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Chevrolet Mi-ray concept (slideshow)

o celebrate its centennial, Chevrolet debuted at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show a hybrid supercar concept with the styling of a jet fighter but the fuel consumption of a Volt. The design won the award for Best Concept Car at the show. Korean for 'future,' the Mi-ray roadster blends and updates styling cues from past sports cars, like the 1963 Monza SS, and 1962 Corvair Super Spyder. Designers at the GM Advanced Design Studio in Seoul gave the Mi-ray LeMans scissor doors, an open top, and a chiseled yet aerodynamic body to achieve the look of a jet fighter, while balancing the designs of past and future Chevy models.

Liane Yvkoff
Liane Yvkoff is a freelance writer who blogs about cars for CNET Car Tech. E-mail Liane.
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Chevrolet Mi-ray scissor doors

Korean for 'future,' the Mi-ray roadster blends and updates styling cues from past sports cars, like the 1963 Monza SS, and 1962 Corvair Super Spyder. Designers at the GM Advanced Design Studio in Seoul gave the Mi-ray LeMans scissor doors, an open top, and a chiseled yet aerodynamic body to achieve the look of a jet fighter, while balancing the designs of past and future Chevy models.
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Chevrolet Mi-ray side exterior

As with most supercars, carbon fiber is the name of the game. The body is constructed using the lightweight material and CFRP (carbon fiber-reinforced plastic), as are the Mi-ray's spoilers. The cockpit-inspired interior is surrounded by a carbon fiber shell, and even the 20-inch wheels in front and 21-inch wheels in the rear and made of aluminum-carbon fiber composite.
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Chevrolet Mi-ray interior

The Mi-ray displays uses rear projection to display navigation, performance, and mileage information. Retractable rearview cameras replace traditional rearview mirrors, and a front-facing camera lets navigation information overlay on top of real-time driving video.
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Chevrolet Mi-ray front exterior

Located primarily behind and beneath the driver are two front-mounted 15-kW electric motors powered by a 1.6-kWh lithium-ion battery. Electric motors will propel the vehicle for in-city driving. For performance driving, the Mi-ray can switch from front-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive, and its 1.5-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine mounted behind the cockpit combines with the electric motors to provide torque control to the left and right rear wheels as needed. No details given on fuel consumption or speed.
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Chevrolet Mi-ray Best Concept car award

GM Director of Design Taewon Kim (left) and GM Korea President and CEO Mike Arcamone (right) holding the Best Concept Car award in front of the Mi-ray concept supercar at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show."

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