Odd Beasts: Concept Cars

Odd Beasts: Concept Cars

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Shrouded in mystery, the Toyota Supra has been making a painfully long return to the market. While it won’t be packing the legendary 2JZ, it does use a platform co-developed with BMW. All kinds of rumors are circulating about what will be under the hood, but all indications are the engine won’t be monumentally powerful. Instead, the resurrected Supra likely will emphasize balance and sharp handling over straight-line acceleration. We should see this car hit the market sometime in 2019.

The United States will get the I.D. Crozz, VW’s all-electric crossover, by early 2020. It’ll be sleek, include all-wheel drive, boast excellent range, and possibly pack advanced autonomous tech. The rest of the world will see the I.D. first, which is a smaller hatchback. Both will launch Volkswagen’s huge electrification push, after the Dieselgate scandal, partly to make us all forget about spewing toxic pollutants into the air we all breathe.

Tesla has already launched one into space, but we won’t see a production version of the Roadster until 2020. The California automaker is notorious for delaying new products, so we’ll see when this thing actually is available. Still, the updated Roadster should be worth the wait. It features a sexy, sleek body, active rear wing, plus a claimed 250 mph top speed and a 0-60 time of 1.9 seconds. If that’s not enough, CEO Elon Musk says the new Roadster will go over 600 miles on a single charge.

It’s big, has questionable styling, and is really in your face. BMW looks to bring the X7 to market, and the Concept X7 iPerformance is the concept vehicle on which it is based. Hopefully the weird lateral vents in the front fascia get dumped, along with the right-angle treatments on the sides and rear fascia. One of the biggest advantages of the X7, when it does hit the market, will be the presence of a third row. Presumably it will be large enough to accommodate more than teddy bears.

Many people have been waiting with baited breath for the Taycan, which is based on the Mission E concept. It will launch in late 2019, ushering the German automotive icon into the future of fully-electric vehicles. Porsche recently revealed some of the Taycan’s specs, including a 311-mile range and the ability to charge 80 percent of the battery in 15 minutes. T

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