21st Century : Cars

Ford Th!nk Ford Motor Company is taking a major step to jump-start the development of affordable small electric vehicles, and that step is catching the eye of drivers around the world. Ford has purchased majority interest in Norwegian-based PIVCO Industries, th...

Ford Th!nk FC5 Based on the 2000 Ford Focus, the TH!NK FC5 (Fuel Cell - 5th generation) offers a realistic vision of what a four-door family sedan could be in the near future. With electric power from the latest generation fuel cell technology, this engineering pro...

Ford Thunderbird Concept An automotive legend was reborn as the Ford Thunderbird made its return as an all-new concept car at the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Since its introduction in October 1954, the Thunderbird has been an American cultural...

Grinnall Scorpion III The Scorpion III, latest in a long line of three-wheelers, looks forward rather than backwards. With its space frame chassis, sophisticated suspension and ultra-modern composite body, it owes far more to today's race car technology than it does to hi...

Grinnall Scorpion IV New from Grinnall Specialist Cars for the year 200 comes this, the Scorpion IV, the most obvious change here being the addition of a fourth wheel! Billed as a direct competitor for the likes of the Lotus 340R, the Scorpion IV is powered by a 2 lit...

Guigaro Design Be Up Although it may look like a golf buggy with ideas above it's station, this, the Guigaro Design Be-Up is a fully-functioning automobile and is already on sale in France, and in the UK from Spring 2001. Powered as it is by a 505cc twin cylinder, 4 stro...

Holden HSV GTS A sports saloon with a mighty V8 engine, the Holden HSV (Holden Special Vehicle) GTS may look like a beefed-up GM but Holden, an Australian company produce the HSV as a performance vehicle to rival many top sports cars. Its 5.8 litre engine produces...

Honda FCX The FCX concept model is equipped with an extremely compact fuel cell unit that utilises methanol as its fuel source. The compactness of the fuel cell unit allowed next-generation packaging for the vehicle, as well as a radical exterior design and a...

Honda Fuya-jo According to Honda:- "The Fuya-jo rocks like a town that never sleeps and rides with the ease of a skateboard. Semi-standing seats are just right for happening street scenes where the music never stops. It has a steering wheel in the shap...

Honda Insight On sale now, the Honda Insight is a petrol-electric hybrid two-seater coupe that blends a mass of new technologies to achieve the world's lowest fuel consumption for a mass-produced petrol engined car. Key to this is Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (...