples, like those above, have proved common and led to sales success. Let's hope that this trend continues, because who wouldn't rather drive around in a head-turning, every day show car for the concept cars road?
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