All Influential concept cars articles – Page 8
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Jeep Treo (2003)
Three-seat micro machine set out to outdo the Japanese on their home turf
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler D’Elegance (1952)
The Chrysler concept that would become a Volkswagen
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Probe V (1985)
The Prove V was first shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in 1985, and was arguably one of Ford’s most radical concept cars
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Lancia Megagamma (1978)
Visitors to the 1978 Turin Auto show expected the latest Giugiaro sports car concept. Instead, they were shocked to see a truncated version of Lancia’s Gamma fastback sedan. What was it? A little utility van? A stumpy estate wagon? The Italian maestro had in fact invented the MPV
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Volkswagen NILS (2011)
Looking back at one of the many highlights Frankfurt Motor Show has given us over the years
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ArticleCitroen Survolt [Geneva 2015]
Hot pink butting up to gloss blue; matte gray nestling closely with orange and chrome detailing. Add a riot of layered surface interplays as well as extreme, mini-supercar proportions, and extended exposure to the Citroën Survolt concept sounds like a recipe for a migraine, or a page out of Tommy Hilfiger’s Spring/Summer catalogue. So why the double-whammy of complex form and the bold use of color and textile?
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Ethos 1 and 2 (1992, 1993)
Exterior designer Stephane Schwarz talks us through two of his early works at Pininfarina
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ArticleDesign Development: Volkswagen Sport Coupé Concept GTE
How VW’s four-door, four-seater Geneva Motor Show concept was created - exterior in harmony with interior to form a dynamic coupé
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford Zig and Zag (1990)
The Ford Zig and Zag concepts were shown at the 1990 Geneva motor show
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Renault Talisman (2001)
In the week Renault announced its Laguna-replacing Talisman sedan, we're returning to the first car to bear the name
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Citroën Activa I (1988)
A look back at the big Citroën built to show off some pretty high-tech hydropneumatics
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ArticleXeno III - The Personal Concept Car
The Xeno III, the culmination of a decade of design and engineering development, was unveiled at Art Center College of Design on January 26.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Mazda Nagare (2006)
A look back at the concept car that went with the flow
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Chrysler CCV (1997)
The lightweight, low cost concept that owed more than a little to the Citroën 2CV
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Maserati Boomerang (1972)
In 1972, Giorgetto Giugiaro created one of the most futuristic wedge-shaped concepts of all – the Maserati Boomerang
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Fiat VSS I.DE.A (1981)
The Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering, or I.DE.A for short, was founded in Turin in 1978 by the entrepreneur Franco Mantegazza and the architect Renzo Piano. The institute’s first project a commission by Fiat, who invested $3.25-million in exploring how the cars of the 1990s could be designed and built more efficiently.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Jaguar Ascot (1977)
Bertone's fourth attempt at creating a car for the Jaguar brand
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ArticleBMW GINA concept - 2008
In 2008 BMW Group Design revealed a revolutionary new concept car which utilises a flexible textile cover to form its outer skin. Called the ‘GINA’ Light Visionary Model - an acronym derived from the principle of Geometry and Functions In “N” (Infinite) Adaptions - the concept offers dramatically different solutions that affect the design and functionality of future cars. One of Chris Bangle’s most famous cars.
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ArticleAudi Prologue Avant concept (2015)
Following the Prologue coupé unveiled at the 2014 LA Auto Show, and a slightly more refined autonomous version of that car shown at the 2015 CES in Las Vegas, Audi will debut the Prologue Avant at the Geneva Motor Show.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Fiat Scia (1993)
Although based on the Punto, the Fiat Scia looked so much more with its boat-like body shape and enticing stature