All Concept cars articles – Page 25
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ArticleLincoln Quicksilver (1983)
A forgotten concept from an era of radical aerodynamic experiments
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Colani Ferrari Testa D’oro (1989)
A record-breaking aerodynamic fantasy created by design’s ‘nutty professor’
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Opel Trixx (2004)
A look back at GM’s attempt at a smarter Smart city car
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Volvo YCC (2004)
The car designed by an all-female team that raised some important questions as well as eyebrows
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Vauxhall Equus (1978)
Wayne Cherry's favourite car: "the most uncompromised design I've ever worked on"
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Seattle-ite XXI (1962)
Ford’s vision for spaceage, nuclear-powered cross-country driving
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ArticleQ&A with CDN Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Syd Mead
Exclusive interview by Car Design News with visual futurist Syd Mead on the secrets of his success in automotive design. An ArtCenter graduate, Mead’s take on what the future of mobility might look like has bled into popular culture though cult sci-fi films like Blade Runner, Tron (original), 2010 and Tomorrowland and his work still inspires designers around the world
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Autobianchi A112 Giovani (1973)
A generation ago, Autobianchi stood for innovation in packaging and engineering. Formed in 1955 as joint project by Bianchi, Pirelli, and FIAT, the small company was “the mouse that roared”, creating a limited number of models, each unique in the marketplace, and frequently serving as platforms for innovative features FIAT hoped to incorporate in future models.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Aurora (1964)
Launched at the World’s Fair in 1964, the Aurora was Ford’s vision of the family hauler for the baby boomers
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ArticleConcept Car Of The Week: Stola S81 ‘Stratos’ (2000)
What happens when the original creator attempts to revisit one of their past masterpieces?
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ArticleConcept Car Of The Week: Corvette Nivola [Bertone] (1990)
A mid-engined Corvette concept with Italian Flair
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Bertone Saab Novanta (2002)
Italian firm's 90th birthday present to itself, via Sweden
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: New York Taxi (1976)
The seminal monovolume that spurred on Giugiaro's most creative period
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Nissan Chappo (2001)
The issue of the automobile in the megacity of tomorrow has been on automakers’ agenda for the last decade now. Plenty of questions are still being debated – What will power this car? Will it be autonomous? What will its architecture need to be? And what will an urban design language look like?
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Daihatsu X-021 (1991)
Tiny rival to the Mazda MX-5 that was destined not to be
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Oldsmobile Expression (1990)
The concept that aimed to revive the estate car with the help of a built-in Nintendo – the Oldsmobile Expression
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ArticleNew Car: BMW 2002 Hommage
BMW has organised the annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este classic car show since 2005, and frequently uses the event to debut retro-inspired ‘Hommage’ show cars. This year the brand unveiled the BMW 2002 Hommage, an exterior concept intended to evoke memories of the classic 2002, launched 50 years ago this year.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pininfarina X (1960)
The diamond layout, low drag family car that challenged the status quo
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Porsche Boxster (1993)
Revisiting the concept that kickstarted Porsche's road to recovery
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: BMW Mille Miglia Coupe (2006)
An object lesson in using the past as an impetus for creativity