1970 Concept Cars
AMC AMX III
Why did AMC, a long producer of solid, dependable, family cars begin producing fast-moving, expensive sporty cars Image. In the late 1960s, Richard Teague, AMCs vice president in charge of styling, decided to aggressively court the youth market. Various......
BMW Garmisch Concept
The BMW Group is taking the occasion of this years Concorso dEleganza Villa dEste to unveil the recreation of the BMW Garmisch, a classic concept car that was designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone and vanished after its debut at the Geneva Motor......
Cadillac NART
Luigi Chinetti, Jr, with the help of General Motors, designed and developed this Cadillac NART. Drawings were created followed by full-scale clay models. A prototype was built by Zagato and furnished with parts from a Cadillac Eldorado. The design could......
Chevrolet XP882
Chevrolets first experimental mid-engine sports car to be publicly shown was unveiled at the 1966 New York Auto Show as Astro II (a.k.a. XP-880). It followed the CERV I and CERV II (Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle) mid-engine concepts, which......
Citroen M35 Prototype
From 1969 through 1971, Citroen produced 267 examples of the M35. They were never officially sold, but rather used by loyal Citroen customers to get their opinions on the car, its usability, and its design. Power was from a rotary engine that displaced......
Ferrari 512 S Modulo Concept
The Modulo, built on the exceptional Ferrari 512S Chassis, was the result of a study made by Pininfarina seeking a new design for automobiles.Introduced at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, this concept car was inspired by what was at the time the most......
GMC Urban Concept
Because lead-acid (PbA) batteries are big, heavy, and dont hold much energy for their size and weight, and because PbA was all they had that was practical to work with at the time, many experimental electric cars of the 1960s and 1970s were tiny two-seat......
Holden GTR-X
The GTR-X was another ambitious and inventive product of the GMH Advanced Styling and Research and Development sections.While its knife-edged surfaces and aerodynamic form were largely inspired by the experimental Hurricane, the GTR-X represented......
Lancia Stratos Zero
In terms of car design, the most original idea to come out of 1970 was a futuristic prototype by the name of Stratos 0, fruit of Bertone inspiration. It all started with the idea of mounting the engine block from a Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF on a new base.......
Mercedes-Benz C 111
Mercedes-Benz developed the C111 for the 1969 Frankfurt International Motor Show. The car broke new ground in terms of both engineering and design. It was called an experimental vehicle and a laboratory on wheels with its gull-wing doors and a......
Monteverdi Hai 450SS
In 1956, at the age of 22, Peter Monteverdi took over his fathers repair shop. Monteverdi had built a reputation in Formula 1 and had formed a relationship with Enzo Ferrari. This led to many of the cars being inspired by Ferrari designs.In 1967,......
Porsche 914/6 Murène Concept
The legacy of the Porsche 914 has been binary its existence reliant on the Porsche and Volkswagen marques, its intended purpose as a flagship sports car and an entry-level model, and the design polarizing - with some skeptical while others enamored.......
Porsche Tapiro Concept
The Porsche Tapiro Concept was desgiend by Italdesigns Giugiaro. Mounted mid-ship and powering the rear wheels was a 2.4-liter flat-six cylinder engine. The engine was courtesy of the Porsche 9146, as was the chassis and many of the mechanical components.......
Vauxhall SRV Concept
In the mid-1960s, a young General Motors designer named Wayne Cherry was given the opportunity to design a concept car for Vauxhall. Vauxhall had recently opened a new Design Centre which presented Mr. Cherry with opportunities that may have taken years......