All Influential concept cars articles – Page 6
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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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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
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Suzuki Mobile Terrace (2003)
The anti-car mobile room that continues to appeal
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Dodge Super8 Hemi (2001)
Revisiting the concept that evoked the cars of pre-Interstate America
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Lancia Dialogos (1998)
For any brand with a long heritage, there is always a tension between the past and future. The past is a rich source of design ideas, but can also hinder the need to drive the brand’s image and design language into the future. How do you reconcile the two?
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Jaguar Kensington (1990)
Giugiaro's vision for a modern Jaguar that made production a decade later and half a world away
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Bronco (2004)
Revisiting Ford's show-car resurrection of the classic Bronco