Concept Car of the Week: American Motor Corporation Concept 80 Cars (1977) A brave, but ultimately doomed, attempt to save the American Motor Corporation Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: The Kar-A-Sutra (1972) Bizarre, hideous, yet enormously influential Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Stout Scarab (1936) William Bushnell Stout took inspiration from aviation to create the world’s first minivan the Stout Scarab. The Scarab recently acted as inspiration for the Hyundai Prophecy concept (2020) Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Ford Indigo (1996) Twenty years ago, Ford predicted an IndyCar in every garage Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: General Motors Firebird IV/Buick Century Cruiser (1964/1969) General Motors' Firebird IV concept promised a future where cars drove themselves Karl Smith
Fiat Bertone Barchetta (2007) Bertone’s 95th anniversary car that celebrated one of the Italian greats Karl Smith
Lincoln Quicksilver (1983) A forgotten concept from an era of radical aerodynamic experiments Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Colani Ferrari Testa D’oro (1989) A record-breaking aerodynamic fantasy created by design’s ‘nutty professor’ Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Opel Trixx (2004) A look back at GM’s attempt at a smarter Smart city car Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Ford Seattle-ite XXI (1962) Ford’s vision for spaceage, nuclear-powered cross-country driving Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Autobianchi A112 Giovani (1973) A look back at the one-off concept Pininfarina designed for new drivers in 1973 Karl Smith
Concept 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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: New York Taxi (1976) The seminal monovolume that spurred on Giugiaro’s most creative period Owen Ready
Concept 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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Porsche Boxster (1993) Revisiting the concept that kickstarted Porsche’s road to recovery Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Dodge Super8 Hemi (2001) Revisiting the concept that evoked the cars of pre-Interstate America Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Jaguar Kensington (1990) The Kensington was Giugiaro’s vision for a modern Jaguar that made production a decade later and half a world away Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Ford Bronco (2004) Car Design News revisits Ford’s show-car resurrection of the classic Bronco Karl Smith
Concept Car Of The Week: Ferrari F100 (1998) The F100 is Leonardo Fioravanti’s unique commemoration, marking 100 years since Enzo Ferrari’s birth Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Chevrolet Aerovette (1976) The mid-engined Corvette concept that swapped rotary for V8 power Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Mitsubishi SE-RO (2003) Mitsubishi’s noughties dieselpunk showcar used the 1950s to predict the future Karl Smith
Concept Car(s) of the Week: Ferrari 250 P5 (1968) & Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Coupe Speciale (1969) Car Design News revisits the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo showcars that shared far more than Italian heritage Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Scion Hako (2008) With news of the brand’s closure, Car Design News revisits Scion’s best concept car, the Hako Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Eole (1986) Introduced at the 1986 Geneva Motor Show, the Eole was a four-passenger luxury wagon based on the production CX. But while that car had its roots in the 1970s, the Eole was an exploration of where the genre might go in the next decade and beyond Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen Concept 1 (1994) J Mays and Freeman Thomas resurrect the Beetle to help rebuild VW’s US reputation Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Mazda Senku (2005) Recalling the last time Mazda’s Tokyo show star came with added global appeal Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Le Corbusier’s Voiture Minimum (1936) 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Le Corbusier, the famous Swiss-French architect who ranks among the great modern masters of the craft Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: GM Futurliner (1939) The 1938 Buick Y-Job is rightly famous for being the world’s first concept car. But while the Y-Job was being created by Harley Earl and the designers at GM’s newly-named Styling Division, the team was also working on a project much larger in scale: the Futurliner Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler D’Elegance (1952) The Chrysler concept that would become a Volkswagen Karl Smith
Concept 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 Karl Smith
Concept 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? With the Megagamma, the Italian maestro had in fact invented the MPV Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen NILS (2011) Looking back at the Volkswagen NILS one of the many highlights Frankfurt Motor Show has given us over the years Tom Phillips
Concept 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 Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Ford Zig and Zag (1990) The Ford Zig and Zag concepts were shown at the 1990 Geneva motor show Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Activa I (1988) A look back at the big Citroën built to show off some pretty high-tech hydropneumatics Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Mazda Nagare (2006) A look back at the concept car that went with the flow Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler CCV (1997) The lightweight, low cost concept that owed more than a little to the Citroën 2CV Tom Phillips
Concept 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 Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Fiat VSS I.DE.A (1981) Architect Renzo Piano’s early take on the modular car Tom Phillips
Concept Car of the Week: Rover Mini Spiritual and Spiritual Too (1997) The alternative future of Mini, borne of a rejected proposal Owen Ready
Concept Car of the Week: NSU Trapeze (1973) The rotary-powered four-seater concept that put safety first Tom Phillips
