Photos: Design concept cars
As part of our retrospective of the 2007-08 auto show season, we're taking a look at the concept vehicles most likely to influence the design of production cars in the next few years. As a sign of the times, most of the cars in our roundup feature some kind of advanced or alternative-fuel drivetrain technology, while many of them hint at some of the new cabin gadgets that might soon be hitting the mainstream.
From the front, the Cross Cabriolet takes Audi's recent one-piece grille design a stage further with a face reminiscent of Jaws from the James Bond movies. More impressively, the car is also a mule for some of Audi's more inventive cabin tech, including a Google Earth-powered nav system, streaming Internet radio, and a person-to-person intercom system.