Alfa Romeo Giulia

The original Alfa Romeo Giulia was one of the prettiest European family cars from of the 1960s and 70s. The coupe version was particularly good looking, and especially the 1963-1966 Giulia Sprint GT. With Alfa Romeo's current styling language, and also their naming protocol, currently looking to their past models for inspiration, designer Dragos Prodan decided that it was about time the Giulia coupe was brought back to life.
The Alfa Romeo Giulia Concept was designed to match up with the company's current lineup of models - while also providing a healthy dose of classic Italian style.
The base for Prodan's Giulia coupe concept would be an all-new platform, and one which makes good use out of a variety of lightweight materials. The front and rear bumpers, as well as the roof, are made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer. While the doors, hood and other body panels are all formed from aluminium. Prodan even goes so far as to propose using polycarbonate windows for the concept.
For a small, four-seat coupe with retro styling it manages to look aggressive and purposeful while also being practical, and there's a well calculated balance between the classic styling and the modern engineering. The only downside is the rear bumper and taillight panel, which look a little too busy. But there are some lovely details too - like the flush-mounted nickel-plated door handles, classically inspired pepper-pot alloys, and pillar-less side windows.
For power, the Alfa Romeo Giulia concept is fitted with a hybrid drivetrain which employs a 180 horsepower gasoline engine, and a 109 horsepower electric motor supplied by a lithium-ion battery with 30kWh of storage capacity. The battery pack can be charged either on the move by the engine, by a dedicated charging station, or by a standard household power socket. The Alfa Romeo Giulia concept can be run in pure electric mode for up to 30 miles (50km).

Porsche 913

Forgetting the Panamera, Cayenne and Macan, Porsche offer a pretty well-rounded sports car range. Starting with the Boxster and Cayman, and moving up the multitude of variations of the Porsche 911, all the way up to the 918 Spyder supercar. But there is a HUGE price gap between the top of the range 911 Turbo ($250,000 will all the options ticked), to the 918 Spyder ($800,000). Somewhere in that range Porsche could surely offer something to compete with the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Something like the 913 possibly? Conceived by the fertile mind of Rene Garcia, a professional 3D modeller who has created conceptual vehicles and highly detailed models for some of the biggest movies of the past decade, including the Matrix Trilogy, Transformers, the latest Star Trekthrillers and The Avengers, the Porsche 913 is an exquisitely rendered design in every detail. It has a bit of the 918 Spyder about it, but there’s also a lot of originality to the design. It looks like a Porsche, but a

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Back in the late 1990s, when Lamborghini were starting to realise they needed a replacement for the ageing Diablo, they started reviewing design proposals from various automotive design firms. Zagato’s offering was the Zagato L147 SuperDiablo, or as it was to be later known, the Lamborghini Canto. The Lamborghini Canto first appeared in 1998, it arrived only two years after another Zagato designed Lamborghini concept had been unveiled, the Diablo-based Raptor. The cars shared a number of similar features, including the wraparound windows, triangular lateral air intakes, and trademark double-bubble roof. However of the two, the earlier Raptor was probably the better looking. Clearly Ferdinand Piech – head of the Volkswagen Group – thought so too. After VW bought Lamborghini in 1999, one of his first decisions was to review the Canto’s development and redesign the concept. The car was re-engineered and the rear extensively restyled to include smaller air intakes. The engine was also up

BMW DK Concept

Lucas Herman Lopez (31) was born in a small town in Argentina. After high school, he perfected his techniques of drawing and learning about design. He now has six years working experience as a designer and is currently working in his own small design studio where he is making a sports car concept designs. Have more information about this car than please comment us or email us at roadstrikersIN@gmail.com Thank you

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