Gadgetory

welcome to France and the 2014 Paris International Auto Show as ever the floor is covered with lots of beautiful cars and lots of beautiful concept cars these are machines intended to give a bit of a design statement for the brands that they represent cars that may be too big or too impractical or simply too far out there to ever show up on a showroom floor in fact many of these cars may never see the light of day again so let's enjoy them while we can and take a look at the best concept cars of Paris 2014 this is the Infiniti qat inspiration an absolutely beautiful car that is long and low and lovely infinity says that it is aggressively styled to say that is a bit of an understatement on the inside of this of course packed with technology there are dual heads-up displays upfront one for the driver one for the passenger the car can drive itself but it can also give advice to the driver for example telling them when to change lanes and traffic to avoid the worst of it the rear seats have plenty of technology to high-definition displays for entertainment but the best form of entertainment perhaps the bottle of champagne is nestled between the quilted leather seats now what's under the hood probably nothing at all this is a show car after all but infinity would like us to believe that's got a twin-turbo v6 with a hybrid powertrain giving up total of 550 horsepower get still delivering 42 miles per gallon which isn't too bad next up is a concept that's looking a little bit closer to production this is the Audi TT sports bag a four-door version the company's iconic roadster now if you told me before the show that Audi was going to slap a couple of extra doors on the TT I probably would have been fairly skeptical but I have to admit I think it looks great especially the rear haunches with that sloping profile looks fantastic on the fort or perhaps even better than on the two-door now on the inside we've got the same 12 inch virtual display that's the same as we see on the TT I think some fantastic future technology LED lighting all around we've got Laser headlights in the front of 400 horsepower turbocharged motor that'll get you from zero to 60 in less than four seconds up despite looking like it just rolled off of a production facility we're hearing that out he has no plans of ever offering this for sale so my advice take a good look like n now all the Audi has all-wheel drive for good performance in all conditions pooja is taking that a step further with the off-road focused quartz concept which we're sitting in here 500 horsepower on tap means that this is a peppy pug and it is a plug-in hybrid as well I mean you'd go to 30 miles without burning any gas at all in theory anyway we're sitting in the interior here which is wonderfully futuristic there's actually a holographic display for the driver here lots of controls on the tunnel steering wheel so you never need to take your hands off of here and beautiful lighting beautiful materials even real stone here in the middle now is this car ever destined for production all the giant wheels the razor blade mirrors the scissor doors the smell of resins inside the interior I'd say don't get your hopes up children has announced the show this year they're spinning off yes the sort of some random there celebrating with this the des divine a bit of an appropriate name given the diamond studded interior my favorite part though the diamond-shaped louvers on the rear they do block rearward visibility but who needs to see out the back when you've got HD cameras HD displays and yes even the heads-up display a bit of a trend this year likelihood for production well look at the suicide doors and the giant wheels and everything else you have to say that it's pretty unlikely that this is ever going to be showing up in a Citroen showroom just as unlikely as will be showing up in John Waters next movie and finally my favorite concept car of the show this is the Lamborghini Asteria on LP i 910 dash for yes a very lengthy name but the Austrian part is the most important he was a mythical half-man half-bull Minotaur in this cartoon is a bit of a split personality v10 in the back electric motor up front yes this is a hybrid a 910 horsepower hybrid so very much a Lamborghini the styling I think is a bit more refined in a lot of recent Lambos a little bit more classical looks a little bit like the mirror and matter-of-fact from a couple angles and I am absolutely in love with its but it is unfortunately at this point just a concept car lamborghini has no plans for production but maybe if we all wish really hard and clap our hands never bikini we'll make our wishes and our dreams come true hope you've enjoyed this look at the greatest concept cars from Paris 2014 though these cars may never make an appearance in your driveway I hope they do at least make an appearance in your dreams now if you'll excuse me that's an agreement to do myself