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Concept Car of the Week: The Kar-A-Sutra (1972)

Bizarre, hideous, yet enormously influential

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)

The concept car that believed you only live twice

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

Tag: concept car of the week

This site is showing all Articles related to this Tag: concept car of the week

Concept Car of the Week: The Kar-A-Sutra (1972)

Concept Car of the Week: Stout Scarab (1936)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Indigo (1996)

Concept Car of the Week: General Motors Firebird IV/Buick Century Cruiser (1964/1969)

Fiat Bertone Barchetta (2007)

Lincoln Quicksilver (1983)

Concept Car of the Week: Colani Ferrari Testa D’oro (1989)

Concept Car of the Week: Opel Trixx (2004)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Seattle-ite XXI (1962)

Concept Car of the Week: Autobianchi A112 Giovani (1973)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Aurora (1964)

Concept Car of the Week: New York Taxi (1976)

Concept Car of the Week: Oldsmobile Expression (1990)

Concept Car of the Week: Porsche Boxster (1993)

Concept Car of the Week: Dodge Super8 Hemi (2001)

Concept Car of the Week: Jaguar Kensington (1990)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Bronco (2004)

Concept Car Of The Week: Ferrari F100 (1998)

Concept Car of the Week: Chevrolet Aerovette (1976)

Concept Car of the Week: Mitsubishi SE-RO (2003)

Concept Car(s) of the Week: Ferrari 250 P5 (1968) & Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Coupe Speciale (1969)

Concept Car of the Week: Scion Hako (2008)

Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Eole (1986)

Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen Concept 1 (1994)

Concept Car of the Week: Mazda Senku (2005)

Concept Car of the Week: Le Corbusier’s Voiture Minimum (1936)

Concept Car of the Week: GM Futurliner (1939)

Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler D’Elegance (1952)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Probe V (1985)

Concept Car of the Week: Lancia Megagamma (1978)

Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen NILS (2011)

Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Ethos 1 and 2 (1992, 1993)

Concept Car of the Week: Ford Zig and Zag (1990)

Concept Car of the Week: Citroën Activa I (1988)

Concept Car of the Week: Mazda Nagare (2006)

Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler CCV (1997)

Concept Car of the Week: Maserati Boomerang (1972)

Concept Car of the Week: Fiat VSS I.DE.A (1981)

Concept Car of the Week: Rover Mini Spiritual and Spiritual Too (1997)

Concept Car of the Week: NSU Trapeze (1973)