What are the recent trends in automobile?

Answer 1

Recent trends are for smaller, more economical cars because of the higher oil prices. Hybrid cars are becoming more popular as technology matures. Internally, devices are being integrated into the car such as GPS's, wireless telecoms, etc.

Recent trends are not only for smaller sizes of the cars but also for the economical ones. Electric vehicles are the most sensible solution hence the technology to produce one is becoming cheaper and more available. The main advantage is, that Electric vehicles produce 0 g/ml of any sort of emissions and recycling of the battery and other car parts will give let us rely less on the production of new plastics, metals, and substances further reducing our carbon footprint.

Probably the newest trend on a design point of view, is incorporating original fibers and flexible plastics into the horizon, moving away from the plated structure of automobiles, to more unique looking and detailed designs, for example, the BMW GINA concept that sparked a whole new trend of soon to come high end vehicles (appealing to a different crowd).