Hyundai officially unveiled the eight-passenger Hexa Space Concept at the New Delhi Auto Show. This MPV features clever hexagonal seating designed to optimize interior room, with each chair fitting into a honeycomb matrix, allowing passengers to sit three across without feeling cramped or crammed together. The seats can also be folded flat to allow for expansive cargo room. Outside, the vehicle makes use of the Hyundai fluidic sculpture design language. A bold front fascia with exaggerated headlight displays and a sprawling front grille define the Hexa Space Concept’s nose, while large LED tail light arrays mark the vehicle’s rear.

Under the hood, a 1.2-liter turbocharged, direct-injection engine is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission. Not surprisingly, Hyundai doesn’t have any plans to bring the Hexa Space to market any time soon, though a similar MPV-style creation could show up in the Indian Market to do battle with the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga in coming years.

Hyundai HND-7/Hexa Space concept unveiled in New Delhi originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to Citroën, the Tubik is “a concept car designed to make travel meaningful again.” We’re not entirely sure what that means, but we’re happy to see the ethos wrapped up in a package that reminds us of the old Volkswagen Transporter.

As you can tell from the highly stylized set of images and renderings that the quirky French automaker has released of its new concept, the Tubik is intended to be a wholly modern take on the one-box MPV shape. Note too the asymmetrical entry portals. We can’t quite tell what’s going on with the driver’s seat (really more like a perch…), but it’s kind of like a cocoon with all kinds of ethereal lighting surrounding it.

The rest of the interior is a bit more subdued, but only just. There are a slew of configurations for the passenger compartment along with a somewhat disarming lack of windows. We’d guess the driver gets a view of the outside world through cameras and LCD screens.

Citroën used phrases like “shared, intelligent, connected and eco-friendly” to describe the Tubik Concept, but stops well short of telling us any meaningful details on what any of that entails. In any case, stay tuned for more about this far-out concept at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show and feel free to check out the brief press release after the break.

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Citroën Tubik Concept is the automotive space shuttle of tomorrow originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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