ShowHBK Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Over the years automakers have amazed us some beautiful concept cars. We have all seen them evolve over time as each one is just as outrageous as the next. I spent most of my night last night looking at concept cars that never came to be actual production models and I was honestly surprised at what I found and "what could have been". I thought this would be a cool Idea to discuss some of the cars that will only exist in the "one off" department or maybe even a select few that never made it off the drawing board. What concept cars are out there worth praising or discussing? So, what does CR think would have been a great production car, but was never meant to be? There are many different reasons to like a car. Looks, Design, a gimmick, or maybe a radical change in format such as one or three wheels. What do you think? Alternatively, It is important to think of the impact some of these cars would have had on our present day design aesthetically and mechanically. Some concept cars had radical (or idiotic) mechanical features. assuming they made it to market, how would this impact our daily lives? One example of this would be the Ford Nucleon. http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG/420_0_I_MC_jpg_W/resources/concept/1958_Ford_Nucleon_06.jpg?65B3192DCCC937B088BE7A96C9936667 A two seater car powered by small a nuclear reactor, what could possibly go wrong? As crazy as it may sound, what if this actually became the standard? (assuming all radiation problems were solved) One last car to think of would be the Chrysler Turbine Car: http://www.allpar.com/model/concepts/i/63turbinf.jpg Super smooth engine, Check! Sexy looks? Check! Radical design? Check! What could go wrong? surly, overheating would not be a problem? So again, What does CR think about concept cars? Are they worth remembering or reviving? Or should they be left in the past as mere memories? Feel free to share your favorite concept car or "feature"/"Gimmick" what would have been great to see in a modern car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Holden Coupe 60 https://www.netcarshow.com/holden/2008-coupe_60_concept/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 One last car to think of would be the Chrysler Turbine Car: http://www.allpar.com/model/concepts/i/63turbinf.jpg Super smooth engine, Check! Sexy looks? Check! Radical design? Check! What could go wrong? surly, overheating would not be a problem? So again, What does CR think about concept cars? Are they worth remembering or reviving? Or should they be left in the past as mere memories? Feel free to share your favorite concept car or "feature"/"Gimmick" what would have been great to see in a modern car. The Chrysler turbine car is a really interesting car and worth discussing, mostly because it came so close to production and then didn't. The actual production body of the turbine is the 1966-67 Dodge Charger fastback. Although the original 63 body was good looking by 1964 it was a dated design, having given up its turbine like headlight styling to the dodge Polara (itself borrowed from earlier iterations of the dart). Overheating wasn't the issue so much as the engine produced a ton of nitrate emissions and consumed fuel at twice the rate of a comparable ICE engine. The real advantage was an almost 0 maintenance schedule since a turbine has many fewer moving pieces and the oil never gets contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossle Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Ford GT90 jumps to my mind, sort of an iconic concept car for the time for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Dodge Nitro, Pontiac Banshee, and Chevy 130R come to mind from the domestics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger1647545502 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Dodge Razor, and the 2007 concept Demon. Just gorgeous cars, and could've been a dead-serious Miata beater. Gonna get some hate for this...but the Pontiac Aztek CONCEPT had tremendous potential. GM totally bonked it when they insisted on using the tall-cowl mini chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Ford GT90 jumps to my mind, sort of an iconic concept car for the time for me. Saw one at some car thing in the Civic Center back in the 90's. It was ridiculously awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 My favorite concept car of all time is the 1964 Pontiac banshee. Not because it was anything special, it was but not compared to modern concepts, but because it was a project of john Deloren, it predicted the corvette c3 styling, and it was envisioned as an English type sports car capable of beating jags XKE in the dawning age of the muscle car. As a Pontiac and corvette fan it ticks all my boxes. http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Pontiac/64-Pontaic-Banshee-Concept-DV-10-RMA_05.jpg I keep dreaming one of these days I am going to find a project 73-77 corvette, find an old motion fastback rear window kit, swap in my sprint 230ci OHC-6 Pontiac engine out of my old tempest, and rebadge the car as a Pontiac banshee. Rolling on Pontiac rally wheels with red lines and looking like a production car will probably cause more than a few head scratches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief8one Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 http://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/wraith-M4S.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 There was a Netflix documentary I believe years ago on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Too soon? http://eliogenuine.eliomotors.com/assets/images/features/02.jpg?v2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 GM did a bunch of cool things with the Beretta chassis, but the Firetta was the one I kinda wish they would have put into production, even as a low numbers car. That car was one hell of a sleeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShowHBK Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Too soon? http://eliogenuine.eliomotors.com/assets/images/features/02.jpg?v2 I lawled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Too soon? http://eliogenuine.eliomotors.com/assets/images/features/02.jpg?v2 :lolguy: I don't know that we can call it a concept, because they actually made some of these, but the Zagato Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale tents my pants. http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a17401/zagato-alfa-romeo-tz3-stradale/ TL;DR it's a Viper with a Zagato/Alfa Romeo shooting brake body. As far as something that's still a concept, the Maserati Alfieri wins my heart. The allegedly upcoming Alfa Romeo 6C will be based on this concept as well http://www.maserati.com/maserati/international/en/brand/alfieri-concept-car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99StockGT Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-search-1/20-outrageous-concept-cars-that-really-should-have-been-built/ss-BBAWzDJ?OCID=AUTRLGLR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-search-1/20-outrageous-concept-cars-that-really-should-have-been-built/ss-BBAWzDJ?OCID=AUTRLGLR most of those are just fucking terrible Dat hurricane doe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharris89 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 I wanted the Pontiac G8 UTE to get built here in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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