These aren't cars you can drive off the dealership lot now but the
forward-thinking designs and features packed into the concept cars at the New York International Auto Show display imagination and
highlight how drivers and passengers may interact with cars in the future.
Lincoln's Navigator concept made its
world debut at this year's New York International Auto Show at the Javits
Center, impressing with gull-wing doors that make the beastly SUV look more
like a Tesla Model X than what one would traditionally think of a Lincoln.
Concertina steps descending on both sides of the vehicle also provide the
driver and passengers a stylish way to get inside the vehicle's nautical
inspired interior.
"We are having so much fun with
this. [I] love the doors and the wow factor of the concertina steps as they
roll out. It is just an amazing wow moment and it shows off the interior,"
Kumar Galhotra, president of Lincoln, told ABC News.
The New York International Auto Show Through the Years
It also didn't hurt that Lincoln spokesman Matthew McConaughey was on hand to show off the concept
car, which is set to have a production version go on sale in 2017.
Meanwhile, Toyota glanced 15 years into
the future with its FCV Plus concept car, a quirky white-and-blue vehicle that
takes Toyota's existing fuel cell stack technology to the next level. At the
show, Toyota demonstrates by using inductive charging to let the FCV Plus share
power with another car, essentially act as a charging hotspot.
A chemical reaction involving hydrogen
and oxygen allows fuel cell vehicles to generate enough electricity to power a
motor.
"This is looking to the future with
a smaller, more powerful fuel cell stack. What if you could not power one home
but you could power 10 homes? Or what if you could send power back to the grid?
What if you could power another vehicle?" Kelly Paredes, a Toyota product
specialist, told ABC News.
Toyota also showed off its C-HR concept,
a crossover concept vehicle with tapered corners and hybrid power. A U.S.
production model of the vehicle is expected to debut later this year and go on
sale in spring 2017.
Hyundai's luxury Genesis brand debuted its New York luxury
sport hybrid concept car at the show and packed a 21-inch curved, 4K display
made by LG inside of the vehicle. Drivers can use a bowl-shaped central control
panel, which can respond to 3-D gesture controls, along with single and
multi-touch swipes.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/york-international-auto-shows-coolest-concept-cars/story?id=37898788
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