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Amazing concept cars you will love to drive

September 10, 2013 13:32 IST

Image: Nissan's concept car R.D/B.X at the Tokyo Motor Show.
Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

Usually concept cars don’t hit the production lines. They, however, shape the future of automobiles, as they are the vision of an auto companies.

It’s because of the concepts that beautiful cars such as Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 2014 and Porsche 918 Spyder became reality.

Let’s look at some of the concept cars that we might see on road some day.

Click NEXT to see the concept cars…

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Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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Honda Motor Co's electric Micro Commuter Concept city vehicle is seen in an image released by Honda.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A Kia Pop electric concept car displayed at the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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Toyota's gull-winged fuel-cell hybrid concept vehicle "Fine-X". The gull-shaped concept vehicle can rotate on the spot thanks to its four independently steered wheels.

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A model presents Toyota's concept vehicle Fun-Vii at a pre-Tokyo Motor show reception in a showroom in Tokyo.

The whole body of the concept car can be used as a display space, with the body colour and display content changeable at will, and allows the vehicle to function as a terminal for displaying messages or other information.

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An EN-V, or "Electric Networked-Vehicle", is driven by a General Motors' staff member during an event to unveil its concept car in Shanghai.

The EN-V concept represents a vision of the future of urban personal mobility, including a feature that would allow the vehicle to park itself and automatically return to the user when summoned from a smartphone application.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


Photographs: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

The "smart for-us" concept car is displayed during the first press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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The EN-V, or "Electric Networked-Vehicle", concept from General Motors is unveiled in Shanghai.

The two-seater EN-V would be networked with other cars to help avoid accidents and ease traffic in congested major cities.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Visitors look at Nissan Motor Co's New Mobility concept car at the company's showroom in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A model sits in a Haval E concept car from China's Great Wall Auto at Auto China.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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German carmaker Adam Opel presents the full electric vehicle 'Opel RAK e' concept car at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A model drives a Toyota i-REAL concept car at the Shanghai International Auto show.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A Nissan Pivo2 concept car at the Geneva Car Show. The concept car, featuring a rotating cabin which can swivel 360 degrees and 90 degree turning wheels, is powered by compact lithium-ion batteries.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A woman walks past the folded Armadillo-T, a foldable electric vehicle, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon.

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A researcher gets out of Armadillo-T, a foldable electric vehicle, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon.

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Suzuki's one-person electric vehicle "Pixy" comes out of the "SSC" (Suzuki Sharing Coach) at a demonstration.

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A Lightning Hybrids LH4 prototype hybrid sport sedan outside the company's headquarters in Loveland.

The car achieves a 0 - 60mph in less than six seconds and gets an average fuel economy of 100 miles per gallon. The diesel-powered car doesn't require a front grille.

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Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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The Honda P-NUT (Personal Neo Urban Transport) concept vehicle is unveiled at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Cadillac's Concept car at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters

A model poses next to a GM EN-V, or "Electric Networked-Vehicle" concept car at the Beijing Auto Show.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Toyota's RiN concept vehicle. The car is designed to promote healthy living and has seats that make the driver and passengers sit upright.

It also features a steering wheel that senses the driver's mood and has visual displays to promote calm.

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A GTbyCitroen concept car is seen at the Moscow Auto Salon 2010 (the Moscow International Motor Show).

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The interior of the Ford Lincoln 'C' Concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 2009.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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The Honda P-NUT (Personal Neo Urban Transport) concept vehicle at the LA Auto Show, December 2009.

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Photographs: Nir Elias/Reuters

EN-V, or "Electric Networked-Vehicle", General Motors and its China joint venture partner SAIC Motor Corp, are showcased during an event to unveil its new concept car in Shanghai.

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A Zoe Z.E. (zero emission) concept car is displayed during an exhibition of electric vehicle at the Renault Champs Elysees showroom in Paris, November 2009.

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Toyota's Motor Triathlon Race Car (MTRC) in Kuala Lumpur. The two-seater concept vehicle, designed and built by Toyota, uses an electronically-controlled suspension system and the wheels have their own electric motors that are powered by the Toyota fuel cell stack. As a result, the MTRC is a zero emission vehicle.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A Twizy Z.E. (zero emission) concept car is displayed at the Renault Champs Elysees showroom in Paris.

Amazing concept cars you will love to drive


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A Kangoo Z.E. (zero emission) concept car at the Renault Champs Elysees showroom in Paris.

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The one-litre concept car "L1" from Volkswagen on display in Frankfurt.

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