1958 Concept Cars
Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Concept
1958 marked the last year before Harley Earl went over the top with Cadillac tail fins. More elegant and subdued, the 1958 tail fins created a sense of motion and careful aim. At 221.8 inches from nose to tail – an astonishing 18 feet, 5 inches – the......
Chevrolet Corvette XP-700
The extremely exotic-looking Corvette XP-700 was designed and constructed under the very personal attention of Bill Mitchell in 1958 for use as his personal vehicle before it was redesigned and put on public display the following year. William (Bill)......
Chrysler Imperial D Elegance
The Imperial was designed by Virgil Exner and hailed by Chrysler as The Finest Car America Has Yet Produced. A very bold statement considering some of the masterpieces produced by Packard, Cadillac, and countless others. This was Chryslers first vehicle......
Dual Ghia Super Dart 400 Prototype
Eugene A. Casaroll was an American-Italian businessman who set up Dual Motors during World War II to build generators and trucks for the military. He also ran Automobile shippers, Inc., Chryslers main car transporter. Smitten with the Firearrow IV concept......
Ford Nucleon Concept
The Ford Nucleon Concept was constructed in 1958 and there was only one ever constructed. This vehicle was intended to be powered by a small nuclear reactor which would be housed in the rear. A power capsule sat between twin booms in the rear. The......
Kollins Le Grande Roadster
The same day Mike Kollins became a father was the same day he began working on creating his own automobile. It was a project that would consume eight years from start to finish, and only one example would ever be built. Kollins was an engineering technician......
Lancia Aurelia Nardi Blue Ray 2
Blue Ray 2 was created in 1958 by Enrico Nardi. The car debuted at the Turin Motor Show that same year. It is built on a heavily modified Lancia Aurelia B24 4th Series chassis. The coachwork was designed by Michelotti and constructed of steel by Vignale.......
Plymouth Cabana Concept
The Plymouth Cabana Station Wagon was a concept car first shown in 1958. It had many futuristic design cues such as the unusually styled roof, the curvaceous front-end, half-covered rear wheels, and large tail fins. The rear third of the roof was formed......
1957 Concept Cars
Chevrolet Corvette Super Sport XP-64
In 1957 the Corvette SS was developed to be the Corvette race car that would beat the best of the European sports cars the Ferraris and Maserati. It took Zora Arkus-Duntov only six months to develop this purpose-built racer. The SS engine developed......
Chrysler Dart Concept
This 1956 Chrysler Dart Concept is a vehicle constructed to defy the wind. It was very aerodynamic and finely tuned in one of Europes largest wind tunnels. At the time of its construction, it was the most aerodynamic car in existence. It had less than......
Maserati 150 GT
The Maserati 150 GT Spider is a one-of-a-kind vehicle and is unlike any Maserati ever built. The history of this vehicle dates back to May of 1954, when the Maserati factory team presented Luigi Musso with a new A6GCS for the XXI Mille Miglia. The A6GCS......
Simca One Roadster Concept
The SIMCA Concept was designed by Virgil Exner Jr. for his Masters thesis at Notre Dame. It made its debut in Road %26 Track magazine in the April 1959 issue. With the help of Dual-Ghia engineer Paul Fargo, the SIMCA Concept was built on a 1950 Fiat......
Spohn Convertible
Built in 1957, it is one of the last Spohns ever built. Spohn was a coachbuilder from Ravensburg, Germany, who was credited for building bodies for the pre-WWII Maybach luxury cars.After WWII, Spohn purchased left-over cars from the U.S. military......