All articles by Flavien Dachet – Page 2
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Concept Car of the Week: Opel Junior (1983)
30 years ago, Opel was already thinking about a very compact vehicle that would fit in its range below the Corsa. The Junior Concept was a realistic study of a future-oriented A-segment car with an interior packed with innovations.
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Concept Car of the Week: Abarth 2000 (1969)
In 1969, a few years before it was sold to Fiat, Abarth and Pininfarina worked together to develop an attractive sports car prototype.
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Concept Car of the Week: Ghia Streamline X 'Gilda' (1955)
In 1954 Virgil Exner, director of styling at Chrysler, created a scale clay-model to communicate to his team his vision of futuristic and aerodynamic shapes. The sculpture was then painted black and was left on display in Exner's Office. There it caught the eye of Luigi Segre, director of Ghia ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Bertone Lamborghini Genesis (1988)
After its beginnings as a tractor manufacturer, Lamborghini quickly became synonymous with exciting supercars and luxurious gran turismos and it's remained so ever since. Bertone was responsible for the design of its finest cars including the Miura, Countach and Marzal concept amongst many others. However along the way there have ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Dodge Charger III (1968)
In 1968, at the dawn of the muscle car era, the performance-oriented Dodge brand offered a unique range of powerful and iconic models such as the Charger, the Dart and the Coronet. While working in parallel on the Mk II production Charger, designers and engineers created the third in a ...
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Italdesign Machimoto (1986)
The Machimoto might look and sound like a Japanese concept, but it was developed in Europe in the Turin-based Italdesign studio, and was based on a Volkswagen Golf GTI platform. The name actually derives from MACHIna (car in Italian) and MOTOciclo (motorcycle) as the perfect hybrid between the worlds of two- and four-wheelers.
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Concept Car of the Week: Ford Mustang RSX Concept (1979)
In the late ‘70s, Ford commissioned carrozzeria Ghia to build a concept car based on the Fox platform to help promote its third generation Mustang.
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Concept Car of the Week: Oldsmobile Golden Rocket (1956)
From 1949 to 1961, General Motors ran its own motor show. Called Motorama, the annual event was a showcase for concept cars which revealed prospective design and technology directions for all of GM's brands and for cars in general.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Buick Wildcat (1985)
In 1985, Buick unveiled the totally unexpected Wildcat concept, which broke radically with the brand’s stodgy image
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Concept Car of the Week: IAD Alien (1986)
Established in 1976 as a railway and aeronautical engineering company, Britain's IAD (International Automotive Design) rapidly oriented its expertise towards the automotive industry providing services from design to chassis engineering and even small-scale production. By the mid-80s two concepts had been presented - the TRX and the Arrival - that ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler Atlantic (1995)
The Atlantic concept was arguably one of the first retro-remakes, starting a trend soon followed by cars like the Alfa Romeo Nuvola and the Renault Fiftie.
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Concept Car of the Week: Renault Espace F1 (1994)
Co-developped with Matra, the Renault Espace was launched in 1984 and pioneered the now very popular minivan/MPV segment. The second-generation version appeared seven years later by which time the competition all had developed competitors. 1994 marked the tenth anniversary of the Espace as well as Renault's third Formula 1 championship ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Renault Vel Satis (1998)
The approach to the design of top end models varies greatly depending on the manufacturer's heritage and the cultural differences of each country. It might be a conventional combination of wood and leather for some, power and technology for others, but it is generally packaged into a three-box four-door sedan ...
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: AMC Amitron (1967)
While the American auto industry spent most of the late ‘60s creating huge barges powered by monstrous engines with loud decals on disco paint jobs, AMC believed in the future of compact cars, fuel economy, and go-faster stripes.
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Concept Car of the Week: Lamborghini Countach LP500 (1971)
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Concept Car of the Week: Pontiac Pursuit (1987)
Wheels are an essential element of car design. They contribute graphically by adding a level a rhythm and details. They can also dramatically affect the impression of power and luxury, and even improve aerodynamic performance.
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Concept Car of the Week: Renault Racoon (1992)
As far as wacky concepts go, the Racoon surely has to be up there with the best of them. Designed and engineered like no other car before, the off-road and amphibious capabilities of the Racoon stretched automobile versatility to new levels.
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Concept Car of the Week: Honda HP-X (1984)
20 years after producing its first production car, Honda grew enough confidence to challenge European sports cars on their own turf. Going straight for the jugular, they commissioned the famous Italian carrozeria Pininfarina to design a mid-engined two-seater concept for the 1984 Turin Motor show.
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Concept Car of the Week: Mitsubishi HSR (1987)
In 1987, Mitsubishi initiated a range of concept cars called HSR (High Speed Research) with the intention of creating a futuristic vision for the brand combining advanced technology, efficient power and aerodynamic design. The first concept car was designed for safely cruising on the motorway at very high speed, thanks ...
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Volvo Tundra (1979)
In 2013, Volvo unveiled the Concept Coupé – a good reason for Flavien Dachet to take a look back at another Volvo coupé concept from 1979 – the Tundra
