All ConceptCarOfTheMonth articles – Page 7

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    Concept Car of the Week: Studebaker Sceptre

    2017-06-30T08:38:00Z

    Studebaker is an American automotive legend, and of the few manufacturers to successfully transition from the horse-drawn to the horsepower eras. Founded in 1852, the company produced high quality wagons for farming and overland freight hauling. By 1875 Studebaker was the largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, producing wagons and carriages in a proto-assembly line that had no rivals.

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    Concept Truck of the Week: Ford Ranger II

    2017-06-23T09:54:50Z

    What Syd Mead Would Drive to the Beach

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    Maserati Medici I (1974) & II (1976)

    2017-06-16T13:29:00Z

    A rare design misstep by Giugiaro led to a chance for redemption

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    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lincoln Continental

    2017-06-09T10:34:00Z

    This week marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary, if you’re not fluent in Latin) of the birth of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. All over the United States, and beyond, celebrations and exhibitions are planned and the architect’s contributions to modern architecture and city planning are once again a lively subject of debate and critical essays.

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    Concept Car of the Week: Renault Avantime (1999)

    2017-06-02T09:10:00Z

    In the history of French car design, Philippe Guédon is a legend. While maybe not as well-known as Patrick Le Quement or Robert Opron, Guédon has been involved in the design of many vehicles from Simca, Matra and of course Renault. He is considered the father of the Renault Espace, a design widely attributed to designer Antonis Volanis but finally shepherded to production by Guédon for Renault in 1984.

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    Chrysler/Simca Shake and Suzuki Go (1970 & ’72)

    2017-05-26T09:41:04Z

    Some Holiday Fun from Bertone and Marcello Gandini

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    Lamborghini Bravo (1974)

    2017-05-19T10:07:00Z

    For many, the recent crisis of 2008 through to 2012 was the worst downturn for the automotive industry in many years. But the mid-1970s were in many ways just as grim, though many of the players in the industry were stronger then and could weather the economic storm better than in recent crises. For makers of fine cars, however, those were desperate times indeed. But many of the designs of those years, some of the best ever, seem to defy the desperation and might fool one into thinking it was an automotive golden age.

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    Pontiac Phantom (Madam X)

    2017-05-12T10:28:00Z

    William ‘Bill’ Mitchell spent his entire 42-year career at General Motors, much of it served under the leadership of the flamboyant Harley Earl, GM’s Vice President of Design for over three decades. Earl appointed Mitchell as Cadillac’s first design chief in 1936. In 1954 he was promoted to Director of Styling, serving directly under Earl. Finally, after Earl retired, Mitchell stepped into Earl’s place and was Vice President of Design from late 1958 until his own retirement in 1977.

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    Cadillac Personal Luxury Car Concepts

    2017-05-05T13:39:00Z

    In 1960, General Motors found itself on top of the industrial world. It was the largest corporation with the greatest reach and broadest product line of any corporation in the world. It produced everything from home appliances to cars and trucks, to heavy industrial machinery and military vehicles. True to its name, if it had a motor, General Motors probably produced some version of it.

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    Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Jacqueline (1961)

    2017-04-28T08:37:00Z

    When John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States in 1961, he and his wife Jacqueline were not just state dignitaries, they were celebrities. Their image was one of a young America entering a new era. Jacqueline herself was an instant fashion icon – an American beauty, only 31 years old at the time of her husband’s inauguration. She became famous for pink Chanel suits, pillbox hats and a glamorous lifestyle inherited from her wealthy, old-world family. No other First Lady, before or since, has captured the American and international imagination so completely.

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    Concept Car of the Week: Hillman Zimp [1964]

    2017-04-21T08:41:00Z

    The Hillman Imp was manufactured from 1963 to 1976 for the Rootes Group, then later for Chrysler’s European group. It was sold in the lineup of a number of marques – Hillman, Singer, and Sunbeam – and in a number of configurations; coupé, saloon, estate (the Husky), a van and others. It was meant to be a direct competitor to the BMC Mini, and the two cars did fight it out for supremacy in the subcompact/starter car market, at least for a few years.

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    Lamborghini Athon (1980)

    2017-04-13T14:42:09Z

    The Bertone spider which helped Lamborghini fly again

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    Citroën C10: Ladybird from the Future

    2017-04-07T09:40:00Z

    The Citroën C10 is often overlooked when reviewing the CV of André Lefébvre. A forward-looking family car, it projected Citroën into the future and established its advanced technology credentials.

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    Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler 70X (1969) and Cordoba Del Oro (1970)

    2017-03-31T08:57:49Z

    Defining the “Fuselage” Aesthetic for a New Decade at Chrysler

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    Ford Mustang RSX (1979)

    2017-03-24T10:55:40Z

    The rally pony car that might have been

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    Concept Car of the Week: Citroën M35

    2017-03-17T11:18:17Z

    Ami meets Wankel. Odd romance ensues

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    Chrysler Turbine (1963)

    2017-03-10T09:29:07Z

    The Concept Cars that the public Got to Drive: Part 1

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    Bertone Mustang (1965)

    2017-03-03T10:25:00Z

    That time a car magazine commissioned a concept car…

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    Plymouth Voyager III (1990)

    2017-02-24T12:06:42Z

    An attempt to create the ultimate family car(s)

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    GMC L’Universelle (1955)

    2017-02-17T11:08:16Z

    Out-there styling but clever packaging in an ancestor of the MPV