Super Concept Cars Blog

Incorporating design elements from every vehicle in the VW Group, the Audi RS7 is Austrian designer Adriano Mudri’s vision for future Audi products. Probably most successful are the minimal LED lights, eliminating the visual fuss of Audi’s current corrective lenses.

The hood and descending character lines passing over the front wheels and into the doors are pulled from the sporty SEATs like the SEAT Leon Cupra R, the scissor doors are straight off a Lamborghini Murcielago and the rear end is lifted from the Audi R8.

One of the mot interesting features is the exposed engine cover which is contoured to mimic the engine underneath. Neato, but wouldn’t we rather just see the engine in question?

We here at egmCarTech have a huge spot in our hearts for Morgans. Speaking to AutoCar at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Charles Morgan said that his company will launch a new 2+2 concept at the Pebble Beach Concours show in the United States in August.

Morgan said that the concept will preview an all-new Morgan model that is scheduled to go into production in 2012-2013.

The 2+2 model will be positioned halfway between Morgan’s traditional models and will be priced from £40,000 ($60,078 USD).

 I just learned about this new hybrid sportscar, the Scorpion; presumably aimed at the Tesla Electric Roadster. Unlike the Tesla, the Scorpion will use an internal combustion engine that burns a mixture of gasoline and hydrogen. Ronn Motor Company, the Austin-based startup that will manufacture the Scorpion, claims that this will result in lower emissions and improved fuel economy. Even if it doesn’t, they certainly got the styling right – this thing looks hot!

I’m a little skeptical of their claims, however, since the hydrogen is apparently generated on-demand using electrolysis of water. This has historically been thermodynamically unfavorable; it simply requires more energy to split water into it’s component parts (Hydrogen and Oxygen) than you get back from burning them. The technology RMC is using is from a company called Hydrorunner; their specialty is apparently crafting electrolysis systems to generate hydrogen as needed for blending with gasoline to improve fuel economy. Again, I’m skeptical that this sort of a sytem could improve fuel economy, as the electricity used to split water is generated by the gasoline engine itself – in a closed system like that, it’s hard to see where the extra energy (to improve the fuel economy) is coming from. That said, it’s certainly possible that the system works as described, and if nothing else the machine is one sexy beast.