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 Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
CCotW: Plymouth Barracuda (1973) In search of the lost Plymouth Barracuda concept car, a victim of the ‘Butterfly Effect’ Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
CCotW: Renault BeBop MPV & SUV (2003) These MPV and SUV concepts are two takes on the same ingenious package, with lessons for the future Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen W12 series (1997-2001) A rare engine layout deserved a rare attention to aesthetics for these Volkswagen prototypes Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
CCotW: GM CERV III (1990) The GM CERV III concept was a mid-engined experimental prototype that may preview the future of the Corvette Karl Smith
CCotW: De Tomaso P70, part two A troubled collaboration continues, including a foray into Europe Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
CCotW: DAF Siluro (1968) Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of a most unusual sports car concept Karl Smith
CCotW: Bertone Pandion (2010) A highly dramatic return to Geneva for Bertone, mixing sci-fi and high-tech with hawks and helmets Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: The Italdesign Aces (1973-’79) A trio of often-overlooked concepts by Giugiaro – the Italdesign Aces Karl Smith
CCotW: Ford Megastar I and II (1977, ‘78) Marrying the exotic wedge to the sensible sedan, with the help of divisive graphics Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Honda PUYO (2007) Honda’s glowing, squishy pet for urban transport may yet find new relevance Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: GMC Terradyne The Terradyne was General Motors’ turn-of-the-millennium vision of the urbanised future of the truck Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Holden Hurricane (1969) Holden’s first concept car was one for the ages Karl Smith
Concept of the Week: Oldsmobile Profile (2000) A compact SUV concept from Oldsmobile that looks strikingly contemporary Karl Smith
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 Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Vauxhall SRV (1970) A magnificent design emerges from a “temporary” assignment Karl Smith
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
Concept Car of the Week: Renault Avantime (1999) A look at Matra’s last car, an automotive portmanteau Karl Smith
Chrysler/Simca Shake and Suzuki Go (1970 & ’72) Some Holiday Fun from Bertone and Marcello Gandini Karl Smith
Lamborghini Bravo (1974) An overlooked Gandini classic may be one of his best designs ever Karl Smith
Cadillac Personal Luxury Car Concepts The development of the ‘personal luxury car’ produced some remarkable concepts Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Jacqueline (1961) World-famous First Lady inspired this mid-Atlantic collaboration Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Hillman Zimp [1964] Ercole Spada Gives the Imp an Italian Makeover Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler 70X (1969) and Cordoba Del Oro (1970) Defining the “Fuselage” Aesthetic for a new decade at Chrysler Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: General Motors Bison (1964) The Bison concept by General Motors explored a trucking application for gas-turbine technology Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Chrysler ecoVoyager (2008) Not quite the future of the luxury car, but an interesting experimental monospace Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: L’Oeuf Electrique (1942) The mother of all bubble cars has something to say to us about the car of the future Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Bertone Saab Novanta (2002) Italian firm’s 90th birthday present to itself, via Sweden Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Daihatsu X-021 (1991) Tiny rival to the Mazda MX-5 that was destined not to be Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Suzuki Mobile Terrace (2003) The anti-car mobile room that continues to appeal Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Mazda MX-81 Aria (1981) Marc Deschamp’s Mazda MX-81 Aria coupé featured one of the most unusual steering wheels of all time Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Renault Scenic (1991) The Renault Scenic concept was designer Anne Asensio’s genre-defining new type of family car Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Lancia Medusa (1980) At the 1980 Turin auto show, Giugiaro again showed the world how the family car might progress over the next decade with the Lancia Medusa concept Owen Ready
Concept Car of the Week: Audi Avus (1991) J Mays’ wildly-proportioned supercar that found its identity in its heritage Owen Ready