Beijing Auto Show 2014

Specialized vehicles, sporting varying degrees of aesthetic and performance modifications, are one way automakers keep their products fresh in the global eye. This makeover technique is exactly what McLaren’s Special Operations (MSO) has done with the menacing, all-black MSO 650S Coupe Concept.

Lexus has revealed the production version of its NX crossover at this week's Beijing Auto Show. The small CUV has lost much of the crazy-eyed flair that it had in LF-NX concept form, but it does pack the marque's first gas turbo engine under its hood.

The all-new BMW Vision Future Luxury focuses in on the future of luxury motoring. Functional elements and new technologies melt away into an elegant, fluid design that seamlessly blends looks and performance.

At this week's Beijing Motor Show, Audi transformed its TT into an off-road-ready, AWD crossover based closely on the Allroad Shooting Brake concept. Audi hasn't announced any plans for a production car based on the TT offroad concept, but it's certainly hinting at the possibility.

At the Beijing Auto Show on Sunday, Mercedes Benz took the wraps off its new Concept Coupé SUV. Building on the compact GLA SUV launched last year, the new concept flags the company's intentions to carve out a new class merging on and off-road vehicle design.

The latest Bugatti special edition brings a little more intrigue than the average package, recalling what Bugatti calls "one of the first ever street legal super cars."

We’ve seen Volkswagen tease us with extreme variations of its iconic GTI now and again. Now the Golf R 400, a 400 hp AWD hot-hatch concept, boasting a top speed of 280 km/h (174 mph) and a blistering quick 0-100 km/h (62 mph) time of 3.9 seconds, has been unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show.

Pulling a bit of attention away from this week's New York Auto Show, Volvo has teased a plug-in hybrid concept ahead of next week's Beijing show. The S60L Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Concept combines performance and fuel economy with a turbo gas-electric powertrain.

Picking up where it left off with the Onyx Concept, Peugeot has revealed another sporty concept car that gets creative in the materials department. Like the Onyx, the EXALT concept catches the eye with a multi-material body that includes a healthy portion of bare metal.

Infiniti has released video of the new 560 hp Q50 Eau Rouge high-performance concept. Video of current World F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel testing the prototype in his role as Infiniti's Director of Performance leave little doubt as to its nature.