Jaguar Aluminum-Bodied Concept
No engine or transmission details for the Advanced Lightweight Coupe were given other than to say it has a V-8 engine. The production XK8 and XKR will have slightly larger V-8 engines, one naturally aspirated and one supercharged, about 300 and 400 horsepower, respectively.
Suzuki Concept-X
Because the midsize S.U.V. that Suzuki eventually decides to build will have to compete with similar vehicles in its class, like the Honda Passport, expect the price to be somewhere in the $25,000 to
$30,000 range. Production on a Suzuki midsize S.U.V. will begin next year.
Kia KCD Mesa Concept
Usually jaundiced media observers grudgingly conceded Mesa was one of the Motown show's greatest hits. The Mesa looks like a pace car for the Military Industrial Complex. More handsome and utilitarian than a Hummer, but just as martial in its own way. "Yes, it has military and commercial design cues," said Kia's new design chief in the United States, Tom Kearns, a former Cadillac stylist. "And it's very buildable."
BMW 5-Series Station Wagon
New, lighter and more powerful 2.5-liter and 3.0-liter engines, with 218 and 258 horsepower, respectively, will appear in sedan and wagon models. The 5 Series is the only luxury car in its class to offer 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmissions.
GMC Graphyte S.U.V. Concept
A 5.3-liter gasoline V-8 engine with a fuel-saving system that shuts off half the engineÂ’s cylinders as the combustion portion of a two-stage hybrid system that replaces the automatic transmission. It
can use engine power, electric power or both.
