Renault has revisited the little four-door Gordini, and the result looks ready for a rally stage. The Renault 8 Gordini Concept is a two-seat electric coupe with 270 hp, six round headlights, and a cabin trimmed in brushed aluminum and blue corduroy. The familiar white stripes even follow you inside.
Porsche has a proposal for anyone tired of dashboard screens: bring your phone and leave the driving instruments to the car. The Mission S pairs physical controls with gauges that change position, wrapped in a mid-engined design pointing toward a permanent supercar offering above the 911.
A modern Nissan Z with T-tops is already a tempting proposition. Add Pacific Teal paint and genuine NISMO wheels rescued from the ’90s, and the Z Kaze starts looking like a long-held wish made real. Nissan built it for enthusiasts; unfortunately, that doesn’t mean enthusiasts can buy it.
A family car that turns into a pickup sounds useful. An 816 hp hatchback sounds excessive. Both have a place at the 2026 Paris Motor Show, alongside a color-shifting DS, a sculpted Alfa Romeo, and two good reasons to keep wishing for cars that aren’t SUVs.
Delivery vans rarely make you wish one would pull up outside your house. Citroën’s 2 CV Fourgonnette Concept might change that. Its designers have reimagined the familiar workhorse as an endearing electric van, though this passion project needs a production plan before anyone can put it on parcel duty.
Renault has given the family car somewhere to keep cold drinks and an actual game of Connect 4. The E-Space Concept’s middle seats swivel to face the rear passengers or fold into a table, turning its glass-lined cabin into a place where spending time together sounds rather appealing.
Needing an armored car does not necessarily mean needing BMW’s highest level of protection. The Concept 7 Protection explores a lighter scope focused on handgun threats, while keeping the familiar luxury-sedan appearance. Inside, a folding table and cool box let passengers get on with their day behind the thicker glass.
Alpine put an original A310 in its design studio and imagined how it might look if designed today. The resulting A310 VISION keeps the seventies car’s low, geometric character, then adds a semi-transparent cabin and headlights that reveal themselves at startup. I would want to see that last detail more than once.
Citroën’s idea of a small electric car includes yellow tartan seats, a radio you can take outside, and somewhere to keep your eggs. The 2 CV Concept makes a cheerful case for simpler motoring, and with a production model on the way, I hope the fun survives the trip to the showroom.
Inspired by Bruce McLaren’s unfinished M6GT, the McL 6GT combines a carbon-fiber structure, V8 power, rear-wheel drive, and McLaren’s first manual gearbox since the F1. A production version arrives in 2028.
Unveiled at Le Mans, the BMW M Concept Neue Klasse offers the clearest look yet at BMW M’s electric future, combining four motors, 800-volt technology, and a design shaped by motorsport.