Concept Cars

Nissan explores how "work from home" could become "work from van." Its work-optimized NV350 creates a quiet, private 9-to-5 space in the city or the wilderness. The concept van has an indoor/outdoor sliding office and a rooftop lounge.

Auto shows may have screeched to a sudden halt in 2020, but that hasn't stopped design teams cutting loose with an array of futuristic four-wheeled creations.

Nissan's design team has built a full-scale model of Korean designer Jaebum "JB" Choi's concept of an autonomous supercar for the year 2050. Conceived as a mind-controlled, rolling exoskeleton, the GTR-X is one of the year's most unusual concepts.

Since launching the new Bronco, Ford has highlighted how the 4x4 fits the overland lifestyle. But what about the common weekend warrior? Ford hasn't forgotten about them, and a new SEMA concept shows how Bronco modularity will help them get out there.

At its core, Mini has always been a brand that challenges conventional automotive dimensions. The badge's new Vision Urbanaut takes the challenge into the future with a versatile, shape-shifting interior inside a set of smooth, timeless van lines.

In a glimpse of futures that could've been, Porsche Design Studio has unveiled three concept cars that have never before been shown to the public: one Le Mans racer-based hypercar, one open-top sportscar, and one electric riff on the Kombi van.

Two years ago, BMW rolled the Vision iNext out as a wheeled laboratory of next-gen autonomous and HMI technology. Today, the iNext turns into the iX, a big step toward a production 300-mile (483-km) electric SUV on its way to market next year.

Ever wonder what Bugatti's quad-turbo W16 could do if decoupled from heavy, bulbous cars like the Chiron? Bugatti has, too, and it answers with the Bolide, an ultralight 1,825-hp hypercar parked at the bleeding edge of automotive possibility.

Between Zoes, Twizys, Kangoos, Masters and Twingos, some 20 percent of Renault's vehicle sales since 2010 have already been fully electric, and the brand is planning to step things up into the performance sector with a brand new electric Megane hatch.

The all-new EQC 4x4² concept is the first all-electric model of Mercedes' 4x4² series, promising rowdy, unrestrained off-roading powered by battery. Like the 4x4² models that came before it, the new EQC concept rides on clearance-upping portal axles.

Turns out Hyundai was actually pretty serious when it debuted the go-anywhere four-leg/wheel drive Elevate concept in 2019. This week, it announced that it has formed a new studio to work on "ultimate mobility vehicles" (UMVs), including the Elevate.

This week brings us another entry in the book of visionary Buick concepts that don't look anything like cars Buick builds. The butterfly-winged Electra shows what an edgy electric Buick crossover GT could look like (but probably won't).