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Concept Car of the Week: Bertone Delfino and Zagato Zeta 6 (1983)

Two remarkable coupés, the Bertone Delfino and the Zagato Zeta 6, presented an alternate future for Alfa Romeo GT cars

Concept Car of the Week: Mazda RX-01 (1995)

The Mazda RX-01 concept was smaller and lighter than the standard street version of the RX-7 and adopted a radically different aesthetic

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the Week: Triumph XL90 (1967)

In 1976, British marque Triumph proposed a vision of the year 2000, the XL90, which foreshadowed the modern MPV

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the week: Dome Zero (1978)

Launched at the Geneva Motor show in 1978, the Dome Zero designed by Minoru Hayashi was a Japanese concept car that echoed Italdesign or Bertone

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Concept Truck of the Week: Ford Super Chief (2006)

The trend towards luxury has produced a number of interesting truck concepts over the years. One of the largest and most interesting was the Ford Super Chief concept of 2006, which was, despite appearances, more of a personal limousine than a pick-up truck

Karl Smith

CCotW: Ford SYNus (2006)

The Ford SYNus is an armoured truck on the outside, rolling lounge on the inside

Karl Smith

CCotW: Ford Libré (1998)

Could this have been Ford’s version of a family Miata? Car Design News caught up with its designer

Karl Smith

Concept Car of the Week: Nash Astra-Gnome (1956)

The Nash Astra-Gnome, a time and space commuter for the 21st Century, designed by Richard Arbib

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CCotW: Plymouth Barracuda (1973)

In search of the lost Plymouth Barracuda concept car, a victim of the ‘Butterfly Effect’

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Concept Car of the Week: Peugeot Proxima (1986)

Designed by Gérard Welter with an interior by Paul Bracq, the Peugeot Proxima concept delivered motorsport engineering in a science-fiction coupé

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CCotW: Renault BeBop MPV & SUV (2003)

These MPV and SUV concepts are two takes on the same ingenious package, with lessons for the future

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Concept Ute of the Week: Isuzu Como F1 (1991)

The Isuzu Como F1 concept combined a car, a truck and a prophecy – with a whole load of horsepower to boot

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CCotW: Volkswagen W12 series (1997-2001)

A rare engine layout deserved a rare attention to aesthetics for these Volkswagen prototypes

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CCotW: The AMT Piranhas (1966-68) – Part 1

A series of glamorous full-scale running concepts, not from a conventional OEM, but from a model car manufacturer

Karl Smith

CCotW: Mitsubishi HSR II (1989)

The Mitsubishi HSR II was a concept car from the 1980s that seemed ready for the 2020s

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CCotW: GM CERV III (1990)

The GM CERV III concept was a mid-engined experimental prototype that may preview the future of the Corvette

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CCotW: De Tomaso P70, part two

A troubled collaboration continues, including a foray into Europe

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Concept Car of the Week: Mercury D-528 (1955)

The Mercury D-528 was the product of Ford’s Special Projects studio and foreshadowed the sedans of the 1960s. Car Design News looks at the backstory

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CCotW: Mazda Furai (2008)

Born of the wind, perished in fire

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CCotW: Packard Predictor (1956)

An influential swansong for a storied American marque

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Concept Cars of the Week: Italdesign’s 20th anniversary cars (1988)

Giugiaro celebrated 20 years of success like only he could, with a trio of radical concept cars: Aztec, Apsid and Asgard

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CCotW: Ford Maya (1984-5)

An everyman’s supercar designed by Giugiaro for the Blue Oval

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CCotW: DAF Siluro (1968)

Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of a most unusual sports car concept

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CCotW: Bertone Pandion (2010)

A highly dramatic return to Geneva for Bertone, mixing sci-fi and high-tech with hawks and helmets

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Concept Car of the Week: Bob Peak’s Ferraris (1965)

American illustrator Robert “Bob” Peak was more famous for movie posters until he met North American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti. The pair embarked on a collaboration with compelling results

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CCotW: Pontiac Club de Mer (1956)

Karl Smith digs back into the history of the astonishing Pontiac Club de Mer, inspired partly by dry-lake speedsters of the time

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Concept Car of the Week: The Italdesign Aces (1973-’79)

A trio of often-overlooked concepts by Giugiaro – the Italdesign Aces

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CCotW: Ford Megastar I and II (1977, ‘78)

Marrying the exotic wedge to the sensible sedan, with the help of divisive graphics

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Concept Cars of the Week: The ItalDesign ‘M’ Cars (1978-82)

Sleek, smooth and enormously influential concepts from Giugiaro including the Lancia Megagamma, the 1978 ItalDesign M8, Lancia Medusa and the Lamborghini Marco Polo, we trace the connections

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Concept Car of the Week: BMW X-Coupé (2001)

Chris Bangle’s now famous Flame Surfacing made its debut in the form of the BMW X-Coupé at the 2001 North American International Auto Show

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CCotW: Auburn Cabin Speedster (1929)

A concept car that perished much too soon

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CCotW: Cadillac Series 62 Ghia Coupés (1953)

Elegant twin concepts shrouded in mystery

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Concept Car of the Week: Honda PUYO (2007)

Honda’s glowing, squishy pet for urban transport may yet find new relevance

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Concept Car of the Week: GMC Terradyne

The Terradyne was General Motors’ turn-of-the-millennium vision of the urbanised future of the truck

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Concept Car of the Week: Holden Hurricane (1969)

Holden’s first concept car was one for the ages

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Concept of the Week: Oldsmobile Profile (2000)

A compact SUV concept from Oldsmobile that looks strikingly contemporary

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Concept Car of the Week: Renault Nepta (2006)

A land yacht for cruising the Corniche, the Renault Nepta is an open-top grand tourer with classic lines and proportions evoking classic open-topped cars like phaetons, or the classic 1960s Lincoln Continental convertible

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Concept Car of the Week: Vauxhall SRV (1970)

A magnificent design emerges from a “temporary” assignment

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Maserati Medici I (1974) & II (1976)

In 1974, Giorgetto Giugiaro set about transforming the look of the Maserati Quattroporte as he had done previously with Ghibli, Bora, and Merak. Those cars were supercars, racing coupés for the street. Could the same be done for the sedan?

Karl Smith