The 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit opens to the public on 17 January. The Ford Motor Company is unveiling the exciting new GT, a lightweight, carbon fibre, high-performance supercar. Mercedes-Benz is showing off an autonomous electric concept car that takes the idea of a self-driving vehicle to a new, luxurious level. At the other end of the scale, Local Motors is launching the world's first 3D-printed car.
IBTimesUK presents some of the new cars and experimental concept vehicles unveiled at the show.
The Ford GT, a lightweight, carbon fibre high-performance supercar with a twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6 engine that produces more than 600 horsepowerReuters/Getty ImagesThe Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS packs 430 horsepower and promises 0-to-60mph acceleration in 4.1 secondsRebecca Cook/ReutersThe Mercedes-Benz F015 autonomous electric concept car takes the idea of a self-driving car to a new, luxurious level. The car resembles a silver capsule and the roomy, lounge-like interior is loaded with high-resolution touch screens and offers an adjustable seating system with four rotating chairsJewel Samad/AFPJohn B Rogers, CEO and founder of Local Motors, unveils the world's first 3D-printed car, the Strati. The two-seat car can go up to 25 miles per hour. Local Motors prints the car's frame and panels out of carbon fibre-infused plastic. It takes about 44 hours to print one Strati. Then it's outfitted with an electric car battery, motor and suspension from RenaultMark Blinch/ReutersThe 2015 Acura NSX. With a twin-turbocharged V-6 engine and a three-electric motor hybrid system, it promises total power output of more than 550 horsepowerMark Blinch/ReutersThe Alfa Romeo 4C coupeScott Olson/Getty ImagesThe 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, a convertible version of the 4C coupe with a removable carbon-fibre hard top. The Spider and the 4C will be difficult to get, as FiatChrysler says only 3,000 will be built by hand in Italy, and fewer than half of those will be convertiblesRebecca Cook/ReutersThe BMW M6 performance coupeJewel Samad/AFPThe BMW 650i ConvertibleJewel Samad/AFPThe Chevrolet Bolt, a concept electric car that will probably go on sale in about two yearsRebecca Cook/ReutersThe Buick Cascada is the brand's first convertible in 25 years. It has an insulated soft top that can be opened in 17 seconds with the car travelling at up to 31 miles per hour. It also has a turbocharged 200 horsepower engine and a safety system that deploys rollover protection bars behind the rear seats if the car detects that a crash is possibleJewel Samad/AFPThe Buick Avenir ConceptJewel Samad/AFPThe Hyundai Santa Cruz conceptBill Pugliano/Getty ImagesThe Volkswagen Cross Coupe GTE concept vehicle, a plug-in hybrid SUVMark Blinch/ReutersThe Mini John Cooper Works Hardtop, which is billed as the fastest Mini everScott Olson/Getty ImagesThe Infiniti Q60 ConceptBill Pugliano/Getty ImagesA 2015 Bentley Mulsanne Speed is prepared for the showRebecca Cook/ReutersThe GAC GS4 Compact SUV by Chinese carmaker Guangzhou AutomobileBill Pugliano/Getty ImagesThe Audi Q3Geoff Robins/AFPThe Audi Q7, a plug-in hybrid version of its SUV, which mates an electric battery to a diesel engineGeoff Robins/AFPThe Ford Raptor pickup truckMark Blinch/ReutersThe 2016 Toyota Tacoma pickup truckMark Blinch/ReutersThe 2016 Nissan Titan pickup truckMark Blinch/Reuters
