2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive

AMG is known for making awesome sounding and looking cars for Mercedes-Benz that are also bloody quick. So one might think that AMG would never think of making an electric car. However you're wrong because, they did.

Its Mercedes-Benz's first electric since back in the day, like early 1900, but this one is probably a lot more powerful. In fact this is Mercedes-Benz most powerful road going car they have ever made and the power is instantaneous. With one permeant magnet electric motor at each wheel that churn out 740 hp and 738 lb-ft of torque and will spin up to 13,000 rpm. When tat is compared to the 2013 SLS' 583 hp and 489 kb-ft it is quite dismal. The electric motors are powered by a liquid-cooled 60-kWh, 1208-pound lithium-ion battery pack made up of 864 AA sized cells. All those AA will get the SLS from 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds and to the limited 155 mph. And when you put your foot on the brakes a KERS system, like what is found in F1 cars, will give a little wasted heat back into energy for a slightly extended range. If you plugged it into a normal wall outlay it will take 20 hours to charge. giving the user 155 miles to work with, if you don't get carried away with the instant power.

A brand spankin new electric SLS AMG Electric Drive will set you back $435,000. It sure looks the part but I would rather go for a dinosaur powered SLS Black Edition or if I was going electric a Tesla Model S.

2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Concept

The S-Class is Mercedes flagship of luxury and power and in the 2015 S-Class Coupe that is not changed. Speaking of change the S-Class Coupe is almost exactly the same as when the concept was first unveiled.

The 2015 S-Class Coupe has a 4.663 liter twin turbo V8 that produces 455 hp and about 515 ft-kb of torque, which will most deffently push the coupe to unprecedented speeds. The coupe is also packed with awesome electronic like pedestrian detection and collision prevention, which can autonomously apply the brakes in an emergency, helping to prevent rear-end collisions from up to 25 mph.

Since this still a concept that was only officially released a few days ago there is very limited information on the S-Class Coupe. However by the looks it should be a pretty awesome car.

2015 Lexus RC F concept

Remember the Lexus LFA, well you should, now forget it because Lexus is coming out with a even faster sports car. It might not look quite as extreme but, its the most powerful road going Lexus ever! However it does have an appeal that the LFA did not.

Lets starts with the engine. Its a tweaked version of the 5.0 liter V-8 in the IS F bring the horsepower from 416 to 460. 460 horsepower, dang! It will be mated to a 8-speed automatic gearbox that will send the power to the rear wheels. The RC F shares its chase with the IS sedan so yes they can seat four (2+2) people. The V-6 RC coupes are expected to have all-wheel-drive as an option, which will be awesome.

The exterior looks awesome. It starts strong and powerful and smooths off to a spoiler that deploys at 50 mph. However it does not loose that Lexus fines. To distinguish it from the normal RC it also has a carbon roof. Inside its nothing less then you would expect from Lexus, stylish and awesome.

The RC F is due to be out to the public later this year starting around $65,000 for the RC F and $40,000 for the RC. Im happy about that because it should stay around a lot longer than the LFA.

Nissan IDx Concept 2018

At the Tokyo Motor Show last November, Nissan unveiled probably the car of the decade. Two fastback coup concepts that are the 21st century of the famed Datsun 510. The two coups are the Idx Freeflow and Idx NISMO, which is their sporty vision of their cars. Most likely the 1.8 liter from the Sentra will be mated to a CVT in the Freeflow and a 1.6 liter turbocharged hopefully mated to a normal manual gear box in the NISMO we hinted at the release. Why I say "hopefully" is because they talked about a sporty 6 speed CVT for the NISMO which would be silly.

There was also some talk from Nissan that customers could 3-D print body panels for the car if they so choose. I'm guessing in 2018 they will also supply a flying car option, hopefully.

On the inside it's just as cool as the outside. With an analog gauge positioned at the eye level of the driver. In the NISMO it's just a little fancier, think slacks and jeans.

However, since these are only concepts four years from their release date there is not a lot of info. Also in four years a lot of things can change on these hopeful, awesome cars. There is an estimate that the Freeflow will start in the low-to-mid $20,000 range which is fine with me. Until 2018 all we can do is twiddle our thumbs and wait, and I think that's what I will do.