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Sunday, February 7, 2010

From Concept to Reality: Honda S2000 Roadster [Video]

Japanese manufacturers, residents of the BLAND unit in the trauma ward that is the modern auto industry (for the most part), put out some huge and extremely popular sports cars in the 90's.

Toyota had the twin-turbo Supra; Mitsubishi had the 3000GT VR-4; Mazda had the twin-turbo RX-7 and Nissan had the twin-turbo 300ZX and Skyline GT-Rs. And Honda? Well, they tried to pick a fight with Ferrari with their naturally-aspirated V6-powered NSX, but as for the common man? That's where the SSM concept stepped in, foreshadowing the S2000 roadster.

1995 HONDA SSM CONCEPT

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Friday, January 29, 2010

2010 Geneva Debut: Pininfarina Teases Alfa Romeo Spider Concept Sketch

Pininfarina at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the first official image of the concept car

A 2-seater spider on Alfa Romeo basis, which will be unveiled on March 2nd at the Pininfarina stand, thus starting the celebrations for the 80th anniversary

Turin January 29th, 2010 - Pininfarina discloses the first official image of its new concept car, world debut on March 2nd at the Geneva Motor Show.

The Pininfarina new concept is meant to be part of the tradition of successful spiders born from the relationship with Alfa Romeo, among the most significant and long-lasting ones in the automobile history, and interprets the innovative vision of an antique theme strongly present in the Pininfarina roots, the 2-seater spider.

An iconic object that, binding with an ideal thread the past and the future of Pininfarina, starts the celebrations for its 80th anniversary, representing at the same time an homage to the Alfa Romeo 100th birthday.
via:world car fans

Thursday, January 28, 2010

2010 Chicago Auto Show: Honda Odyssey Concept To Debut

Honda revealed word on Wednesday that it will be showing us a concept version of what should be the 2011 Honda Odyssey at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show on February 10.

The 2012 Odyssey is expected to get a version of Honda's 3.7-liter V6 and a new six-speed automatic transmission. Also rumored is a possible hybrid variant.

The Odyssey is produced in Lincoln, Ala. The last major revision was for the 2005 model year. Look for the concept to gravitate toward production for 2011.