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It’s a gadget anyone stuck in yet another traffic jam would give their eye-teeth to own. The Renault Kwid concept, a compact car unveiled this week at the Delhi motor show, has a drone-like device that can fly above it and beam back images of the road ahead, The Sunday Times reports. The Flying Companion looks like a miniature helicopter and has three rotors. It can be operated in automatic mode using a preprogrammed flying sequence and GPS guidance, or manually via a control pad inside the car. Besides monitoring the traffic situation, it could spot obstacles ahead and, if...

January 4, 2006; Posted: 11:04 a.m. EST (1604 GMT) NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - With an appearance that draws heavily from the classic muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s, the Dodge Challenger, premiering in concept car form at next week's Detroit Auto Show, should satisfy those who thought the 4-door Dodge Charger just didn't have the right stuff. This time around, the number of doors stays true to the original spirit. Just two.

<p>March 7, 2004 -- It fits as well as a well-tailored dress. It's designed to be flattering and not get dirty.</p> <p>And it won't mess up your hair. It's the first car built by women for women. It's Volvo's Your Concept Car, or YCC, and it's about to cut a striking silhouette on the road.</p>

<p>MELBOURNE, Australia -- At the Melbourne Motor Show last week, Toyota unveiled a controversial concept car that would very closely monitor, and in some cases restrict, the actions of its driver -- including refusing to turn on.</p> <p>To drive the sleek Toyota Sportivo, a driver would have to enter a memory card into its console to turn on the engine. Based on the driver's experience and driving record, the car adjusts its engine performance, cutting back for motorists with less experience or spotty driving records.</p>

Volkswagen Chairman Dr. Ferdinand Piech arrived at this week's annual VW shareholders meeting in a remarkable little car.VW's new 'One Liter' concept car is designed to burn less than one liter of fuel over 100 kilometers.On Sunday's three hour drive from VW's Wolfsburg headquarters to Hamburg, it did that and more, averaging 0.89 liters per 100km (239 miles per gallon) in traffic.Yes, it's already licensed for use on public roads, comes complete with airbags, anti-lock brakes and other modern comforts--and can cruise at 75 mph all day.Perhaps most suprising, given that the car's novel direct-injection single cylinder engine makes only...