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The new generation of the MDX aims straight to complete with the BMW X5 and the Porsche Cayenne. Cargo capacity and off-road capability are no longer the key metrics when contesting market share with those lithe Germans. To instill the same level of driving excitement in the MDX as is found in its new competitors, Acura’s engineers headed to Germany’s Nurburgring, which is prized for its ability to expose chinks in a car’s driving dynamics.
Rinspeed has been designing fast cars like the Porsche 911 faster for 40 years now. To celebrate their 40th anniversary Rinspeed has pulled the tarp off a sweet concept car called the eXasis which is a transparent car that allows you to see the road underneath you as well as in front of you. While the eXasis looks like it is made from glass it acctually has a floor made of Makrolon produced by Bayer MaterialScience AG.
It is said that the more highly anticipated the car, the more difficult it is to get any advanced information on it, let alone any pictures. However,sometimes we are lucky enough to see those pictures, such as the upcoming BMW Z9.
Though the body panels on this prototype probably have some small German village wondering what happened to all of its trash cans, there is much we can deduce about the successor to the limited production Z8 (below right), thought by many to be one of the most beautiful cars in BMW’s illustrious history.