Auto Shanghai 2017

Italian design house Pininfarina is in on the Auto Shanghai electrified vehicle fun, showing not just a single range-extended electric but teaming up with Hong Kong's Hybrid Kinetic Group for an entire family, starting with the H600 sedan and moving up to the seven-seat K750 SUV.

VW Group has its sights on 2025 for an expansion of its electrified vehicle portfolio. By that time, five of the group's all-electric vehicles will be wearing a Skoda badge ... compared to none today. Skoda starts now with a sporty electric crossover named the Vision E.

Auto Shanghai got underway this week, bringing with it a look at the near future of the auto market. It looks like we're in for a more attractive selection of electric cars, even more SUVs, and some vehicles from brands that didn't exist a few years ago.

If you need proof Chinese cars are fast catching up to the rest of the world, just look at some of the vehicles coming out of Auto Shanghai. The styling team at Haval has shown what it can do with the HB-03. It might be a concept for now, but the SUV previews what the future of Haval will look like.

Chery is one of the oldest, most established car manufacturers in China, but its range of cars doesn't exactly set pulses racing. If the Tiggo Sport Coupe SUV is anything to go by, that could be set to change.

Taking a break from the everyday hatchbacks and crossovers that populate its production lineup, MG Motor is dreaming bigger with its latest concept car. Unveiled at Auto Shanghai, the MG E-motion is a voluptuously sultry sports coupe with powerful electric drive.

The HP4 Race that BMW teased at the EICMA 2016 show is now going into a limited production run of 750 hand assembled units, complete with all carbon frame and wheels and ​a 158 kW ​power plant.

Tired of those boring, symmetrical car doors that just swing out to let you inside? Qoros' young mind has the cure in the new Model K-EV concept car, where no two doors are alike. The concept offers up to 311 miles of all-electric driving that starts off with the bang of a 2.6-second 0-62 mph.

One of the edgiest designs in Lexus' razor-edged range, the mid-sized NX SUV, has been treated to a refresh in Shanghai. The changes are subtle, but add a touch of polish to one of the weirdest looking cars in production.

The BMW M4 has already been turned into a track terror, a retro limited edition and a commemorative special for race fans, but that clearly wasn't enough. The latest special edition to come from BMW Motorsport is the M4 CS, designed to slot in between the M4 Competition Package and hardcore M4 GTS.

Renault has let its designers run wild ahead of Auto Shanghai, and the result is the R.S. 2027 Vision, a look at where F1 might be in (you guessed it) 2027. Virtually everything about the Vision signals a radical departure from everything we know about the pinnacle of world motorsport right now.

GM SUVs aren't generally the best place to look to see playful design, but that's what's on display on the new FNR-X. The SUV concept carries a plug-in powertrain and some high-tech features inside a strong, sturdy build sliced and diced with some puzzling design cues.