I nearly slapped my butler when I got the news. The GT by Citroën concept will indeed see limited production. We suspected as much, but it’s always good to hear it from the source. Now I won’t have to settle for that bland-looking Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. Of course, only six will be made at a price tag of €1.3 million, so there goes my floral budget for next year. Power will come either from a Ford or GM V8 with over 500 hp. Click through for a gallery of this masterpiece by Takumi Yamamoto.

A few days ago, at around 4pm on June 25th, Chevrolet Volt chief engineer Andrew Farah took some time out to answer questions about the car via a live webchat hosted at the official GM FastLane blog.

Farah has been involved in the development of the Volt since around early 2007, and he’s apparently the first person to drive the brand new “production intent” Volt. I was looking forward to getting some juicy news about the electrojesus car, but it turned out to be a little more like a PR stunt with none of my questions slipping past. So I added an addendum at the bottom of the transcript which includes a couple of my questions and simulated answers. Enjoy, Ridelusters.

Renault Megane Trophy Concept

Is a stateside Renault built for Saturn a complete pipe-dream? Following up on a report from Bloomberg over future Saturn production, the new/future owners of the former GM brand are addressing rumors of possible replacement models coming from Renault or Nissan. At the same time Roger Penske has thankfully taken Smart cars out of the mix for Saturn dealers…sort of.

Its skill for media whoring rivaled only by the Chief Harem Girl herself, the 2010 Camaro, the GTbyCITROËN GranTurismo 5 concept sports car has finally made its debut in the flesh (erm, carbon fiber?). Initially unveiled back in October at the Paris Motor Show, Citroën went to great lengths to assure the public that the GTbyCITROËN was purely a marketing tool for Sony’s launch of Gran Turismo Prolouge5 and thus never intended for production. Correctly assuming PS3 fanboys everywhere would be just detached enough from reality to take the bait, Citroën then announced they would unveil a production version of the GTbyCITROËN (in “very limited numbers,” of course). Little more was heard of the project until months later when a European TV crew posted a clip of the GT in action on YouTube, generating both our reluctant interest and our begrudging curiosity.

Swedish news source Realtid.se is reporting that the Koenigsegg Quant concept introduced in Geneva this year may yet see production. According to an unnamed source, Koenigsegg’s prime motivation behind the purchase of Saab was to expand their production capabilities to include electric cars. What makes the Quant different is a new technology developed by Swiss firm NLV Solar AG. A thin layer of photovoltaic panels cover the car and continuously feed the battery. Once home, it can be fully charged within 20 minutes.

2009 Honda Insight

According to the Wall Street Journal, based on the rate at which it is currently selling, Honda is happily bracing themselves and shareholders for huge sales figures of their Insight Hybrid in the coming year. In the U.S. alone, this may amount to between 50,000 and 60,000 new Insights sold this year alone.

And you two groups of slightly socially inept folks though you had nothing in common! You Linux nerds hate proprietary technology, and what is more proprietary than insidious Celtic dancing? And you Riverdance fans, afraid to expose yourself to public ridicule, hide in the shadows. Hide no longer! The Riversimple is here! A hydrogen city car with a name seemingly inspired by the fancy footwork of Micheal Flatley. Its open-source concept ensures that no one involved will make money, and the silly name will mean it is ridiculed almost as often as the similarly silly-named Riverdance!

Click through for a less nonsensical description of this concept.

Honda Crossover May Mimic Accord

The latest move by Honda to keep Toyota’s dominance in all market segments in check takes the form of a new crossover. This new vehicle (don’t call it a wagon) borrows heavily from the Accord while taking aim at the Toyota Venza.

It’s very hard to find original car designs anymore, especially attractive ones. Like women, there are just certain features in cars that are timelessly beautiful, even after accounting for individual tastes. So after a while, it’s not surprising that exotic cars begin to look pretty similar. But when we look at Krasnov Igor’s Marussia concept, we find an unusually high number of familiar design cues. There are so many, in fact, that it can be sort of a game trying to name them all.

For instance, the front end has the overall smoothness and the headlights of an F430. But the gaping front intakes evoke the Murcielago. In the rear, this mid-engine car has a Ford GT sort of rear end, except the taillights have been super-sized into jet thrusters a la Batmobile. The forward leaning cockpit does have a Zonda feel to it. Overall, though, the flat polygonal surfaces inspire more Reventon than anything else.

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Before you get too excited, remember, this is only a sketch–for now! We already know there is no Mach 1 special edition scheduled for 2010, and there hasn’t been any word officially from Ford regarding future Mustang packages, save the venerable Shelby GT-500. But we do know that the 5.0L 400HP Coyote V8 should be appearing within the next year or two, so perhaps, by 2011, Edmundo Cano’s fantasy can become a reality.

Unlike most photoshop jobs, these sketches, especially the rear-angle view with the backroads Americana backdrop, seem more photo-realistic than photo-shopped. All the basic components are here: the grabber orange paint, the matte-black hood and shaker system, the rear black-out panel, black spoiler, thrust wheels, and side louvers for the windows. But we’re especially fond of the ‘69 inspired rear-quarter intakes. If Ford could find a way to make them, and make them functional, well–that would certainly be the bee’s knees. Probably wouldn’t impress anybody but true blue-blooded Stang enthusiasts, but we’d notice.

Check the gallery for more awesome pics!