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Pininfarina promised two new debuts for the Beijing Motor Show this year, and true to their word, they didn’t let us down. Following earlier teasers, the Italian design house showcased two more concepts for the Hybrid Kinetic Group. One takes the form of a sedan, the other, a crossover. And they both look pretty damn slick. Rendered in a deep shade of gold, the H500 sedan is envisioned as a smaller counterpart to the earlier H600 unveiled at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. Its cabin features four individual seats and a proliferation of touchscreens for all, plus a bright white upholstery. The K350 crossover on the other hand is designed to slot in below the five-seat K550 and seven-seat K750 showcased in Shanghai last year. With white bodywork and a contrasting black roof, it features a black interior with orange highlights and free-floating seats. Both concepts are motivated (in theory at least) by range-extended electric powertrains. Or in other words, plug-in hybr...

Remember in Geneva last month when Pininfarina unveiled a hybrid sedan concept for a Chinese automaker? Well that turns out to have been just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, as the two have teamed up again to reveal another couple of electrified concepts at the Shanghai Auto Show. Only this time they're SUVs. Following hot on the heels of the H600 sedan (now marking its Asian debut in the manufacturer's home country), the Hybrid Kinetic Group presents the K550 and K750 – both designed, once again, by Pininfarina. Pictured in silver, the K550 is a five-seat (two-row) crossover concept, while the larger K750 (in the same bronze shade as the sedan) sits taller and stretches longer to accommodate seven occupants (across three rows of seating). Both embody similar design cues to the H600, but applied to larger forms. Also like the H600, they're powered by a conceptual electric powertrain being developed by HKG and supplemented (not unlike the mouth-watering Jaguar ...

With the clock ticking closer to the Geneva Motor Show, Pininfarina has released two more images of its H600 luxury saloon for the Hong Kong-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HKG). While the first image showing the rear of the H600 had some viewers likening it to Lincolns, the second one revealing the front end might in turn bring comparisons with Mercedes-Benz’s EQ concept and even the Maserati Levante. Either way, both ends look sleek at a first glance. The other picture we got today is a partial shot of the dashboard that’s dominated by two fully digital screens, one for the instrument panel and the other, a table-like display for the infotainment system on the center console. There’s plenty of leather and what looks like wood grain covering a big chunk of the door too. Pininfarina has revealed very few details about the study, with a short release stating it is a “luxury sedan concept with new energy propulsion which is both elegant and comfortable, a perfect combination of pure...

Pininfarina's stand at the Geneva Motor Show this year will have some enticing new machinery on display. Not only will the Italian design house be showcasing the  Fittipaldi EF7  concept, but also this eco-friendly concept previewed here in this initial teaser rendering. Dubbed the H600, the concept is being completed by Pininfarina on behalf of the Hybrid Kinetic Group. Based in Hong Kong, the Hybrid Kinetic Group focused on “the development, manufacturing and marketing of new energy vehicles and their key components.” Neither HKG nor Pininfarina are saying much about the concept at the moment, but have revealed that it will take the form of a luxury sedan that is “both elegant and comfortable” and will be propelled by some manner of “new energy propulsion,” whatever that may be. With major automakers increasingly moving their design, prototyping, and low-volume production in-house, projects like the  Ferrari Sergio  and  BMW Gran Lusso Coupe  have beco...