Long Lost Concept Cars

I don’t generally proclaim myself to be a skilled, or even competent, or even a non-severely untalented…

It never fails to surprise me about how poorly major automakers kept records up until quite recently. For example, Vo…

For a few brief, wild years, Lamborghini was owned by none other than Chrysler. Strange days: Lamborghini got an F1…

Japan’s late-Eighties Bubble Era produced some of the most extreme and extraordinary cars to ever see public roads.…

Everyone loves the Carrera GT because it got its engine out of Porsche’s last Le Mans racing project. Well, BMW did…

You have to admire Mercedes-Benz sometimes. Back in 1991, it had customers begging the company to put its…

This alternate 1991 Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140) concept design is trying to hide something with a feature that the…

Eleven years before the Jaguar F-Type you all know and love today, there was another F-Type. It was smaller and…

Daihatsu, which happens to be Japan’s oldest car manufacturer, presented this extremely light Mazda Miata competitor…

After Mercedes built a front-engined front-wheel drive compact car, they found that the best thing to do is to throw…

The Mercedes-Benz Vario Research Car was introduced at the 1995 Geneva Motor Show, with four different bodies that…

This is a first-generation Lexus GS300, only better in many ways. For starters, it’s called the Landau. No relation…

So far, the craziest Volvo concept that somehow made it into production was the 480 in 1986. Anything wilder than…

I recently went to the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, only to find a car called Philip there. If you think it looks…

Yes, it really is that short.

The difference between the first real crossover and most of what followed is that the AMC Eagle was awesome. But so…

I'll start this concept car story off with a question: Do you consider the Lotus Esprit to be a supercar? Applying…

When I think of truly great concept car designs, my mind immediately goes to sports cars. But the concept car…

If we're going to talk about concept cars, the Bertone Lancia Stratos HF Zero is kind of a basic bitch, pumpkin…